TheDirectorate General for Police (DGP) (Turkish:Polis Genel Müdürlüğü) is the police and fire-rescue organization ofNorthern Cyprus. This agency is part of theSecurity Forces Command, making it technically agendarmerie.
The roots of DGP goes back to Ottoman Police (1571). Two years after thetransfer of administration ofCyprus to theUnited Kingdom in 1878, theCyprus Military Police was founded. In 1936, the word "Military" was removed from the name and it became "Cyprus Police", which lasted until 1960. Following the independence of theRepublic of Cyprus from theUnited Kingdom in 1960, organisation of policing was separated between theCyprus Police and theGendarme. In 1960, theCyprus Police numbered 1019, with 604Greek Cypriot and 415Turkish Cypriot officers. The Cyprus Police Firearms Unit had 125Greek Cypriots and 56Turkish Cypriots out of a total 181 officers.
Between 1 April 1955 and 1974, theEOKA killed over 40 Turkish Cypriot policemen.
After the collapse of the partnership government in 1963, the Turkish Cypriot police and gendarmes formed the police organization "Directorate General for Police" (DGP). Following theTurkish Invasion of Cyprus in 1974, this then became Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Directorate General for Police (TRNC DGP).[1]
TRNC Special Operation Department ispolice tactical unit of the TRNC DGP.[2]
Police School of Northern Cyprus is a member of International Association of Police Academies (INTERPA).[3]
The General Directorate of Police uses the rank system consisting of nine classes.[4][5]
| Director | Inspector | Officer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st Class Police General Director (PGM) | 2. Class Police General Manager I / II. Vice (PGM) | 3rd Class Police Director (Md) | 4th grade Police Deputy Director (Md / Mv) | 5th grade Police Chief Inspector (B / Müf) | 6th grade Police Inspector (Muf) | 7th grade Police Assistant Inspector (M / Mv) | 8th grade Police Sergeant (PÇ) | 9th grade Police officer (PM) | |||||||||||||||||||
Civilian service officers working within the General Directorate of Police use the rank system consisting of four degrees.[4]
| Civil Service Officer | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV. Degree Civil Service Officer | III. Degree Civil Service Officer | II. Degree Civil Service Officer | I.Degree Civil Service Officer | |||||||||
