National Gendarmerie

Turkish Gendarmerie Commander Gen. Yaşar Güler has offered giving medals to commanders who clashed with the plotters of the July 15, 2016, coup attempt on the night of the thwarted coup. 

Güler requested the "Outstanding Courage and Waiver Medal" should be given to six commanders who played key roles in quelling the coup attempt, daily Habertürk reported on July 20. 

A fire destroyed two decares of forests in the coastal district of Ayvalık in the Marmara province of Balıkesir on June 26, Doğan News Agency has reported. 
 
The fire is believed to have been started accidentally during a picnic, and gendarmerie forces have detained two people in relation to it. 

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.

A total of 560 shotguns were seized and three suspects were detained in an operation in the eastern province of Hakkari on April 25, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Shotguns were seized in a lorry during a search by crews of the provincial directorate of security and the commandership of the district gendarmerie in Hakkari's Şemdinli district. 

The Istanbul Provincial Gendarmerie Command seized at least 98,000 bullets, 114,000 empty cases and materials used to produce bullets at a screw factory in Istanbul on March 13, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The gendarmerie detained a suspect during the raid at the Kabataş industrial site in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district.

Six people were injured after fighting over who should lead the "halay" folk dance during a wedding ceremony in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa on March 5.

The fight occurred in the Haliliye district's Kısas neighborhood's square. 

Migrants in a refugee camp in Italy have taken as hostages 25 social workers, reported Reuters.

The migrants blocked the staff in the camp, including doctors and a nurse. Besides, they switched off the power and set the furniture on fire.

Some 57 sheep were seized in a minibus after gendarmerie in the southern province of Mersin suspected it was carrying bombs on Dec. 27, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The gendarmerie, which had earlier tightened province-wide measures against possible terrorist attacks in the region, suspected an overloaded white minibus that had rubber pieces dangling from its boot. 

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

One soldier was killed after unidentified perpetrators opened fire during a gendarmerie investigation in the Mediterranean province of Antalya on Nov. 14, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

The attack occurred in a forested area in the Çakırlar area of Antalya's Konyaaltı district while the gendarmerie was searching the area.