SHORT HISTORY

In 1904, the Thessaloniki Gendarmerie Station Commanders School was opened next to the Gendarmerie Officers School to train gendarmerie non-commissioned officers. After the proclamation of the Second Constitutional Monarchy in 1908, the number of Gendarmerie Station Commanders Schools was increased, and a school similar to the Thessaloniki Gendarmerie Station Commanders School was established in the center of each Tensik (Renewal) Department.

In 1913, Efrad-ı Cedide Schools and Gendarmerie Station Commanders' Schools were merged into Gendarmerie Training Regiments and continued their activities in this way until the start of the national struggle. The Gendarmerie Patrol Commanders Schools, which were closed during the years of the National Struggle, became operational within the Efrad-ı Cedide Regiment Schools in Istanbul, Çanakkale, Kayseri, Adana, İzmir, Giresun, Kars and Diyarbakır after the proclamation of the Republic. One Company of the battalions in Private School Regiments is devoted to the training of Gendarmerie Station Commanders. The Gendarmerie Patrol Commanders Schools, which were established in Bitlis, Bursa, Edirne, Ankara, Konya, Denizli, Maraş and Sivas, trained only Patrol Commanders apart from the Gendarmerie Private Schools. On July 02, 1932, Private School Regiments were abolished and all the schools that trained gendarmerie non-commissioned officers based on this resource were closed and the Gendarmerie Petty Officer Vocational School based on one-year education was opened in the Ulus district of Ankara. Military officers, who were discharged from the army and who were willing to become gendarmes, were recruited to this school, and those who were successful after six months of vocational training were sent to their units as gendarmerie non-commissioned officers. On December 02, 1932, the duration of the school was increased to two years, the first class was opened in Istanbul Maltepe, and in 1935, both classes were combined in Istanbul Maltepe. On October 01, 1937, the second class of the Gendarmerie Vocational School in Maltepe, Istanbul, was transferred to Ankara in 1941. In 1940, a six-month Preparation Class was opened in order to better train the gendarmerie NCOs; however, this practice was terminated in 1942.

In 1945, Gendarmerie Gedikli Erbaş Preparation Secondary School was opened for three years for the Gendarmerie NCO School, but this school continued its activities until 1953. The student resource of the school consisted of primary school graduates and students from intermediate classes of secondary schools. Two years until 1966; The first and second classes of the Gendarmerie NCO School, which continued its education and training for three years from 1966 to 1972, continued to operate in Afyonkarahisar/Emirdağ until 1970. In 1970, the Gendarmerie Petty Officer School started teaching in its new service buildings in Güvercinlik, and the students in need of the school were recruited from secondary school graduates with an exam.

According to the change made on August 09, 1972, the Gendarmerie Petty Officer Preparation School, which was within the body of the School, whose name was changed as the Gendarmerie Petty Officer Preparation and Class Schools Command, became a school for three years. Graduates of secondary and equivalent schools, and students from intermediate classes of high school and equivalent school were admitted to the school with an exam.

In 1991, the Gendarmerie NCO Preparatory School, which was the source of the Gendarmerie NCO Class School, was closed. Starting from 1992, only specialist gendarmerie sergeants were admitted to the Gendarmerie NCO Class School, and in 1997 a limited number of students were recruited from civilian sources.

In 1999, the Gendarmerie Petty Officer Class School in Ankara Güvercinlik was moved to Beytepe. The Gendarmerie NCO Class School has been transformed into the Gendarmerie NCO Vocational High School as of the 2003-2004 academic year, and the education period has been increased to two years. On March 03, 2003, the training and education of female non-commissioned officers began at the Gendarmerie Schools Command. The Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy was established by abolishing the NCO Vocational School in accordance with Article 13/A added to the Gendarmerie Organization, Duties and Authorities Law No. 2803 with the Decree Law No. 669 published in the Official Gazette dated July 31, 2016. Within the body of JSGA, Beytepe Gendarmerie Petty Officer Vocational School was organized in 2020 and started its education and training activities as of October 12, 2020.