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The Gendarmerie General Command (Turkish: Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı) is the national gendarmerie force of the Republic of Turkey. It is a service branch of the Turkish Ministry of Interior responsible for the maintenance of the public order in areas that fall outside the jurisdiction of police forces (generally in rural areas), as well as assuring internal security along with carrying out other specific duties assigned to it by certain laws and regulations. In wartime, some of its elements can be subordinated to Turkish Land Forces by the President of Turkey.
Gendarmerie General Command Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı | |
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Formed | 1839[1] |
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Employees | 198,317 active personnel[2] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Turkey |
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Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Ankara |
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Parent agency | Ministry of the Interior, Turkish Armed Forces,[3] (in wartime until 2016) |
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Website | |
jandarma.gov.tr/ |
The Commander of the Gendarmerie reports to the Minister of the Interior.
The Gendarmerie has its roots in the Ottoman Empire military law enforcement organization "Subaşı" (later known as the "Zaptiye"). A similar, earlier force called "Şurta" existed during the medieval Seljuq Empire.
After the abolition of the Janissary corps of the Ottoman Empire in 1826, military organizations called Asâkir-i Muntazâma-i Mansûre, Asâkir-i Muntazâma-i Hâssa, and, in 1834, Asâkir-i Redîfe were established for security and public order in Anatolia and in some provinces of Rumelia.[citation needed]
As the first use of the term Gendarmerie was in the Assignment Decrees published in the years following the 1839 Edict of Gülhane, it is assumed that the Gendarmerie organization was founded after that year, but the exact date of foundation has not yet been determined. Therefore, the date on which the name Asâkir-i Zaptiye Nizâmnâmesi was adopted, June 14, 1839, is usually considered the foundation date of the Turkish Gendarmerie.[4]
After the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War, Ottoman prime minister Mehmed Said Pasha decided to bring police officers from Britain and France to establish a modern law enforcement organization. The Gendarmerie was used to great effect after the 1908 Young Turk Revolution, particularly in Rumelia. In 1909, the Gendarmerie was affiliated with the Ministry of War, and its name was changed to the Gendarmerie General Command (Ottoman Turkish: Umûm Jandarma Kumandanlığı).
Gendarmerie units continued their internal security duties as well as taking part in the conflict at various fronts as a part of the Armed Forces during World War I and the Turkish War of Independence.[citation needed]
The Gendarmerie organization achieved its current legal status on June 10, 1930. In 1939, the Gendarmerie organization was restructured, having three groups: Fixed Gendarmerie Units, Mobile Gendarmerie Units, and Gendarmerie Training Units and Schools.[citation needed]
In 1956, the Gendarmerie General Command was assigned the duties of protecting borders, coasts and territorial waters, and fighting smuggling, which had been previously carried out by the Gümrük Umum Kumandanlığı, under the Ministry of Customs and Monopoly. In 1957, Gendarmerie Border Units were transformed into brigades, and Gendarmerie Training Brigades were established.[citation needed]
In 1961, Gendarmerie Regional Commands were established. In 1968, the first Gendarmerie Aviation Unit was established in Diyarbakır under the name of Light Helicopter Company Command.[citation needed]
In 1974, Gendarmerie Commando Units and Gendarmerie Aviation Units took part in the Turkish military operations in Cyprus.[citation needed]
In 1988, the duty of protecting the land borders and ensuring their security was assigned to the Land Forces Command, but Gendarmerie General Command still holds the responsibility for some parts of the Iranian and Syrian borders and the whole Iraqi border.[citation needed]
The Gendarmerie Criminal Department was founded in Ankara in 1993 and from 1994, Gendarmerie Regional Criminal Laboratory Superiorities? were founded. Crime Scene Examination Teams, Explosive Material Disposal Units, Fingerprints and Palm Prints Branches and Crime Scene Examination Units were also established.[citation needed]
In 2016, the Gendarmerie General Command was affiliated to the Ministry of Interior.[5]
In 2018, Gendarmerie Special Operations participated in Operation Olive Branch, part of the Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War.[citation needed] According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, Turkish Gendarmerie killed 500 Syrian civilians at the Turkish-Syrian border.[6]
The Gendarmerie General Command currently has a total of 3,600 units, including 3,056 Internal Security Units, 218 Commando Units, 162 Prison Units, 160 Protection Units and four Aviation Units.[citation needed]
The duties of the gendarmerie according to the Law No. 2803 on the Organization, Duties and Powers of the Gendarmerie; It is categorized under four main titles as judicial, military, civil and other duties.[7]
Gendarmerie General Command Headquarters (Ankara)
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Orgeneral | Korgeneral | Tümgeneral | Tuğgeneral | Albay | Yarbay | Binbaşı | Yüzbaşı | Üsteğmen | Teğmen | Asteğmen |
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Turkish Gendarmerie[16][17] |
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Astsubay kıdemli başçavuş | Astsubay başçavuş | Astsubay kıdemli üstçavuş | Astsubay üstçavuş | Astsubay kıdemli çavuş | Astsubay çavuş | Uzman onbaşı |
The Gendarmerie Museum is established in order to reflect the developments in periodical order beginning with the foundation of the Gendarmerie organization; to exhibit its activities, heroic deeds, services in the history; to protect all kinds of military cultural assets related to the Gendarmerie by collecting them and to transfer them to the future generations. The Gendarmerie Museum in the Beytepe Lieutenant General İsmail SELEN Quarters in Ankara and is open to public.[18]
Model | Image | Origin/Assembly | Type | Variant | Quantity | Details |
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Patrol vehicles | ||||||
TOGG[52] | Turkey | Electric Patrol vehicle | SUV | N/A | ||
BMC Tulga | Armoured patrol vehicle | SUV | Expected to enter the inventory of Gendarmerie 2025.It will be produced 300 in total.[53][54] | |||
Isuzu D-Max[55] | Japan Turkey |
Patrol vehicle | Pick-up | N/A | ||
Dacia Duster[56] | France Romania Turkey |
SUV | ||||
Fiat Egea[57] | Italy Turkey |
Sedan | 50 | |||
Fiat Doblo[57] | Bus | 50 | ||||
Reanult Megane[58] | France Turkey |
Traffic patrol vehicle | Sedan | N/A | ||
Renault Fluence[58] | ||||||
Toyota Corolla[59] | Japan Turkey |
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Mitsubishi Triton[60] | Pick-up | |||||
Nisan Navara[55] | ||||||
Ford Ranger[61] | United States Turkey |
Patrol vehicle | ||||
Ford Transit Custom[62] | Van | |||||
Ford Transit[63] | ||||||
Honda Africa Twin[58] | Japan Turkey |
Patrol Motorbike | CRF1000L | |||
BMW R1200[58] | Germany Turkey |
R1200 GS | ||||
Armoured vehicles | ||||||
Sisu Nasu | Finland | Tracked All-Terrain Vehicle | NA-140 BT | 47 | ||
BMC Kirpi | Turkey | MRAP | Kirpi
Kirpi II[64] |
200 | Integrated JARMOL Directed energy weapon on Kirpi 1.[67] It can be combined with IHTAR KARTAL-2 anti-drone system.[49] | |
BMC Vuran[68] | Turkey | MRAP | Vuran 4x4
Vuran Alkar |
200 | BMC Vuran armored vehicle with Mobile Adjustable Ramp System.[69] The Gendarmerie took delivery of the VURAN vehicles mounted on the ALKAR 120mm Mortar Weapon System. Mobile mortar capability will be gained with ALKAR-mounted VURAN vehicles.[47] | |
Nurol Ejder[68] | Turkey | MRAP | Ejder Yalçın 4x4 | 200[70] | ||
Katmerciler Hızır | Turkey | MRAP | 57[71] | Border patrol vehicle.[71] | ||
Otokar Cobra | Turkey | Infantry Mobility Vehicle | Cobra I
Cobra II[68] |
200
100[65] |
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Otokar Ural | - | Turkey | Armoured patrol vehicle | N/A[71] | ||
Shorland S55 | Turkey | Armoured Patrol vehicle | 100[72] | |||
FNSS PARS | Turkey | Armoured fighting vehicle | PARS SCOUT | 0/5 | Expected delivery of 5 AFV.[73] | |
TOMA[68] | Turkey | Armoured vehicle | N/A | Community Incident Intervention Vehicle. | ||
Dragoon | United States | Amphibious Armoured fighting vehicle | Dragoon 300 | 150[74] | ||
Engineering vehicle | ||||||
MEMATT | - | Turkey | Demining vehicle | 0/2 | 2 on order[75] | |
Aircraft | ||||||
Beechcraft Super King Air[76][77] | United States | Light transport/ | B350ISR[78] | 3[79] | 3 B350ISR are leased.[80]
Used by Gendarmerie Aviation Command[77] | |
Cessna C-680 | United States | Light transport aircraft | C-680[81] | 1[82] | ||
AQUILA A212 | Germany | Light aircraft/Trainer aircraft | A212 | 1[83] | New variant in use.[84] | |
TAI Hürkuş | Turkey | Light attack | Hürkuş-C | Planned acquisition.[85] | ||
Helicopters | ||||||
TAI/AgustaWestland T129 ATAK | Turkey Italy | Attack helicopter | T-129B | 13[86] | 24 in total planned.[87] | |
Sikorsky-S70 Black Hawk | United States Turkey | Medium Transport/Utility helicopter | S-70A-D28 | 12[88] | Avionics upgraded by ASELSAN. | |
S-70i | 2[89] | |||||
T-70 | 4/33[90] | 33 T-70 ordered.[91][92] | ||||
TAI T625 Gökbey | Turkey | Light Transport/Utility Helicopter | T625 | 3/20 | It will replace UH-1 Huey helicopters. | |
UH-1 Huey | United States | Utility helicopter/Transport | AB-205A | 10[72][96] | Avionics upgraded by ASELSAN. | |
Mil Mi-17 | Russia | Transport/Utility helicopter | Mi-17 IVA | 18[72] | Avionics upgraded by ASELSAN. Upgraded with night vision system.[97] | |
Gyrocopter | ||||||
Autogyro Cavalon | Germany | Reconnaissance/Surveillance | 3[98] | 6 more planned.[99] | ||
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | ||||||
TAI Anka | Turkey | UCAV | Anka S | 8[100][101] | Elazig Gendarmerie UAV command[102][103] | |
Bayraktar TB2 | TB2 | 18[104] | ||||
STM KARGU[105] | Loitering munition | Kargu-2 | N/A | |||
Baykar Bayraktar Mini | Miniature UAV | C | ||||
UÇBEY[106] | - | VTOL UAV | ||||
Black Hornet Nano[107] | Norway | Micro-UAV | PD-100 Black Hornet |
Additional info : Gendarmerie also acquired 130 basic and 5 professional Micro UAV systems.[108]
Planned acquisition : Planned acquisition of new liaison and utility aircraft.[108] Planned acquisition of 10 + 5 optional training aircraft.[109]
Archived 2023-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
Vehicles : Otokar Akrep - 250+, BTR-60 - 180, BTR-80 - 295, Condor - 25
Aircraft : Cessna O-1E Bird Dog, Dornier Do-28D - 2
Helicopters : Bell 212 - 1, Bell 206 - 8
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