Coast Guard Command

Turkish Coast Guard
Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı

Seal of the Turkish Coast Guard
Active 27 July 1931 (as the General Command of Customs Guard)
9 July 1982 (as the Coast Guard Command)[1]
Country  Turkey
Type Coast Guard, Civilian agency
Role Law enforcement, coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.
Size 5,324 employees[2]
14 helicopters
3 airplanes
Part of Ministry of Interior
Garrison/HQ Ankara
Website sgk.tsk.tr
Commanders
Minister of Interior Efkan Ala
Commander Adm. Hasan Uşaklıoğu
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The Coast Guard Command (Turkish: Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı) is the coast guard branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. Although another organisation called Directorate General of Coastal Safety exists, Coast Guard Command falls under military command.

Organization

Affiliated with the Guarding Administration (Ottoman Turkish: Muhafaza Memurluğu), the Coast Guard is responsible for controlling the maritime jurisdiction areas and coasts of Turkiye and fighting all kind of illegal action in the responsibility area. Turkish Coast Guard is also the main Search and Rescue Coordination Authority in Turkish SAR Zone. During peace time, it is under the command of the Turkish Interior Ministry. However, during emergency and war time it falls under the command of the Turkish Navy.

The Coast Guard is organized into four area commands: the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara and adjacent straits, the Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.

Strength

With a personnel strength of about 5,500, the coast guard is responsible for maintaining the security of the coast and territorial waters. The Coast guard is also responsible of search and rescue (SAR) operations, and for protecting the marine environment

Mission

Coast Guard Command is a security service, established on 9 July 1982 by Act.2692, with the purpose of performing missions such as; providing the security of Turkish coasts, territorial waters and inland waters such as the Marmara Sea, Istanbul and Çanakkale Straits, ports and harbors and exercising such rights and powers where Turkey exercises sovereign rights under the rules of both national and international laws at sea areas which fall outside the scope of the general responsibility of the Turkish Naval Forces and to prevent and pursue all kinds of smuggling activities carried out by way of sea. The missions, Coast Guard Command was charged with by Act. 2692 are:

Equipment

Patrol boat of the Turkish Coast Guard.
Seal of the Turkish Coast Guard in English

Surface patrols are carried out by 52 patrol vessels and smaller craft. The most effective of these are 14 search-and-rescue vessels (220 tons) of Turkish design. Smaller 150 ton and 70 ton patrol boats of German design were nearing obsolescence in the mid 1990s. An ambitious construction plan foresaw a major strengthening of the service with eight new vessels of 350 - 400 tons and 48 ships of 180 - 300 tons.

Turkish Coast Guard
Boats[4]
2Search and Rescue Ship (1700 Ton) ( 2 more in construction )
1480 Class CG Boats (195 Ton)
14Turkish Type CG Boats (180 Ton)
4SAR 35 CLASS (210 Ton)
10SAR 33 CLASS (180 Ton)
13KAAN 33 CLASS (113 Ton)
9KAAN 29 CLASS (97 Ton)
1KAAN 20 CLASS (30 Ton) ( 17 more in construction )
18KAAN 15 CLASS (21 Ton)
8KW 15 CLASS (70 Ton)
12CG Picket Boats (29 Ton)
n/aCG Control Boats (Rubber Inflatable Boats)
n/aKEGAK (Coastal Safety and Salvage) Teams (Rubber Inflatable Boats)
n/aSAGET (Coast Guard and Safety) Teams (Rubber Inflatable Boats)
Aircraft[5]
3CASA CN-235
Helicopter[6]
13Agusta-Bell AB-412

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