Gendarmerie General Command

Gendarmerie General Command Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı
Emblem of the Gendarmerie General Command
Flag of the Gendarmerie General Commander
Agency overview
Formed	1839[1]
Preceding agencies	Gendarmerie Organisation Ottoman Gendarmerie
Employees	198,317 active personnel[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Turkey
General nature	Gendarmerie
Operational structure
Headquarters	Ankara
Elected officer responsible	Ali Yerlikaya, Minister of the Interior
Agency executives	General Arif Çetin, Commander General Ali Çardakçı, Deputy Commander Lt. General Halis Zafer KOÇ, Deputy Commander Lt. General İsmail BALIBEK, Deputy Commander Lt. General Hüseyin KURTOĞLU, Deputy Commander
Parent agency	Ministry of the Interior, Turkish Armed Forces,[3] (in wartime until 2016)
Notables
Significant operations	Operation Attila Turkey-PKK Conflict Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War
Website
jandarma.gov.tr/

The Gendarmerie General Command (Turkish: Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı) is the national gendarmerie force of the Republic of Turkey. It is a service branch of the Turkish Ministry of Interior 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 along with carrying out other specific duties assigned to it by certain laws and regulations. In wartime, some of its elements can be subordinated to Turkish Land Forces by the President of Turkey.

The Commander of the Gendarmerie reports to the Minister of the Interior.

The Gendarmerie has its roots in the Ottoman Empire military law enforcement organization "Subaşı" (later known as the "Zaptiye"). A similar, earlier force called "Şurta" existed during the medieval Seljuq Empire.