The Gendarmerie in Turkey will be withdrawn from subordination to the country’s armed forces in accordance with the package of reforms aimed at ensuring the security of the country’s population. The gendarmerie will now be subordinate to the country’s Interior Ministry.
The paragraphs of the package of reforms will enter into force after being ratified by Turkish president, Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper reports today.
Previously, the country’s Grand National Assembly (parliament) adopted 57 paragraphs of the entire package of reforms aimed at ensuring the population’s security. In accordance with the several adopted paragraphs, Turkish police obtained the right to detain those suspected of selling and using drugs for 48 hours. Moreover, the use of Molotov cocktails at protest actions is banned according to the package of reforms for security.
Turkish opposition parties have already protested against the new package of reforms, accusing the government of turning the country into a police state.
The announcement about carrying out some reforms for ensuring the population’s security was made by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in October 2014, in the middle of protests by supporters of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) in some southeastern provinces of the country, Trend reports.
