Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command

Jandarma Özel Asayiş Komutanlığı
Country	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

• Beretta 92^[2]
• Glock 19^[3]

Submachine Guns

• FN P90^[4][5]
• HK MP5A3^[6][7]
• HK MP5K^[8]

Sniper Rifles

• SR-25^[9]
• Armalite M-15T(4)^[10]
• IMI Galatz^[11]
• Accuracy International AWM ^[12]
• MKEK JNG-90^[13]
• Robar RC-50^[14]
• PSL (rifle)^[15]

Shotguns

• Franchi SPAS-12^[16]

References