Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command

(Redirected from JÖAK)

The Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command (Turkish: Jandarma Özel Asayiş Komutanlığı) or 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.

Jandarma Özel Asayiş Komutanlığı
CountryTurkey Turkey
BranchGendarmerie General Command
TypeSpecial forces
RoleDomestic Counter-Terrorism and Law Enforcement
SizeVaries
Part ofRespective municipality-level gendarmerie departments

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