Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command
The Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command (Turkish: Jandarma Özel Asayiş Komutanlığı) or shortly as JÖAK, is the domestic special forces unit of the Gendarmerie General Command. It has several missions which include counter-terrorist actions, underwater operations, hostage rescue, riot control, and other high-threat criminal actions.[1] Members of the unit receive extensive training at the Jandarma School at Foça and also from selected Army instructors. All teams companies work under the direction of the police and gendarmerie regions to which they are assigned, but can also receive tasking from the Jandarma Headquarters in Ankara.
Equipment
Handguns
Submachine Guns
Sniper Rifles
Shotguns
References
Special forces of the Turkish Armed Forces |
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- Combat Search and Rescue Command
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| | Gendarmerie General Command | |
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Turkey
