Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade

Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade
Commandos from Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade with Heckler & Koch HK91A2s
Active	1993-present
Country	Turkey
Branch	Turkish Army
Type	Commando
Size	Unknown
Part of	1st Commando Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Hakkâri
Engagements	Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Commanders
Current commander	Br.Gen. Levent Köse
Notable commanders	Lt. Gen. Hasan Kundakçı Br. Gen. Osman Pamukoğlu (1993-95)

The Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade (Turkish: Hakkâri Dağ ve Komando Tugayı), stationed in Hakkâri Province at south-easternmost Turkey, founded as a subunit of the 1st Commando Brigade in the size of a battalion. With the rise of the Kurdish insurgency, the existing formation has been enlarged from the size of a battalion to a brigade.

The brigade has five commando battalions and an artillery battalion, which are deployed to different districts of Hakkari Province. Main task of this unit is to eliminate the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The unit lost around 700 troops in the clashes with the PKK.^[1]

Social service

In 2000, the servicemen of the unit started a lecturing program for high school students in Hakkari, who want to take part at the Student Selection and Placement Examination (ÖSYS), which is compulsory to enter a university in Turkey, lack however adequate financial means to visit a cram school. The next year, the lecturing service was extended to a four-group program including also students, who want to prepare themselves for the exams such as the high school entrance (LGS), foreign language proficiency (YDS) and postgraduate education (LES) in addition to a course for English language. Within four years, a total of 2,000 students benefited from this social service of the military at the cram school called "Mehmetçik Dershanesi". The lecturers, in total 19, are selected among the conscripties, who are professional teachers and serving short-term at the military.^[1]

President's visit

In October 2011, President Abdullah Gül inspected the unit and spent the night at the brigade during his official visit to Southeastern Anatolia Region.^[2]

References

1 2 Kalkan, Ersin (2004-03-13). "Bir zamanların savaşçı tugayı şimdi öğretmen". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-03-20.
↑ "Cumhurbaşkanı Gül üs bölgelerinde!". Sabah (in Turkish). 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2013-03-20.

Reading

Osman Pamukoğlu (2006). Unutulanlar Dışında Yeni Bir Şey Yok (in Turkish). Istanbul: İnkılap Kitabevi. p. 392. ISBN 978-9751022547.

Special forces of the Turkish Armed Forces
Turkish Armed Forces	Special Forces
Turkish Land Forces	1st Commando Brigade 5th Commando Brigade
Turkish Naval Forces	Amphibious Marine Brigade Underwater Defence Underwater Offence
Turkish Air Force	Combat Search and Rescue
Turkish Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Special Operations Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command

Turkish Army Formations

Commands

1st Army

II Corps	4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 18th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 95th Armored Brigade 102nd Artillery Regiment Corps Engineer Combat Regiment 5th Commando Brigade
III Corps	52nd Tactical Armored Division 2nd Armored Brigade 66th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 23rd Tactical Motorized Infantry Division 6th Motorized Infantry Regiment 23rd Motorized Infantry Regiment 47th Motorized Infantry Regiment
V Corps	1st Armored Brigade 3rd Armored Brigade 54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 55th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade Corps Armored Cavalry Battalion 105th Artillery Regiment

2nd Army

IV Corps	28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 58th Artillery Regiment 1st Commando Brigade 2nd Commando Brigade
VI Corps	5th Armored Brigade 39th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 106th Artillery Regiment 6th Commando Brigade
VII Corps	3rd Tactical Infantry Division 34th Border Brigade 16th Mechanized Brigade 20th Mechanized Brigade 70th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 172nd Armored Brigade 2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade 6th Motorized Infantry Brigade 3rd Commando Brigade 107th Artillery Regiment Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade

3rd Army

VIII Corps	1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade 12th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 10th Motorized Infantry Brigade 34th Motorized Infantry Brigade 49th Motorized Infantry Brigade 51st Motorized Infantry Brigade 4th Commando Brigade 108th Artillery Regiment 17th Motorized Infantry Brigade
IX Corps	9th Tactical Infantry Division 4th Armored Brigade 14th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 25th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 9th Motorized Infantry Brigade 48th Motorized Infantry Brigade 109th Artillery Regiment

Aegean Army

Cyprus Turkish Peace Force	28th Infantry Division 39th Infantry Division 14th Armored Brigade Cyprus Special Forces Regiment Cyprus Artillery Regiment
Army units	Logistics Division 57th Artillery Training Brigade 19th Infantry Brigade 11th Motorized Infantry Brigade 5th Army Aviation School Command 2nd Infantry Regiment Commando Training School Command 3rd Infantry Training Brigade 1st Infantry Training Brigade

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