Ottoman Gendarmerie

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The Ottoman Gendarmerie (Turkish: Jandarma), also known as zaptı, was a security forces and public order organization (a precursor to law enforcement) in the 19th-century Ottoman Empire. The first official gendarmerie organization was founded in 1869.