Current Title:	Polis Havacilik Daire Baskanligi
Title in English:	Turkish National Police Aviation Department
Abbreviation:	Polis

Narrative Summary:
Air support arm of the civil Police. Date established not known. The Black Hawks are used by police special operations teams to support anti-terrorist missions.

Key Dates:
1984?		Aviation Department established.

Current Status:
To be added.

Future Plans:
None known.

National Insignia:

          Main markingFin Flash
Aircraft and helicopters wear the standard Police colours of dark blue over white, except for the Black Hawks which retain their military colours. All types carry the Police star and the service title 'POLIS'.

Aircraft Serial Numbering System(s):
Turkish Police helicopters carry a four-digit serial number based on the aircraft's individual construction number, prefixed by the letters EM- (or just E- for the Alouettes), eg: MD-660N EM-0061.

Unit/Base Aircraft Code System(s):
Coding system not used

Aircraft Designation System(s):
None - Manufacturers designations used

Current Aircraft Inventory:

Aircraft Type	Total Del'd	Total Now	Role	Origin
Aerospatiale SA.330 Puma	4	3	Utility	France
Cessna 421	2	2?	Comms/Liaison	Army
Hughes TH300C	2	2?	Utility/Training	USA
MD Helicopters MD.600N	10	10	Utility	USA
Sikorsky S-70A-17 Black Hawk	6	6	Utility/Transport	USA
Sikorsky S-92A	2	2?	VIP Transport	USA
Sud Aviation SA.318C Alouette II	18	16	Utility	HEER

All-Time Aircraft Used List:

Aircraft Type	Quantity	Service Entry	Retirement	Origin
Aerospatiale SA.330 Puma	4	1988	current	France
Cessna 421	2	1999	current?	Army
Hughes TH300C	2	1988	current?	USA
MD Helicopters MD.600N	10	2004	current	USA
Sikorsky S-70A-17 Black Hawk	6	1991	current	USA
Sikorsky S-92A	2	2005	current	USA
Sud Aviation SA.318C Alouette II	18	1984	current	HEER

Aircraft NOT Used:
False reports of aircraft on order or in service: None known.

Main Headquarters:
Not known.

Current Organisational Structure:
The Aviation Department is currently organised into four air units at locations around the country.

Current Order of Battle:

Squadron	Type	Base
Adana Bolge Hava Ulastirma Filo Amirligi	Alouette II	Adana
Diyarbakir Bolge Hava Ulastirma Sube Mudurlugu	S-70A	Diyarbakir
Golbasi Bolge Hava Ulastirma	Alouette II, S-70A, Puma, MD.600N	Ankara-Golbasi
Istanbul Bolge Hava Ulastirma Sube Mudurlugu	Alouette II, S-70A	Ataturk

Historical Orders of Battle:
Not applicable.

All-Time Flying Units List:
Not applicable.

Current Air Bases:
See table above.

All-Time Air Bases Used List:
Not applicable.

Books:

To be added

Magazines:

World Air Power Journal No.17 p.156

Websites:

Official Turkish Police webpage

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