ANKARA (AA) - August 27, 2012 - Turkish Police have provided training to 3,055 police officers in various countries since 2006 in the fields of riot squad, intervention in social incidents, tactics, management of security and negotiating.
Sources told the Anadolu Agency (AA) that real substances such as paint, gas, and foam were utilized in the training of foreign police officers.
Turkish Police shared their experiences in human rights and use of proportional force with the foreign police officers.
-Seven more countries added to list of Turkish Police in last two years-
In the last two years, Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan were added onto the list of countries that Turkish Police provided training to.
As part of a joint project with the Turkish International Cooperation Agency (TIKA), the Turkish Police provided a two-week long training program for Uzbek police officers in measures that could be taken by riot squad and intervention in social incidents.
-560 Afghan police officers hosted in Sivas-
560 Afghan police officers recently were trained in riot squad and intervention in social incidents in the central Anatolian province of Sivas.
Turkish security experts also trained 40 Kyrgyz personnel in security for elections.
-Turkish Police's training for riot squads expands to Balkans in 2012-
21 Kosovan personnel were trained in intervening at social incidents and driving certain security vehicles.
40 Macedonian police officers received training in social incidents for a week.
40 riot squad experts of Bosnia-Herzegovina received basic training under a project of TIKA.
851 Libyan security officers were hosted at a police training center in Istanbul following the end of the Gadhafi regime. Libyan police officers received theoretical and practical training in the field of riot squad.
-Other countries receiving training-
Turkish Police also provided training to the security officers of Antigua and Barbuda, Cote d'Ivoire, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Albania and Sudan in recent periods.
