Turkish Gendarmerie
| Gendarmerie General Command Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı |
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Emblem of the Gendarmerie General Command
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| Country |
 Turkey
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| Type | Gendarmerie |
| Role | Paramilitary law enforcement, counter insurgency, armed response to civil unrest, counter terrorism, special weapons operations. |
| Size | 276,320 sworn members 1,475 Armored and utility vehicles 59 Helicopters |
| Part of |
Ministry of the Interior (in peacetime) Turkish Armed Forces (in wartime) |
| Headquarters | Ankara |
| Colors | Red & Blue |
| Website | jandarma.tsk.tr/ |
| Commanders | |
| Commander-in-Chief | President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Minister of the Interior | Minister Süleyman Soylu |
| Chief of the General Staff | General Hulusi Akar |
| Commander | General Yaşar Güler |
| Chief of Staff | Lt. General İbrahim Yaşar |
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| Flag |  |
The Gendarmerie General Command (Turkish: Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı) is a service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for the maintenance of the public order in areas that fall outside the jurisdiction of police forces (generally in rural areas), as well as assuring internal security and general border control along with carrying out other specific duties assigned to it by certain laws and regulations. The Gendarmerie is essentially a governmental armed security and law enforcement force of military nature.
It also operates the Askeri İnzibat provost service, policing the armed forces and two special forces brigades called Jandarma Özel Harekat Komutanlığı and Jandarma Özel Asayiş Komutanlığı.
As a part of the Turkish Armed Forces, the General Command of the Gendarmerie is subordinate to the Turkish General Staff in matters relating to training and education in connection with the Armed Forces, and to the Ministry of the Interior in matters relating to the performance of the safety and public order duties. The Commander of the Gendarmerie reports to the Minister of the Interior.
The Gendarmerie has its roots in the Ottoman Empire military law enforcement organization "Subaşı" (later known as the "Zaptiye"), which carried out security and safety services. A similar, earlier force was called "Şurta" during the medieval Seljuq Empire.
After the abolition of the Janissary corps of the Ottoman Empire in 1826, military organizations called Asâkir-i Muntazâma-i Mansûre, Asâkir-i Muntazâma-i Hâssa, and, in 1834, Asâkir-i Redîfe were established to deliver security and public order services in Anatolia and in some provinces of Rumelia.
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