Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command

Jandarma Özel Asayiş Komutanlığı
Country Turkey Turkey
Branch Gendarmerie General Command
Type Special forces
Role Domestic Counter-Terrorism and Law Enforcement
Size Varies
Part of Respective municipality-level gendarmerie departments

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