Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade or Hakkari Mountain Warfare and Commando Brigade (Turkish

Turkish language

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: Hakkâri Dağ ve Komando Tugayı), a subunit of the 2nd Commando Brigade, is a brigade

Brigade

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 stationed in Hakkâri Province

Hakkari Province

Hakkâri Province is a province in the south east corner of Turkey. The administrative centre is located in the city of Hakkâri . The province covers an area of 7,121 km² and has a population of 251,302 . The province had a population of 236,581 in 2000.The province was created in 1936 out of...

 at south-easternmost Turkey

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. With the rise of armed struggle in the region, the existing formation in the size of a battalion

Battalion

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 has been enlarged to a brigade.

The brigade has five commando battalions and an artillery battalion, which are deployed to different districts of Hakkari Province. The unit's main task is to terminate the activities of the PKK. It has neutralized over 3,500 PKK members since 1995.