Coast Guard Command
Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı
Seal of the Turkish Coast Guard
Seal of the Turkish Coast Guard
Racing Stripe
Racing Stripe
Flag
Flag
Agency overview
FormedJuly 9, 1982[1]
Preceding agency
  • General Command of Customs Guard
Employees10,000 active personnel[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionTurkey
Constituting instrument
  • Law no. 2692 on Coast Guard Command dated 9 July 1982[3]
General nature
Specialist jurisdiction
  • Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.
Operational structure
HeadquartersAnkara
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Parent agencyMinistry of the Interior
Website
www.sgk.tsk.tr
Headquarters of the Coast Guard Command in Ankara.

The Coast Guard Command (Turkish: Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı) is the coast guard service of Turkey. The Turkish Coast Guard is under the command of the Ministry of the Interior. However, during wartime some of its elements can be subordinated to Turkish Naval Forces by the President.

The Turkish Coast Guard is organized into four area commands: the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.

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.[4][5]

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 Marmara Sea, 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:

Public order units

Equipment

TCSG Güven (SG-702), one of the four Dost-class corvettes of the Turkish Coast Guard Command

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 German 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. Will be integrated ADVENT MARTI Air Command Control System for CN-235 aircraft.[9] Coast Guard is equipped also with 8 mobile radars.[10]

AB-412 EP SG Helicopter modernization project : Within the scope of the project, the Aselflir R400D Electro-Optic System, KDU-45 Keyboard Display Unit, SMFD-810 Display and Internal Communication System developed by ASELSAN in order to maximize the current and future operational capability of the Coast Guard Command will be integrated with Avionics systems and Navigation systems as well as the Surface Search Radar developed with domestic and national resources.[11]

Turkish Coast Guard
Patrol Vessels[12]
Quantity Name/Class Displacement Notes
- 600 class - 2+6 optional on order.[13]
4 Dost-class patrol corvette[10] 1700 tons Based on the Sirio-class patrol vessel
16(+1) 80-class[10] 195 tons 1 used by TRNC[14]
4 SAR 35-class[10] 210 tons
5(+4) SAR 33-class[10] 180 tons +4 SAR 37 variant[15]
13 Kaan 33-class[10] 113 tons
9 Kaan 29-class[10] 97 tons
17 Kaan 19-class[10] 30 tons
18 Kaan 15-class[10] 21 tons
15 SAR 1906[10] 33.6 tonnes
13(+6) Ares 35 FPB 11.85 tonnes 92 on order[16]

6 used by TRNC[17][18]

10(+3) Ares 42 Hector (SAGET)[10] 13 tonnes 3 used by TRNC[19]
Quantity Boats
12 CG Picket Boats
50 CG Control Boats (Rubber Inflatable Boats and Patrol Boats)[10]
11 DEGAK Coastal Safety and Salvage Teams (Rubber Inflatable Boat)[10]
13 SAGET Coast Guard and Safety Teams (Rubber Inflatable Boat)[10]
2 Safety boat[10]
6 Search and rescue boat[10]
Name Image Type In service
Aircraft
CN-235[20] Maritime Patrol 3
Helicopter
Bell AB-412[21] Maritime Patrol/Utility 15[22]
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Baykar Bayraktar TB2[23] UCAV 6
UÇBEY[24] - VTOL UAV n/a
Mini UAVs - Mini UAV 9 (+18 on order )[25]
Armoured Vehicle
BMC Vuran[26] MRAP 1

Handguns

Submachine guns

Assault rifles

Machine guns

Naval Guns

Remotely operated underwater vehicle(ROV)

Ranks

Officers
NATO code OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1 OF(D) Student officer
Turkish Coast
Guard Command[35]
 Various
[a]
Tümamiral Tuğamiral Albay Yarbay Binbaşı Yüzbaşı Üsteğmen Teğmen Asteğmen Bahriyeli
Enlisted
NATO code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Turkish Coast
Guard Command[36]
 No insignia
Astsubay kıdemli başçavuş Astsubay başçavuş Astsubay kıdemli üstçavuş Astsubay üstçavuş Astsubay kıdemli çavuş Astsubay çavuş Kıdemli Uzman Çavuş Uzman çavuş Çavuş Kıdemli Uzman Onbaşı Uzman onbaşı Onbaşı Er

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.

Gallery

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Student officer insignia designates school grade rather than military seniority.

References

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