Police Special Operation Department

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Polis Özel Harekât Dairesi
Active1983–present
Country Turkey
BranchGeneral Directorate of Security
TypePolice tactical unit
Size22,000
Part ofRespective municipality-level police departments
Garrison/HQAnkara, Turkey
NicknamesPÖH, Üç Harfliler
MascotEagle
Commanders
Current
commander		Selami Türker
Notable
commanders		Behçet Oktay
PÖH officer in International Defence Industry Fair.

The Police Special Operations Department (Turkish: Polis Özel Harekât Dairesi) or Police Special Action[1] (Turkish: Polis Özel Harekât), abbreviated as PÖH, is a police tactical unit of the General Directorate of Security in Turkey.

History

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Turkish special forces police in Afghanistan (2008).
Police Special Operations Department Operators during Sur curfew.

The PÖH was founded in 1983[2] as "Special Operations Office" (Turkish: Özel Harekat Şube Müdürlüğü), under the command of Department of Public Security.

In larger cities like Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir, "Special Operations Group Authorities "(Turkish: Özel Harekat Grup Amirlikleri) were organized in the same year.

As a result of changing conditions, in 1987, the office was transferred to the Anti-Terrorism and Operations Department under the name "Special Operations Branch" (Turkish: Özel Harekat Şubesi).

In 1993, the Special Operations Branch was promoted to a department and gained its current structuring.[3]

İbrahim Şahin was head of the Department until being forced to resign in 1996 over the Susurluk scandal. Ayhan Çarkın was a notable member of the department in the 1990s.

Organisation

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The force consists of 22,000 personnel, more than a thousand of whom are women.[4]

It is also deployed as part of the Turkish occupation of northern Syria.[5]

Training

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To qualify for PÖH, an applicant must:

  • Run the 2500m designated area with a backpack weighing 10 kg, under 15 minutes
  • Have 50% minimum accuracy in pistol and rifle shooting
  • Swim 150 m without stopping
  • Be between ages 18 and 32
  • Have graduated from police high school or university

In addition, a training simulation called TAKSİS is conducted by TÜBİTAK.[6]

After 6 months of training, the applicant will receive a certificate officially identifying himself as an operator of PÖH.[7]

Tactics

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Police Special Operation Department is one of a handful of security forces in the world which employs active front line female squad members in combat operations.[8]

Equipment

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Model Origin Type References
SIG Sauer P226 West Germany Semi-automatic pistol
Beretta 92 Italy
Canik TP9 Turkey
Sarsilmaz SAR 9 [9]
Glock 17 Austria
Steyr M
Akdal MKA 1919 Turkey Shotgun [10]
Armsan RS-A2
Heckler & Koch MP5 West Germany Submachine gun [11]
IMI Micro Uzi File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel [12]
SAR 109T Turkey [13]
Heckler & Koch HK416 Germany Rifle
Heckler & Koch HK417
MKE MPT Turkey [14][15]
SAR 56 [16]
SIG Sauer SIG516 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States [17]
Steyr AUG Austria [18]
Accuracy International AX50 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom [19]
Accuracy International AWP
Barrett M107 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
KSR50 Turkey [20]
LMT MWS 308 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Steyr SSG 69 Austria
Steyr SSG 08 [21]
Milkor M32A1 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Grenade launcher
PENN 37mm GL File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
FN Minimi File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Machine gun
CS/LM8 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China [22]
M60 machine gun File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
SAR 762 MT Turkey [23]

Vehicles

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References

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  1. ^ Joost Jongerden, The Settlement Issue in Turkey and the Kurds: An Analysis of Spatial Policies, Modernity and War, Brill, 2007, p. 70.
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