Jandarma
| founding | 1839 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Ankara |
| Authority management | General Arif Çetin |
| Number of employees | 180,000 (2009) |
| Website | www.jandarma.gov.tr |
The Jandarma , official name "Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı" ( German General Command of the Gendarmerie ), is a paramilitary association in Turkey . The date of foundation is generally assumed to be 1839.
tasks
According to Law No. 2803, she is responsible for internal security , maintenance of law and order , law enforcement and border protection , especially in rural areas where the police are not present. The gendarmerie also takes on military tasks assigned to it by the Turkish general staff .
organization
Jandarma reports to the General Staff of Turkey in matters of training, and to the Minister of the Interior in relation to the maintenance of public order .
Since 1962 the commander of the Jandarma has been an officer in the rank of general . The Jandarma commander has been a member of the National Security Council since 1980 . The current general commander has been General Arif Çetin since August 21, 2017.
The gendarmerie comprises around 180,000 people, including women.
equipment
The equipment includes a. 530 BTR-60 and BTR-80 armored personnel carriers , 36 S-70A , TAI T129 Atak and 10 AB.206A helicopters .
history
The Turkish gendarmerie took part in the First World War , the War of Liberation and the operation in Cyprus in 1974 .
JITEM
JİTEM ( Jandarma İstihbarat ve Terörle Mücadele ) is the illegal " intelligence service " of the Turkish gendarmerie. The existence of this group is officially denied. However, your name is often used in connection with serious crimes that are attributed to the Deep State in Turkey .
See also
literature
- Nadir Özbek: Policing the Countryside: Gendarmes of the Late 19th-Century Ottoman Empire (1876–1908) . In: International Journal of Middle East Studies . Volume 40, No. 1, February 2008, pp. 47-67 (English) JSTOR 30069651 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Orgeneral Arif Çetin
- ↑ The Short History of the Gendarmerie General Command ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Yılmaz Öztuna: Tarih ve Politika Ansiklopedisi (German: Encyclopedia for History and Politics ), page 300, publisher: Ötüken, 1st edition, 2006 ISBN 975-437-599-2 (Turkish)
