Çevik Kuvvet

Çevik Kuvvet
TOMA water cannon, Ankara, 2013
Active	established 1982
Country	Turkey
Type	Law Enforcement, Riot control
Role	Law Enforcement
Engagements	2013 Turkish protests

Female riot police squad (Çevik Kuvvet Polis) on duty during a football match.

TOMA water cannon in Istanbul, 2013.

The Çevik Kuvvet (English: Agile Force or Rapid Response Force) is the full-time riot squad of the General Directorate of Security (Turkish National Police). It was established in 1982, replacing the Toplum Polisi.^[1]

Equipment includes TOMA water cannon vehicles, Otokar Akrep "scorpion" APCs^[2] and the FN 303 "less lethal" weapon.^[3]

References

↑ Aysen Uysal, "Riot police and policing protest in Turkey", in Laleh Khalili, Jillian Schwedler (2010), Policing and Prisons in the Middle East: Formations of Coercion, Hurst Publishers
↑ adanaegemengazetesi, 8 January 2011, "Akrep" artık daha donanımlı
↑ "Cop yerine FN 303 | Dünya Bülteni". Dunyabulteni.net. 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2012-02-16.

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Law enforcement in Turkey

National	General Directorate of Security Gendarmerie General Command Coast Guard Command Directorate General of Coastal Safety General Directorate of Forest Protection General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses

Local	Municipal police Village guard system

Intelligence	National Intelligence Organization Undersecretariat of Public Order and Security Genelkurmay İstihbarat Daire Başkanlığı Jandarma İstihbarat ve Terörle Mücadele

Government	National Security Council Ministry of the Interior

Borders	General Directorate of Customs Protection General Directorate of Border Protection

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