National Gendarmerie

Turkish rescue teams and gendarmerie units continue to search and rescue efforts for an Anadolu Agency correspondent who was swept away by an avalanche in northeastern Turkey on May 10.

A Roman-era sculpture was seized by the provincial gendarmerie command in a car in the western province of Denizli's Sarayköy district. The 15x10-centimeter bronze sculpture, depicting a horse-drawn carriage with a gladiator figure, was delivered to the Denizli Museum Directorate.

August 10 was a watershed moment for the Romanian Gendarmerie, according to the head of the law enforcement organisation, Ionut Sindile, who says a measure that can be taken after that moment would be to better inform people about the steps the Gendarmerie follows in a crackdown. "August 10 was a watershed moment for the Romanian Gendarmerie.

Turkish police, gendarmerie and coast guard units conducted a "safety and peace" operation across Turkey, the Interior Ministry said in a written statement on Feb. 17.

Major security measures are being introduced in Plovdiv for the official ceremony with which the city becomes the European Capital of Culture, reported the Bulgarian National Television.

Two explosive-laden unmanned drones crashed in the yard of a governor's office's premises and a land belonging to the local gendarmerie headquarters in the southeastern province of Şırnak on Nov. 10, Demirören News Agency reported.

Researchers have been surprised at a recent discovery of a five- to six-centimeter-long fish species in Lake Van, the world's largest salty and soda lake in the eastern province of Van, by a gendarmerie underwater team.

In addition to traffic police, all police units and gendarmerie will now be able to fine drivers who do not abide by traffic rules, as per a circular note issued by the Interior Ministry.

Pro Romania demands the replacement of the Gendarmerie chiefs against whom the prosecution was started in the case of the 10 August protest, and this structure should be removed from the political battle, Victor Ponta, leader of the party, said on Monday, stressing that the position of the Minister of the Interior of keeping them in service is an abuse.

The investigation of the General Prosecutor's Office of the protest on August 10, in which the heads of the Gendarmerie and a secretary of state with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) are indicted, represent "another intimidation attempt from a state's fundamental institution", Minister of Interior Carmen Dan stated on Monday.