Bordo Bereliler

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Özel Kuvetler

Özel Kuvetler Komutanlığı Brövesi.png
Lineup 1952
Country TurkeyTurkey Turkey
Armed forces Turkish armed forces
Branch of service Special forces
Location Ankara
Nickname Bordo Bereliler
motto "Ölüm bizimle geliyor"
"With us comes death"
march İstiklâl Marşı
commander
Current
commander 		Ahmet Ercan Çorbacı
Badge of the Bordo Bereliler

The Bordo Bereliler (German: Bordeaux red berets ) are a special unit of the Turkish armed forces and are subordinate to the special forces command of the General Staff Özel Kuvetler Komutanlığı (ÖKK). The official name of the Bordo Bereliler is Özel Kuvetler (special forces).

history

The unit was founded in 1952 under the name Hususi ve Yardımcı Muharip Birlikleri . The formation was made in order to have forces to carry out covert operations behind enemy lines for information gathering and for various command operations. Due to the changed military situation after the 1990s, the unit was restructured several times and received its current name in 1992. During the restructuring, the Bordo Bereliler were equipped and trained by the United States.

General

The Bordo Bereliler are, next to the Su Altı Taarruz (SAT) and Su Altı Savunma (SAS), one of three special units of the Turkish military. Your area of ​​application includes both in Germany and abroad. The unit consists exclusively of officers and NCOs who are selected on a voluntary basis from the personnel of other units of the Turkish army, primarily from the 1st and 2nd Command Brigade. The Bordo Bereliler report directly to the Chief of the General Staff.

education

The training lasts about three and a half years and consists of two parts. The aspirants must complete a knowledge test and a fitness test in order to be admitted to the training. Not all of these two tests pass. Applicants who speak at least one foreign language will be given preference in the selection process. The training programs include language training, ideological training, asymmetrical warfare and general combat training. The ideological training includes the teachings of Kemalism and the political history of Turkey .

The first part of the training is carried out at the Foça gendarmerie school and includes, as general training for all members of the Bordo Bereliler, combat training under and above water, sniper training, training in defusing landmines , parachute jumping training, hand-to-hand combat, conditioning training, conducting interrogations and psychological warfare . Many applicants fail the first part of their training and examination. Those who successfully complete the first part of the training are admitted to the second part, which usually takes place in the United States. There the prospective special forces train with the special forces and the rangers .

The Bordo Bereliler also take part in various NATO exercises and in 2007, with the Anadolu exercise, organized a maneuver by special forces from Turkey, Mongolia , Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan .

assignment

The Bordo Bereliler can be used as airborne and ground forces. They perform covert operations behind enemy lines, intelligence gathering and various commando operations. They are also used for anti-terrorism and rescue operations and are responsible, among others, for internal security and the protection of high-ranking military personnel.

equipment

The Bordo Bereliler use the standard armament of the Turkish armed forces.

Calls

The Bordo Bereliler have been deployed regularly, partly unofficially, in the Turkish-Iraqi border region and in the autonomous region of Kurdistan since 1992 . In addition, the following missions became known:

  • 1998 kidnapping of Şemdin Sakık , one of the leading figures of the PKK, from Dohuk in Northern Iraq .
  • 1999 kidnapping of the leader and former chairman of the terrorist group classified Kurdistan Workers' Party Abdullah Ocalan in Nairobi in cooperation with the Turkish intelligence and with the help of the Israeli foreign intelligence service Mossad and the CIA .
  • April 2003, Members of the Bordo Bereliler are prevented by US forces from smuggling arms into the city of Kirkuk .
  • July 4, 2003, 11 members of the Bordo Bereliler, including a colonel and two majors, were apprehended and arrested by soldiers of the 173d Airborne Brigade of the United States Army in Sulaimaniyya . Around 15 kilograms of explosives , several sniper rifles , grenades and maps of the city of Kirkuk marked with buildings near the offices of the Kirkuk governor were found on the arrested persons. The operation of the 173d Airborne Brigade was ordered after intelligence information was available that the Turkish special forces are supposed to carry out an assassination attempt on the Kurdish governor of the province of Kirkuk .
  • October 2007, after the kidnapping of 8 Turkish soldiers in Northern Iraq, the Bordo Bereliler were successfully used for the liberation and repatriation.
  • In January 2008, members of the Bordo Bereliler were sent to all Turkish camps in northern Iraq to intensify activities against the PKK.
  • January – June 2008, reconnaissance and preparation for air strikes by the Turkish air forces on PKK positions
  • February 2008, Due to massive criticism from the USA and Iraqi Kurds, "Operation Sun" in Northern Iraq was ended after a short time.
  • February 2015, Relief of Turkish soldiers who guarded the mausoleum with the remains of Suleyman Sah (grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire) in an exclave besieged by IS by around 600 soldiers, including members of the Bordo Bereliler.
  • April 2016, killing of 9 PKK members in the Lice district
  • May 2016, preparatory reconnaissance of IS positions in Syria by around 20 members of the BB for later air strikes.
  • August 2016 deployment as part of the " Euphrates Shield " mission against Kurdish associations ( DKF , YPG ) and IS in Northern Syria.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Tackling the PKK: New Directions for Turkey's Special Forces. Retrieved March 14, 2012 .
  2. ^ Turkish Land Forces
  3. ↑ Red Berets from Turkey - Bordo Bereliler. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014 ; accessed on September 17, 2014 (English).
  4. ^ Turkey Captures PKK Chief. In: Kibris 7, No. February 2 , 1999, archived from the original on February 28, 2008 ; accessed on January 25, 2010 (English).
  5. ↑ The Capture of Abdullah Ocalan , South Asia Analysis Group
  6. ↑ Donovan, Jeffrey, US / Turkey: Ties Hit New Low After Raid On Turkish Forces , Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty , July 7, 2003
  7. ↑ US arrest of soldiers infuriates Turkey, Explosives find suggests Ankara wants to destabilize Kurdish Iraq in The Guardian
  8. ^ Turkey and the United States, A partnership at risk? , in The Economist
  9. ↑ The target is the Kurds on tagesschau.de
  10. ↑ Attack on northern Syrian city: Turkey and US coalition launch major offensive against IS. Retrieved August 24, 2016 .