About Personnel

As of 2007, almost 188.000 ranking and nonranking Police Officials are actively employed in Turkish National Police. In 1923, when the Republic was established, this figure was only 4,000. According to the population, each member of the police department serves 287 individuals in his/her area of responsibility.

Ranking personnel (nearly 15,000 people) constitute %8 of the current number of police; and therefore nonranking police officers form the remaining portion (nearly 173,000 individuals). More than 9.000 female police (%5.3) are employed in the organization

Nearly 60,000 out of 170,000 police serve in three metropolitans, where the country's population is densest (30,000 in İstanbul, 14,000 in Ankara and 11,000 in İzmir). In addition, there are more than 5,000 police work in the headquarter in Ankara.

18,000 personnel from other branches of service (academic staff, teaching services, general administrative services, health services, technical services, auxiliary services and other workers) to the above-mentioned class of security services, the Turkish Police Organization has established a great force in terms of safeguarding law and order with its staff of 188,000 individuals.

Social services (holiday camps, the police house, crèche, dormitories, dining halls, etc.) have been established in order to ensure the clear conscience of the personnel of the organization. Those establishments serve 24 hours a day, and their family, and meet their social, economic and moral needs. Similarly, the members of the organization and their families are provided with health services thanks to the police hospital and clinics. In addition, legal services are provided for police who become suspects in the line of duty (the lawyer's fee is either paid for or they are provided with the opportunity of being defended by contractual lawyers who are part of the organization).