Gendarmerie Special Operations Command

Gendarmerie Special Operations Command
Country	Turkey
Branch	Gendarmerie General Command
Type	Special Forces

Gendarmerie Special Operations Command (Turkish: Jandarma Özel Harekat Komutanlığı) or shortly as JÖH, is the special operations unit of the Turkish Jandarma (Gendarmerie). It has several missions which includes search and destroy, infiltration and reconnaissance actions. Members of the unit receive extensive training at the Jandarma School at Foça and also from selected Army instructors. All three companies work under the direction of the army regions to which they are assigned, but can also receive tasking from their headquarters in Ankara. The unit is said to have a lot of Counter terrorism experience from its ongoing operations against PKK.^[1]

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References

↑ http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Turkey/Default.htm

Special forces of the Turkish Armed Forces

Turkish Armed Forces	Special Forces Command

Turkish Land Forces	1st Commando Brigade Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade

Turkish Naval Forces	Underwater Offence Group Command Underwater Defence Group Command Amphibious Marine Infantry Brigade Command

Turkish Air Forces	Combat Search and Rescue Command

Gendarmerie General Command	Gendarmerie Special Operations Command Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command

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