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| founded= 1976

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* [[Aviation UnitsUnit Command]]

* [[TRNC Coast Guard Command|Coastal Guard Command]]

* [[Directorate General for Police]]

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| history = [[Turkish Resistance Organisation|Turkish Resistance Organisation (TMT)]]

|website = {{url|https://www.mucahit.gov.ct.tr/}}

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[[File:Northern Cyprus Republic Day parade 2007 2.JPG|thumb|right|[[Turkish Cypriot]] soldiers of the Security Forces Command perform during the 2007 Republic Day parade.]]

The '''Security Forces Command''' ({{lang-langx|tr|Güvenlik Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı}})<ref name=securityforce>{{cite web|title=Güvenlik Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı|url=http://www.guvkk.net|access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref> is the military and security force of the unrecognized [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]].

It is a 15,000 strong force primarily made up of conscripted [[Turkish Cypriot]] males between the ages of 18 and 40. It is a [[combined arms]] force, with land, air and naval arms, plus police and fire elements.

This force is supplemented by the 17,500–30,000 strong [[Turkish Military Forces in Northern Cyprus]] stationed on the island.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field%28DOCID+cy0158%29 |title=Library of Congress] {{Dead|access-date=4 March 2016 link|archive-date=11 August 20222021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811151131/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+cy0158) |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>''Turkey: A Country Study'', p.350. [[Kessinger Publishing]], 2004. {{ISBN|1-4191-9126-8}}</ref>

==History==

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*3rd Infantry Regiment - Seferi (mobile)

*4th Infantry Regiment - Hazir (ready)

*[[Aviation Unit Command ]]

*[[TRNC Coast Guard Command]]

*[[Directorate General for Police]], includes the Fire and Rescue Service <ref>{{Cite web | title=KKTC Polis Genel Müdürlüðü - TRNC Police Headquarters - Araçlar | url=https://www.polis.gov.ct.tr/araclar.aspx.html {{Bare| URLarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328091403/http://polis.gov.ct.tr:80/araclar.aspx.html inline| access-date=August2025-05-29 2024| archive-date=2014-03-28}}</ref>

*[[TRNC Special Task Force Command|Special Task Force Command]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Özel Görev Kuvveti Komutanlığı - Güvenlik Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı|url=http://www.mucahit.net/Hakkinda/OGK.aspx|access-date=2021-02-13|website=www.mucahit.net|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502105938/http://www.mucahit.net/Hakkinda/OGK.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

*Logistics Support Command

*UAV command in [[Geçitkale Air Base]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Türkiye'den KKTC'ye ilk Bayraktar TB2 İHA indi|url=https://www.baykarsavunma.com/haber-Turkiyeden-KKTCye-ilk-Bayraktar-TB2-IHA-indi.html|access-date=2021-04-20|website=BaykarSavunma|language=tr}}</ref>

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==Strength==

[[file:G.K.K Komandoları Geçiş Töreni.jpg|thumb|G.K.K Commandos Passage Ceremony.]]

[[file:Saygı Duruşunda'ki Kıbrıslı Türk Askerler.jpg|thumb|Turkish Cypriot Soldiers.]]

As of 2009, the strength of this force was believed to be about 9,000. It was organized into fifteen battalions in two brigades, infantry battalions armed with light weapons plus some artillery units equipped with mortars.<ref name="SolstenDivision1993"/>

Turkish Cyprus's Coast Guard has 36 vessels.<ref>[http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/transport/2015/06/04/cyprus-plans-for-privatisation-of-turkish-cypriot-ports_94d689ad-5ddb-4a79-bf08-d3381e981202.html Ansamed, 04 June 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904041402/https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/transport/2015/06/04/cyprus-plans-for-privatisation-of-turkish-cypriot-ports_94d689ad-5ddb-4a79-bf08-d3381e981202.html |date=4 September 2021 }} Northern Cyprus' Coast Guard</ref> Coast Guard operates: KKTC SG 01 (Class: Turk type 80; construction:1997-2000; active since:2000)<ref>[http://arsiv.ntvmsnbc.com/news/17911.asp NTVMSNBC] 16.07.2000</ref>

In March, 2023, Turkish Cyprus's Coast Guard started to operate TRNC SG-110 (BOĞAZ), TRNC SG-111 (LEFKE) and TRNC SG-112 (SERDARLI) modern assault boats.<ref>[https://www.kibrispostasi.com/c35-KIBRIS_HABERLERI/n464430-sahil-guvenlik-komutanligina-tedarik-edilen-botlarin-hizmete-giris-toreni-yapildi Kibrispostasi, 20 March 2023] The commissioning ceremony of the boats supplied to the Coast Guard Command was held.</ref>