The Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command (Turkish: Jandarma Özel Asayiş Komutanlığı) or JÖAK, is the police tactical 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 | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Turkey |
| Branch | Gendarmerie General Command |
| Type | Police tactical unit |
| Role | Domestic Counter-Terrorism and Law Enforcement |
| Size | Varies |
| Part of | Respective municipality-level gendarmerie departments |
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edit- ↑ "Jandarmanın seçkin birliği JÖAK kapılarını açtı".
- ↑ "Four masked policemen using two ladders to point a gun on passengers inside a bus". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13.
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- ↑ "Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command Agent". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13.
- ↑ "Two uniformed guys shaking hands in a field, but don't want to be recognized". hizliresim.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command Agent in public". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13.
- ↑ "A policeman enters a building in green smoke and his colleagues are ready to shoot him". hizliresim.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2014.
- ↑ Three masked policemen pointing a gun forward
- ↑ "imgur: the simple image sharer". Archived from the original on 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
- ↑ "imgur: the simple image sharer". Archived from the original on 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
- ↑ "imgur: the simple image sharer". Archived from the original on 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
- ↑ "imgur: the simple image sharer". Archived from the original on 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
- ↑ "imgur: the simple image sharer". Archived from the original on 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
- ↑ "imgur: the simple image sharer". Archived from the original on 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
- 1 2 "imgur: the simple image sharer". Archived from the original on 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
- ↑ "imgur: the simple image sharer". Archived from the original on 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
