Ive noticed that not only the turkish army but also and jandarma units are fighting against the kurds.Are these police units (i think that they are police) as capable as the units of the regular army for such a task?I mean a regular army brigade is as strong as a modern NATO unit can be, is a jandarma brigade organised as an army one for such a task? Thanks in advance
Turkish Army and PKK
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Jandarma (Gendarmerie) is a military organization which is tasked with internal security of villages and rural areas within Turkey. They share some commonalities with Italian Carabinieri and French Gendermarie. They have armored APC's, helicopters and heavy infantry weapons for patrol, search & track etc missions. They are part of Turkish General Staff, budget and investment from Ministry of Interior.
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Also Wiki has nice text dude...The Turkish Gendarmerie (Turkish: Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı) (Gendarmerie General Command) is a branch of the Turkish Armed Forces and it is responsible for the maintenance of the public order in areas that fall outside the jurisdiction of police forces (generally in rural areas), as well as assuring internal security and general border control along with carrying out other specific duties assigned to it by certain laws and regulations. It is an armed security and law enforcement force of military nature.
As a part of the Turkish Armed Forces, the General Command of the Gendarmerie is subordinate to the Turkish General Staff in matters relating to training and education in connection with the Armed Forces, and to the Ministry of Interior in matters relating to the performance of the safety and public order duties. The Commander of the Gendarmerie is responsible to the Ministry of Interior.
The military law enforcement organization which carried out security and safety services was called “Surta” in Seljuks, “Subaşı” under the reign of Ottoman Empire, was later called “Zaptiye” and subsequently in recent history “Gendarmerie”.