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thumb|Seal of the U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation. The 13 stars represent the original 13 US states, and indicate a [[United States Department of Defense organization (see seal).]] Counter-Guerrilla () is a Turkish branch of Operation Gladio, a clandestine stay-behind anti-communist initiative backed by the United States as an expression of the Truman Doctrine. The founding goal of the operation was to erect a stay-behind guerrilla force to undermine a possible Soviet occupation. The goal was soon expanded to subverting communism in Turkey.

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Contents
  • Background
  • Development of US-Turkish military cooperation
  • Tactical Mobilization Group (1952–1965)
  • Special Warfare Department (1965–1992)
  • Search for funding
  • Special Forces Command (1992–present)
  • Post-USSR
  • Incidents
  • Istanbul pogrom
  • Coups of 1971 and 1980
  • Ziverbey villa
  • Kızıldere Operation
  • Taksim Square massacre
  • 16 March massacre
  • Bahçelievler massacre
  • Kahramanmaraş massacre
  • Assassination of Musa Anter
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|Seal of the U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation. The 13 stars represent the original 13 US states, and indicate a [[United States Department of Defense organization (see seal).]] Counter-Guerrilla () is a Turkish branch of Operation Gladio, a clandestine stay-behind anti-communist initiative backed by the United States as an expression of the Truman Doctrine. The founding goal of the operation was to erect a stay-behind guerrilla force to undermine a possible Soviet occupation. The goal was soon expanded to subverting communism in Turkey.

The Counter-Guerrilla initially operated out of the Turkish Armed Forces' Tactical Mobilization Group (, or STK). In 1967, the STK was renamed to the Special Warfare Department (, ÖHD). In 1994, the ÖHD became the Special Forces Command (, ÖKK).

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