Gendarmerie General Command

A massive public security operation has seen almost 1,628 people detained across Turkey, the police department said early on April 29, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

In a landmark move, the Turkish military removed the headscarf ban for female officers, non-commissioned officers and cadets on Wednesday, being the last institution in Turkey to do so.

A total of 9,977 Turkish security officials have been dismissed for alleged links to illegal organizations, Turkey's Official Gazette said Nov. 22.

Air defense systems with anti-aircraft weapons have been set up in three prisons in Turkey as a part of the precautions in jails after the failed July 15 coup attempt. The weapons were placed in Sincan Prison in Ankara, Şakran Prison in the western province of İzmir and Silivri Prison in Istanbul, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

A man who was wounded during the July 15 failed coup attempt succumbed to his injuries on Nov. 12, bringing the total death toll of the thwarted coup to 246. 

Özcan Özsoy, 27, died in the hospital in which he was receiving treatment, Anadolu Agency reported. 

Those who assist Turkish security forces in capturing militants by providing intelligence about their identities or locations could be rewarded up to 4 million Turkish Liras, according to a new regulation.

More than 3,000 Turkmens have fled Syria's northwest for Turkey over the past three days, Turkish disaster agency AFAD stated on Feb. 1, after pro-Assad forces ramped up their attacks in the region. 

"After the attacks spilled over to the Yamadi camp, the first group of 731 migrants, mostly babies, children, women and the elderly, entered our country on Jan. 29," AFAD said. 

The Turkish Armed Forces' (TSK) new amendment on employing civilian officers for military positions requiring specific qualifications will alter the superior-subordinate relationship as it will allow chief civilian officers to command their military subordinates, daily Habertürk reported June 16.