Gendarmerie General Command

National Gendarmerie force of the Republic of Turkey

Gendarmerie General Command
Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı

Emblem of the Gendarmerie General Command

Flag of the Gendarmerie General Commander

Agency overview
Formed| 1839[1]
Preceding agencies|

* Gendarmerie Organisation
* Ottoman Gendarmerie

Employees| 182,000 active personnel[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction| Turkey
General nature|

* Gendarmerie

Operational structure
Headquarters| Ankara
Elected officer responsible|

* Ali Yerlikaya, Minister of the Interior

Agency executives|

* General Arif Çetin, Commander
* General Ali Çardakçı, Deputy Commander
* Lt. General Halis Zafer KOÇ, Deputy Commander
* Lt. General İsmail BALIBEK, Deputy Commander
* Lt. General Hüseyin KURTOĞLU, Deputy Commander

Parent agency| Ministry of the Interior, Turkish Armed Forces,[3] (in wartime until 2016)
Notables
Significant operations|

* Operation Attila
* Turkey-PKK Conflict
* Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War

Website
jandarma.gov.tr/

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.

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.

## History[edit]

Ottoman Gendarmerie Cavalry in Macedonia.

### Ottoman era[edit]

Main article: Ottoman Gendarmerie

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]

British officers in the Ottoman Gendarmerie, 1904

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]

### Republic of Turkey[edit]

#### 20th century[edit]

A Turkish conscript gendarme on guard at Topkapı Palace in Istanbul

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]

#### 21st century[edit]

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]

## Duties[edit]

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]

### Judicial duties[edit]

* Finding crimes and criminals,
* Capturing suspects,
* Transferring evidence judicial authorities,
* Conduct preparatory investigations when instructed to by the public prosecutor,
* Transporting prisoners between jails and courthouses.

### Civil duties[edit]

* To ensure that the services for general safety and security are carried out in accordance with the relevant legislation,
* To carry out the services of informing the public about how to protect the society from public order crime, directing children and young people to crime and taking precautionary measures,
* To evaluate the information and statistics about public order crimes, to conduct or have an analysis of the crime and to determine the methods of combating crime to prevent public order crimes by evaluating them,
* Carrying out activities to prevent crime,
* Preventing, pursuing and investigating smuggling,
* External protection of penal institutions and detention centers.

### Military duties[edit]

* To perform military services provided by law

### Other duties[edit]

* These are duties other than judicial, military and civil duties, such as facility and personal protection and transport security, which must be carried out in accordance with laws and regulations, orders and decisions.

## Structure[edit]

Gendarmerie General Command Headquarters

### Commands[edit]

Gendarmerie General Command Headquarters (Ankara)

* Gendarmerie Security Corps Command (Van)
* 23\. Gendarmerie Border Division (Şırnak)
* 21\. Gendarmerie Border Brigade (Yüksekova)
* 1\. Gendarmerie Commando Brigade (Çakırsöğüt, Şırnak)
* 2\. Gendarmerie Commando Brigade (Bornova, İzmir)
* Gendarmerie Training Command (Ankara, İncek, Gölbaşı)
* 1\. Gendarmerie Training Battalion Command (Aydın)
* 2\. Gendarmerie Training Battalion Command (Bilecik)
* 3\. Gendarmerie Training Battalion Command (Ezine, Çanakkale)
* 5\. Gendarmerie Training Regiment Command (Gölköy, Kastamonu)
* 6\. Gendarmerie Commando Training Regiment Command (Kırkağaç, Manisa)
* 7\. Gendarmerie Commando Training Regiment Command (Yenifoça, İzmir)
* Gendarmerie Combat Training Battalion Command (Seferihisar, İzmir)
* Gendarmerie Transport Battalion Command (Söğüt, Bilecik)
* 10\. Gendarmerie Training Regiment Command (Bornova, İzmir)
* 116\. Gendarmerie Private Training Regiment Command (Çanakkale)
* 121\. Gendarmerie Training Regiment Command (Serinyol, Antakya)
* 125\. Gendarmerie Training Regiment Command (Safranbolu, Karabük)
* Işıklar Gendarmerie NCO High School (Bursa) ( was established in 1845 as "Mekteb-i Fünun-u İdadi"')
* Gendarmerie Horse and Dog Training Center Command (Nevşehir) (JAKEM)
* Gendarmerie Logistics Command (Güvercinlik, Ankara)
* Gendarmerie Aviation Command (Güvercinlik, Ankara)
* Gendarmerie UAV Command (Elazığ)
* Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command (JÖAK)
* Gendarmerie Special Operations (JÖH)[8]
* Gendarmerie Search and Rescue Battalion Command (JAK)[9]
* Gendarmerie Underwater Search and Rescue Teams (SAK)[10]
* Gendarmerie Public Security Boat Commands (Security and public order services at inland waters are carried out by the Gendarmerie Public Order Boat Commands.)
* Village guards
* Prison Gendarmerie Division Commands (There are garrison stations appointed in every prison)
* The Gendarmerie Band Command[11]

### Criminal units[edit]

* Provincial Gendarmerie Commands in 81 provinces & in 388 districts.
* The Crime Scene Investigation Teams (CSIT) (Working under the Provincial and District Gendarmerie Commands systematically examine the crime scene by means of technical and scientific methods; properly gather physical evidences; pack and send them to forensic laboratories.)
* Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams ( which have been established in tourism regions, regions with a concentration of terror incidents and big cities, dispose of explosive ordnances.)
* Crime scene investigation units[12]
* Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department (ASOCD)[13]

### Other units[edit]

* Gendarmerie Traffic Teams
* The Gendarmerie Motorcycled Public Order Teams (Round-the-clock at the highways established by the protocols in the responsibility areas of the Gendarmerie General Command.)
* Gendarmerie Dog Teams
* Gendarmerie Environmental Protection Teams (Environmental Protection Teams have been established in order to protect environment, ecological balance and natural life, to protect living species and areas protected by national legislation and international conventions and to prevent environmental pollution.)[14]
* The Gendarmerie Mounted Units (Used in performing patrolling services at resort areas, forestlands, recreation spots and museums (Topkapı Palace), and in performing preventive law enforcement services.)[15]

## Ranks[edit]

### Officers[edit]

NATO code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF(D) | Student officer

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NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1

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## The Gendarmerie Museum[edit]

Museum

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]

## Equipment[edit]

### Handguns[edit]

* Yavuz 16[19]
* Glock 19[20]
* SAR 9[21]
* TP9[22]
* K2000 Mega[23]
* M1911[24]
* Zigana T and F[25]
* Beretta 92FS[25]
* Browning Hi-Power[25]
* Girsan Regard Compact[25]
* Girsan Regard MC[25]

### Shotguns[edit]

* SPAS-12[19]
* Sarsılmaz Cobra & Baba[25]
* Armsan Armtac RS A2/A3[25]

### Submachine guns[edit]

* HK MP5[19]
* P90[26]
* SAR-109T[27]
* Uzi[28]

### Assault and battle rifles[edit]

* AKM[19]
* HK G3[19]
* HK G41[19]
* HK33A4[19]
* M16A1[19]
* M4A1[25]
* MKEK MPT-76[29]
* MKEK MPT-55[29]
* Kale KCR-556 New primary rifle of Gendarmerie 43.500 Rifles delivered late 2019[30]
* Galil MAR used by Turkish Gendarmarie commando's[31][32]
* SAR 223P[33]
* SAR 308 used by Village guards.

### Machine guns[edit]

* HK23E[19]
* RPK
* M249 SAW
* M2[19]
* MG3[19]
* PKM[19]
* MAG 58[25]
* SAR 762 MT[34]
* Canik M2 QCB[35]
* Type 80[36]
* KMG556[37]

### Sniper rifles[edit]

* Arctic Warfare[19]
* SVD[19]
* Tac-50[19]
* SR-25[38]
* SR-15 Match[25]
* HK G28[25]
* Armalite M-15T[39]
* IMI Galatz[40]
* Accuracy International AWM[41]
* LMT MWS 308[25]
* MKEK JNG-90[42]
* Robar RC-50[43]
* MacMillan M87R[25]
* PSL (rifle)[43]
* KNT-76[44]

### Rocket and grenade launchers[edit]

* HK 69[19]
* HK 79[25]
* HK GLM[25]
* M203[25]
* Milkor MGL[19]
* Mk 19[45]
* RPG-7[19] 7B[46]
* AK-40GL[25]
* Kale KGL40[25]
* MKEK 40mm[25]
* MKEK T40[25]

### Mortars[edit]

* M19[19]
* M29[19]
* Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1[19]
* Aselsan Alkar[47]

### Directed energy weapon[edit]

* JARMOL[48]-Laser weapon

### Anti-drone system[edit]

* ASELSAN IHTAR KARTAL-2[49]

### Vehicles and Aerial vehicles[edit]

Model | Image | Origin/Assembly | Type | Variant | Quantity | Details

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Patrol vehicles
TOGG[50] |  |  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.[51][52]
Isuzu D-Max[53] |  |  Japan

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Turkey | Patrol vehicle  | Pick-up  | N/A  |
Dacia Duster[54] |  |  France

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Romania

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Turkey | SUV  |
Fiat Egea[55] |  |  Italy

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Turkey | Sedan  | 50  |
Fiat Doblo[55] |  | Bus  | 50  |
Reanult Megane[56] |  |  France

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Turkey | Traffic patrol vehicle  | Sedan  | N/A  |
Renault Fluence[56] |  |
Toyota Corolla[57] |  |  Japan

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Turkey |
Mitsubishi Triton[58] |  | Pick-up  |
Nisan Navara[53] |  |
Ford Ranger[59] |  |  United States

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Turkey | Patrol vehicle  |
Ford Transit Custom[60] |  | Van  |
Ford Transit[61] |  |
Honda Africa Twin[56] |  |  Japan

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Turkey | Patrol Motorbike  | CRF1000L  |
BMW R1200[56] |  |  Germany

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Turkey | R1200 GS  |
Armoured vehicles
Sisu Nasu |  |  Finland | Tracked All-Terrain Vehicle | NA-140 BT | 47 |
BMC Kirpi |  |  Turkey | MRAP | Kirpi

Kirpi II[62]

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200[63][64]

| Based on the Israeli Hatehof Navigator.[65] Integrated JARMOL Directed energy weapon on Kirpi 1.[66]It can be combined with IHTAR KARTAL-2 anti-drone system.[67]
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  | 400+[70] |
Otokar Cobra |  |  Turkey | Infantry Mobility Vehicle | Cobra I

Cobra II[68]

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100[63]

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Otokar Ural | \-  |  Turkey | Armoured patrol vehicle  |  | N/A[72] |
Otokar Akrep |  Turkey | Armoured reconnaissance vehicle | Akrep I  | Turkish Land Forces as new models enter the equipment slowly giving the old equipment to the gendarmerie.
Otokar APV  |  Turkey

United Kingdom

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FNSS PARS III |  |  Turkey | Armoured personnel carrier |  |  | Expected to be delivered 6x6 and 8x8 vehicles in 5 different variants.[74]
BTR-80 |  |  Soviet Union | BTR-80M  | 180[75] | Bought from ex-GDR surplus. Modernized with ASELSAN thermal suite. In storage.
BTR-60 |  | BTR-60PB  | 295[75] | Bought from ex-GDR surplus. Modernized with BMC powertrains. In storage.
Community Incident Intervention Vehicle
TOMA[68] |  |  Turkey | Armoured vehicle |  | N/A  |
Condor |  |  Germany | Armoured personnel carrier | Condor 1 | 25[76] |
Dragoon |  |  United States | Amphibious Armoured fighting vehicle | Dragoon 300 | 150[77] |
Engineering vehicle
MEMATT | \-  |  Turkey | Demining vehicle |  |  | 2 on order[78]
Aircraft
Beechcraft Super King Air[79][80] |  |  United States | Light transport/

Reconnaissance aircraft

| B350[81] | N/A  | Used by Gendarmerie Aviation Command[80]
Cessna C-680 |  |  United States | Light transport aircraft | C-680[82]
AQUILA A212 |  |  Germany | Light aircraft/Trainer aircraft | A212  | 1[83] | New variant in use.[84]
Helicopters
TAI/AgustaWestland T129 ATAK |  |  Turkey

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Italy | Attack helicopter | Phase I

Phase II

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Sikorsky-S70 Black Hawk |  |  United States

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Turkey | Medium Transport/Utility helicopter | S-70A

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S-70i

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T-70  | 12[86]

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N/A

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3[87][88] | Avionics upgraded by ASELSAN.

30 T-70 on order.[89]

TAI T625 Gökbey |  |  Turkey | Light Transport/Utility Helicopter | T625  |  | It will replace UH-1 Huey helicopters.

20 on order.[90][91]

UH-1 Huey |  |  United States | Utility helicopter/Transport | AB-204B/

AB-205A[92]

| 14[93] | Avionics upgraded by ASELSAN.
Mil Mi-17 |  |  Russia | Transport/Utility helicopter | Mi-17 IVA | 19[94] | Avionics upgraded by ASELSAN. Upgraded with night vision system.[95]
Gyrocopter
Autogyro Cavalon |  |  Germany | Reconnaissance/Surveillance |  | 3[96] | In the first stage 3 gyrocopters will be put into service. In the agreement, the number of gyrocopters to be purchased will be up to 8.[97]
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
TAI Anka |  |  Turkey | UCAV | Anka S  | 6[98] | Elazig Gendarmerie UAV command[99][100]
Bayraktar TB2 |  | TB2 | 18[101] |
STM KARGU[102] |  | Loitering munition | Kargu-2  | N/A  |
Baykar Bayraktar Mini |  | Miniature UAV | C  |
UÇBEY[103] | \-  | VTOL UAV |  |
Black Hornet Nano[104] |  |  Norway | Micro-UAV | PD-100 Black Hornet  |

## Surface Combatant[edit]

Boat

Name  | Origin  | Quantity  | Type  | Details
ASBOT KN-35  |  Turkey | 10[105] | Security Boat  | ASBOT KN-35 boats were designed and developed by ASFAT A.Ş. for the units belonging to the Gendarmerie General Command.[106]

## Gallery[edit]

* Gendarmerie's Ford Transit and a trooper

* Traffic gendarmerie's Renault Megane

* Gendarmerie interceptor

* Jandarma Barracks in Sivas built in 1908

* Gendarmerie museum

* BTR-80 in the gendarmerie inventory

* Gendarme School emblem

* Logo of Işıklar Gendarmerie NCO Vocational School

* Gendarmerie Search and Rescue Battalion Command teams during Soma mine disaster

* Işıklar Gendarmerie NCO Vocational School

* Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy

* Gendarmerie Martyrs' Memorial

* The Kızılırmak Delta is guarded by the mounted gendarme team

* Sikorsky S-70i helicopter of the Turkish Gendarmerie

## See also[edit]

* List of general commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie
* Constabulary
* Gendarmerie
* Military equipment of Turkey
* List of firefighting equipment of Turkey

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Student officer insignia designates school grade rather than military seniority.

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