In a handover that was notable for the lack of publicity for the man being replaced, a very quiet change of command ceremony took place Wednesday at the gendarmerie. Turkish Gendarmerie Commander Gen...
(2010-08-13 18:39:10)
Gendarmerie General Commander Gen. Atilla Işık has resigned from his post, though it was believed that he would be appointed as the land forces commander, NTV broadcast on Thursday. Some commentators speculated that this was a move to hinder the intervention of the government in the promotion of military personnel.
(2010-08-05 00:00:00)
A preliminary report drafted by the Gendarmerie General Command looking into the killing of seven soldiers by terrorists last December has revealed a long list of failures by the Turkish military to take the required precautions to protect the soldiers.
(2010-08-04 00:00:00)
After it was revealed that the gendarmerie forged documents in order to illegally wiretap the telephone lines of Taraf daily writer Mehmet Baransu, it was discovered that the conversations of Esra Baransu, Mehmet Baransu’s wife, were also intercepted.
(2010-08-04 00:00:00)
The Gendarmerie General Command (JGK) has in recent days changed its tactics as part of efforts to thwart attempts by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to expand its terrorist attacks into Black Sea provinces such as Giresun, Tokat and Ordu.
(2010-06-10 00:00:00)