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'''Gendarmerie Special Operations''' ({{lang-tr|Jandarma Özel Harekat}}) or shortly as '''JÖH''', is the [[special operations]] unit of the [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[Gendarmerie (Turkey)|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 the terror organisation [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]].<ref>http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Turkey/Default.htm</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Turkey/Default.htm]

==References==
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Revision as of 14:35, 16 October 2016

Gendarmerie Special Operations
Country Turkey
BranchGendarmerie General Command
TypeSpecial Forces

Gendarmerie Special Operations (Template:Lang-tr) 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 the terror organisation PKK.[1]

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