The Coast Guard Command ( tr, ) is the

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service of Turkey. The Turkish Coast Guard is under the command of the

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. However, during wartime some of its elements can be subordinated to

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by the

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. The Turkish Coast Guard is organized into four area commands: the

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, the

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, and the

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Organization

Affiliated with the Guarding Administration ( Turkish: ''Muhafaza Memurluğu''), the Coast Guard is responsible for controlling the maritime jurisdiction areas and coasts of Turkiye and fighting all kind of illegal action in the responsibility area. Turkish Coast Guard is also the main Search and Rescue Coordination Authority in Turkish SAR Zone.2692 sayılı Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı Kanunu
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Strength

With a personnel strength of about 5,500, the coast guard is responsible for maintaining the security of the coast and territorial waters. The Coast guard is also responsible of search and rescue (SAR) operations, and for protecting the marine environment.

Mission

Coast Guard Command is a security service, established on 9 July 1982 by Act 2692, with the purpose of performing missions such as; providing the security of Turkish coasts, territorial waters and inland waters such as the

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, Istanbul and Çanakkale Straits, ports and harbors and exercising such rights and powers where Turkey exercises sovereign rights under the rules of both national and international laws at sea areas which fall outside the scope of the general responsibility of the Turkish Naval Forces and to prevent and pursue all kinds of smuggling activities carried out by way of sea. The missions, Coast Guard Command was charged with by Act 2692 are: *To protect and provide the security of our coasts and territorial waters, *To provide the safety of life and property at sea. *To take necessary measures for untethered mines, explosives and suspicious material identified in the sea and on the coast and report them to the authorities concerned. *To observe and inspect the operating conditions of the aids-to-navigation and report the deficiencies observed to the authorities concerned, *To disarm the refugees entering into our territorial waters and deliver them to the authorities concerned. *To prevent all kinds of smuggling carried out by way of sea. *To prevent the actions of the vessels and sea craft in violation of the laws on radio hygiene, passport, anchoring, mooring, fishing, diving and hoisting the flag. *To inspect the fishing of aquatic products, *To conduct inspections in order to prevent

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. *To prevent the smuggling of antiquities by conducting inspections on diving activities. *To perform search and rescue missions within the search and rescue area of Turkey, in conformity with the International Search and Rescue Convention and National Search and Rescue Regulations. *To inspect the yacht tourism, *To participate in the operations conducted for the security of homeland under the command of the Naval Forces, when so ordered.2692 sayılı Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı Kanunu
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Public order units

* Coast Guard Command (

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) * Coast Guard Academy (

) * Coast Guard Marmara and Straits Regional Command (

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) ** Coast Guard Istanbul Group Command ** Coast Guard İmralı Special Task Group Command ** Coast Guard Southern Marmara Group Command (

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) ** Coast Guard Çanakkale Group Command ** Coast Guard North Aegean Group Command (

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/ Çanakkale) ** Coast Guard Marmara and Straits Regional Repair Support Command (

) *** Sarıyer District Coast Guard Command (

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) *** Coast Guard Sarıyer Central Police Station Command (

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) *** Beşiktaş District Coast Guard Command (

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) *** Coast Guard station command (

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) *** Tuzla District Coast Guard Command (

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) *** Coast Guard Tuzla Police Station Command (

) *** Kefken District Coast Guard Command ( Kefken / Kocaeli) *** Bakırköy District Coast Guard Command ( Ataköy /

) *** Coast Guard Ataköy Central Police Station ( Ataköy Marina /

) *** Coast Guard Coast Watch Station ( MOBESE = Security camera) (

) *** Coast Guard Küçükkuyu Patrol Command ( Küçükkuyu / Çanakkale) * Coast Guard Black Sea Regional Command (

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) ** Coast Guard Trabzon Group Command ** Coast Guard Amasra Group Command ** Coast Guard Supply Support Command ** Coast Guard Black Sea Region Repair Support Command * Coast Guard Aegean Sea Regional Command (İzmir) ** Coast Guard South Aegean Group Command ** Coast Guard North Aegean Group Command ** Coast Guard Aegean Sea Regional Repair Support Command *** Radio Coast Guard (104.7 mhz.) (İzmir) ** Bodrum Coast Guard Police Station Command (Bodrum / Muğla) * Coast Guard Mediterranean Regional Command (Mersin) ** Coast Guard Antalya Group Command ** Coast Guard İskenderun Group Command ** Coast Guard Çevlik Patrol Command (Çevlik / Hatay) * Coast Guard Air Command (İzmir) ** Coast Guard Samsun Air Group Command ** Coast Guard Antalya Air Group Command ** Coast Guard Air Stand Training Fleet Command ** Coast Guard Air Operations Command ** Coast Guard Air Supply and Maintenance Command * Coast Guard Training and Education Command (Antalya) ** Coast Guard Schools Command ** Coast Guard Training Central Command * Coast Guard Supply Center Command (Istanbul) ** Units subject to Coast Guard Regional Commands *** Coast Guard Central Station Commands *** Coast Guard Patrol Commands and affiliated boat Commands * Diving Safety Security and Search and Rescue *Coast Guard Intelligence Directorate

Equipment

Surface patrols are carried out by 52 patrol vessels and smaller craft. The most effective of these are 14 search-and-rescue vessels , , 220 tons of Turkish design. Smaller 150 ton and 70 ton patrol boats of

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design were nearing obsolescence in the mid 1990s. An ambitious construction plan foresaw a major strengthening of the service with eight new vessels of 350–400 tons and 48 ships of 180–300 tons.

Ranks

;Officers ;Enlisted The Force's highest-ranking officer is a Rear Admiral U.H. (Tümamiral). The coast guards wear the same rank and rate insignia as ordinary navy officers but with an orange thin arc-shaped stripe, with the words "Sahil Güvenlik" (Coast Guards) embroidered in black, worn on their upper right arm, close to the shoulder. Also, special pennants are flown for the senior officers of the Coast Guard. * Commander of the Coast Guard : For the Commander of the Coast Guard, a square orange coloured flag with a black stripe connecting the lower mast side and upper right corner of the flag, also bearing two bombs (one on the upper mast side, the other on the opposite corner) is flown. * Coast Guard Commander (Rank of Captain) : For these officers, a swallow tailed pennant with a horizontal black stripe across the flag, dividing it in two, also bearing a bomb on each side of the stripe, is flown. * Coast Guard School Commander : The Coast Guard School Commander has a square orange flag, with a white anchor in the center and a vertical black stripe just near the mast. * Coast Guard Group Commander : The Group Commander has a triangular orange pennant, with a black anchor in the middle.

Gallery

File:TCSG3.jpg, Patrol boat File:Bosphore - Coast guard 19.jpg, TCSG 19 (''Kaan 19''-class) File:Istamboul - Coast guard 65.jpg, TCSG 65 (''SAR 33''-class) File:TCSG88 (2).JPG, TCSG 88 (''Kaan 29''-class) File:TCSG90.JPG, TCSG 90 File:TCSG93.JPG, TCSG 93 (''80''-class) File:Istanbul Bosphorus (242975289).jpeg, TCSG 303 File:Turkish Coast Guard Kaan 33 class patrol boat 312.jpg, TCSG 312 (''Kaan 33''-class) File:TCSG702.JPG, TCSG 702 (TCSG ''Güven'') File:Bell412 TurkishCoastGuard Teknofest2019 (2).jpg, TCSG 505 Agusta-Bell AB-412) File:Turkish Coast Guard, CASA CN-235M-100, TCSG-552 (44122415482).jpg, TCSG 552 (

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Notes

References

External links

* * {{Coast guards Specialist law enforcement agencies of Turkey 1859 establishments in the Ottoman Empire