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'''Village guards''' ({{lang-tr|Korucular}}), officially known as ''Geçici ve Gönüllü Köy Korucuları'' ("Temporary and Voluntary Village Guards") are [[paramilitary|paramilitaries]] recruited mostly from ethnic [[Kurds]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kurds-who-became-village-guards-and-fought-pkk-rebels-in-turkey-to-be-disbanded-but-they-fear-a-9131095.html|title=Kurds who became 'village guards' and fought PKK rebels in Turkey to|date=2014-02-16|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-07-30}}</ref> but also from ethnic [[Circassians in Turkey|Circassians]],<ref>[https://anfenglish.com/rojava/akp-settles-kyrgyz-migrants-in-northern-kurdistan-19908] AKP settles Kyrgyz 'migrants' in Northern Kurdistan</ref> [[Turkish people|Turks]],<ref>[http://www.haberturk.com/gundem/haber/1227348-giresunda-750-koy-korucusu-goreve-basladi] Giresun'da 750 köy korucusu göreve başladı</ref> [[Uzbeks]]<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com.tr/al-jazeera-ozel/korucu-asiretleri-biz-ne-olacagiz] Korucu aşiretleri: Biz ne olacağız?</ref> and [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]]<ref>[https://sustainablesecurity.org/2016/11/18/arming-civilians-for-counter-terrorism-turkeys-village-guard-system/] ARMING CIVILIANS FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM: TURKEY’S VILLAGE GUARD SYSTEM</ref> as well. Originally they were set up and funded by the [[Turkey|Turkish]] state in the mid-1980s under the direction of [[Turgut Özal]]. Their stated purpose was to act as a local [[militia]] in towns and villages, protecting against attacks and reprisals from the [[Insurgency|insurgents]] of the [[Kurdistan Workers Party]] (PKK). The rationale behind set up of the system was that it would be helpful to the [[Turkish Army]] to have an additional force of people who knew the region and [[Kurdish language|the language]] in order to assist in military operations against the PKK.<ref>[http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=RSDCOI&id=402d0a242 UNHCR/ACCORD: 6th European Country of Origin Information Seminar Vienna, 13 – 14 November 2000 – Final report]</ref> At the height they constituted a force of 90`000 village guards, 2009 they numbered still 50`000.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQtkDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT174|title=Angry Nation: Turkey since 1989|last=Öktem|first=Kerem|date=2012-02-07|publisher=Zed Books Ltd.|year=|isbn=9781780321165|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref> Line 29: In 2009 the Turkish Government indicated that it was planning to phase out the village guard system. <ref name="Today's Zaman">{{Cite web|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-182728-opposition-ambivalent-as-govt-rallies-to-solve-kurdish-issue.html|title=Opposition ambivalent as gov’t rallies to solve Kurdish issue|date=2009-08-02|publisher=[[Today's Zaman]]|accessdate=2009-08-24}}</ref>
But when the conflicts start again in [[2014]], The village guards again assume the local guiding and local protection operations. This time, the state is not only accepts the volunteers but now
to to deal with unemployment in the region, government hire young people who just finished military service as commando. Since then, Village guard system become more and more
military unit. Except women volunteers it became difficult to be a village guard since 2014 too many applications made. [[Gendarmerie General Command]] brought new conditions to become a village guard after announcing in addition 25,000 will be taken as village guards in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.takvim.com.tr/memurlar/2019/03/14/25-bin-korucu-ne-zaman-alinacak-2019-25-bin-korucu-alimi-son-dakika-basvuru-sartlari-kosullari-nedir|title=25 bin korucu ne zaman alınacak? 2019 25 bin korucu alımı son dakika başvuru şartları koşulları nedir?|website=takvim.com.tr|language=tr|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref>
====== Conditions ( except womens); ====== # To be at least primary school graduate, # To be citizens of [[Republic of turkey|Republic of Turkey]], # Not to participate in public loss activities, # He has not been convicted of any crime, # Not to be over 40 years, # Military service done as the infantry or commandos, # Living in the border region The only condition for women is to be a primary school graduate. Selected ones got 3 weeks of the military education and 2 weeks of military preparations before the guns is delivered. It is compulsory to repeat training every 18 months. Initial salary of 2 bin 192 [[Lira|TL]] [[Turkish lira]], electricity bill deduction and tax exemption. After training continuation to everyday life. The only thing to do is guide the soldiers in operations and keep night watch in village. <br /> == Equipment == === Handguns === [[Yavuz 16]]
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