Thirty-one Palestinian police officers received their certificates upon completing their courses led by Yalçın Çınar from the Batman Police Department, Mehmet Karataş from the Elazığ Police Department and Ahmet Yüksel Kınay from the Rize Police Department.
Present at the ceremony, Taşkın Erdin from the Ankara Police Department said this is the fourth training session for Palestinian motorcycle cops and that they will bring 11 trained Palestinian police officers to Turkey for further instruction. Erdin also added that these Palestinian police officers will go on to train their own police forces. Speaking with the Anatolia news agency, Palestinian Police Academy head Sahir al-Sabbah said cooperation between Palestine and Turkey has been stepped up to a larger and more comprehensive level.
Noting that they have benefited immensely from the training, al-Sabbah said they also plan to establish a “dolphin” unit within their own department to prepare Palestinian police officers. The unit will be charged with training and delivering courses to Palestinian police. Ahmet Refik Çetinkaya, TİKA’s Ramallah coordinator, said their support and assistance to Palestinian police forces would continue.
