Operation Determination

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OPERATION DETERMINATION
Security Classification: TOP SECRET

SITUATION REPORT

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OVERVIEW OPERATION DETERMINATION / 2008 Classification: CONFIDENTIAL EYES ONLY​ Date: 28 JUNE 2008 Originator: Olympic Security Command Centre Distribution: General Directorate of Security, Gendarmerie General Command, Turkish Armed Forces, Coast Guard Command, Medical and Emergency Services, Precinct Commands Subject: Security of the 2008 Istanbul Olympic Games I. SITUATION​ The Republic of Türkiye has been designated host nation for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, to be held across multiple venues in Istanbul and the surrounding metropolitan region. The event will draw athletes, delegations, and spectators from over 200 nations, as well as international press and diplomatic personnel, creating an unprecedented security requirement across land, sea, and air domains. The Turkish Government, acting through the Olympic Security Command Centre (OSCC) under the authority of the Ministry of Interior and in coordination with the Turkish Armed Forces, has mandated the establishment of a comprehensive, multi-agency security framework designated OPERATION DETERMINATION. This operation will provide full-spectrum protective coverage for the duration of the Games, from the opening ceremony through the closing ceremony and post-Games drawdown. Operational Risks: Mass gatherings across multiple venues create dispersed, high-density threat surfaces. International profile of the event elevates the likelihood of terrorist or extremist targeting. Diplomatic personnel and heads of state require dedicated close-protection assets. Coastal and maritime approaches to Istanbul present a potential vector for seaborne threats. Airspace over venues must be strictly enforced against unauthorized incursion. Large-scale transportation networks require coordination to prevent disruption or exploitation. Prepared by: Assistant Commissioner Semiha Bardakçı Olympic Security Command Centre Approved by: Colonel Abdullah Atay Commander, Operation Determination

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BELLIGERENTS

BLUFOR

OPFOR

Republic of Türkiye Ayşe Çiller, Prime Minister Assistant Commissioner Semiha Bardakçı, Olympic Security Command Centre Commander Colonel Abdullah Atay, Commander Operation Determination []Olympic Security Command Centre (OSCC) Liaison Officer – General Directorate of Security Liaison Officer – Gendarmerie General Command Liaison Officer – Turkish Armed Forces[]Liaison Officer – Coast Guard Command Liaison Officer – Medical and Emergency Services Liaison Officer – Precinct Commands []Special Olympic Security Operations Command Regional Operations Command Diplomatic Mission Protection Division

Non-State Threat Actors / Persons of Hostile Intent Potential terrorist elements targeting high-profile international gatherings Organized criminal networks seeking to exploit event logistics Unauthorized airspace intruders Seaborne infiltrators

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ORDER OF OPERATIONS

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Olympic Security Command Centre

• x 4,900 Police Officers
  • Fully equipped; All officers in active duty status; All officers rested and briefed prior to deployment. Apparel: x1 Turkish National Police duty uniform (dark navy, standard insignia); x1 high-visibility vest (public order operations); x1 ballistic vest (Level IIIA); x1 police-issue duty belt; x1 patrol boots; x1 police-issue cap or beret; x1 radio earpiece with shoulder mic. Equipment: x1 Motorola DP4800 encrypted digital radio; x1 individual first aid kit; x1 handcuff set; x1 tactical flashlight; x1 OC/pepper spray canister; x1 collapsible baton. Weapons: x1 Yavuz 16 (Beretta 92 variant) sidearm + 3 magazines (standard issue TNP); x1 non-lethal equivalent (rubber baton round pistol or equivalent) for crowd control; x4 flashbang grenades (crowd management reserves); x1 white smoke grenade. Vehicle/Support: Patrol vehicles (marked and unmarked) assigned per precinct; mobile command units at each venue cluster.
• x 35 Mounted Police Units
  • All horses fully rested, fed, and medically cleared prior to deployment; All riders certified for urban mounted operations. Apparel: x1 Turkish National Police mounted duty uniform; x1 riding helmet with visor; x1 high-visibility vest; x1 ballistic vest (Level IIIA); x1 riding gloves and boots. Equipment: x1 Motorola DP4800 encrypted digital radio; x1 individual first aid kit; x1 horse first aid kit; x1 extendable baton; x1 OC/pepper spray canister; x1 handcuff set. Weapons: x1 Yavuz 16 sidearm + 3 magazines; x1 non-lethal equivalent for crowd deterrence. Horse Equipment: Saddle, bridle, reins, and stirrups (standard TNP mounted unit issue); Crowd control flank guards fitted to horse; Reflective leg wraps for night visibility operations.
• x 50 K9 Units (Explosive Detection / Patrol)
  • All dogs certified in explosive detection and patrol disciplines; All dogs medically cleared, vaccinated, and rested prior to deployment; All handlers certified in K9 operations and first aid. Handler Apparel: x1 Turkish National Police duty uniform; x1 ballistic vest (Level IIIA); x1 K9 handler gloves; x1 duty boots. Handler Equipment: x1 Motorola DP4800 encrypted digital radio; x1 individual first aid kit; x1 K9 first aid and emergency kit; x1 OC/pepper spray canister; x1 handcuff set. Handler Weapons: x1 Yavuz 16 sidearm + 3 magazines. K9 Equipment: x1 ballistic K9 vest (patrol dogs); x1 tracking harness and leash; x1 muzzle (patrol use as required); x1 scent detection kit (explosive residue sample set for pre-sweep calibration); x1 water and feed pack (per dog, daily); Emergency cooling vest available per handler vehicle.
• x 24 UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters
  • Each aircraft fully fueled; All crew rested and mission-briefed; All crew in Turkish Armed Forces aviation uniform. Per Aircraft Crew: x2 Pilots; x2 Mission Crew / Loadmasters; fully certified on UH-60 platform; all crew equipped with flight helmet, flight suit, survival vest, and sidearm (Yavuz 16 + 2 magazines). Per Aircraft Standard Equipment: Full avionics and navigation suite; standard topographic and aeronautical charts (Istanbul region); AN/APR-39 Radar Warning Receiver; M130 General Purpose Dispenser (chaff/flare); emergency survival kit; medical trauma kit (aircraft-mounted); rescue hoist (medevac-configured aircraft); stretcher and basic surgical kit (4 medevac-designated aircraft). Aircraft Weapons (armed response aircraft): x2 M134 Minigun (7.62mm, door-mounted); armed aircraft designated for counter-terror rapid response and outer perimeter overwatch only. Operational Note: Rotating shifts maintained throughout the Games; minimum 8 aircraft at operational readiness at all times; 4 aircraft medevac-configured on 10-minute standby.
• x 10 IZ 1300 HDPE Patrol Boats
  • Each vessel fully fueled; Crew rested and mission-briefed; All crew in Coast Guard/Navy patrol uniform. Per Vessel Crew: x4 Crew. Per Vessel Weapons & Systems: x1 12.7mm heavy machine gun (pintle-mounted); x1 40mm grenade launcher (crew-operated); x1 non-lethal water cannon (crowd/vessel deterrence). Equipment: VHF/UHF maritime radio; GPS navigation unit; searchlight (day/night operations); binoculars; emergency flares and smoke markers; basic trauma kit; fire suppression equipment. Operational Note: Operating in pairs across assigned harbour and coastal patrol sectors; minimum 6 boats on active patrol at any time throughout the Games; 4 boats on harbour standby rotation.

Turkish Maritime Forces

• Turkish Navy
  • x 3 FREMM-Class Frigates
    • TCG Alanya (D-601) & TCG Bodrum (D-602) Each vessel fully fueled; 3-month supply of non-perishable and perishable food and water; Full complement of crew; All crew rested and briefed prior to departure. Per Vessel Crew: x145 Sailors. Per Vessel Weapons & Systems: x1 76mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun; x3 20mm Narwhal remote weapon stations; x1 16-cell SYLVER A43 VLS (Aster 15 air defense missiles); x1 16-cell SYLVER A70 VLS (MdCN cruise missiles); x8 Exocet MM40 Block 2 anti-ship missiles; x2 B-515 twin torpedo launchers (MU90 Impact torpedoes). Sensors & Electronics: Héraklès multi-function AESA radar; CAPTAS-4 towed array sonar; UMS 4110 CL hull-mounted sonar; ARBR 21 electronic support measures; ARBB 33 electronic countermeasures suite. Aircraft Embarked: x1 AW101 or AB-212 ASW helicopter per vessel (Olympic patrol and maritime interdiction support). Boats: x1 RHIB per vessel. Logistic Stores: Full marine diesel capacity; aviation fuel (JP-5) for embarked rotary-wing; critical spares for propulsion, weapons, and electronics; surgical suite and trauma bay fully stocked; 2 medical officers per vessel.
  • x 3 Ada-Class Corvettes
    • TCG Bozcaada (F-500), TCG Bandırma (F-502), TCG Büyükada (F-512) Each vessel fully fueled; 3-month supply of non-perishable and perishable food and water; Full complement of crew; All crew rested and briefed prior to departure. Per Vessel Crew: x93 Sailors. Per Vessel Weapons & Systems: x1 76mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun; x2 25mm Oerlikon KBA autocannons; x2 twin Mk 141 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers (x4 missiles each); x2 triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes (Mark 46 torpedoes); x1 21-cell Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher (short-range air defense). Sensors & Electronics: SMART-S Mk2 3D surveillance radar; Kelvin Hughes SharpEye navigation radar; HYDRA hull-mounted sonar; electronic warfare suite (ESM/ECM); decoy launchers. Aircraft Embarked: x1 S-70B Seahawk helicopter per vessel (ASW and maritime patrol). Boats: x1 RHIB per vessel. Logistic Stores: Full marine diesel capacity; aviation fuel for embarked rotary-wing; critical spares for propulsion and electronics; medical bay fully stocked; 1 medical officer per vessel.
  • 92. Filo “Denizyılanı”
    • x 12 Dassault Rafale M – All aircraft fully fueled and armed prior to each rotation; All pilots rested and mission-briefed; All pilots in Turkish Navy Air Service flight uniform. Per Aircraft Crew: x1 Pilot; certified on Rafale M platform; equipped with flight helmet, g-suit, survival vest, and Yavuz 16 sidearm. Per Aircraft Weapons Loadout (CAP Configuration): x2 MICA EM (beyond visual range air-to-air); x2 MICA IR (short-range infrared air-to-air); x2 Magic II (short-range IR, backup); x1 30mm DEFA 791B internal cannon (125 rounds); x2 external fuel tanks (extended CAP endurance). Sensors & Electronics: RBE2-AA AESA radar; SPECTRA electronic warfare suite (jamming, towed decoy, radar warning); OSF infrared search and track system; Thales TALIOS targeting pod (standby, not deployed for Olympic CAP). Minimum x4 Rafale M airborne at all times throughout the Games in continuous CAP rotation; remaining aircraft at 15-minute ground readiness; all CAP sorties integrated with Duga Radar early warning picture and Air Operations Centre Istanbul.
  • Underwater Defence Group “Alfa” & “Bravo”
    • x 32 Operators
      • All operators fully equipped, rested, and mission-briefed; All personnel certified in combat diving, maritime EOD, and underwater demolition. Per Operator Equipment: x1 Closed-Circuit Rebreather (Dräger LAR V or equivalent); x1 bailout bottle with open-circuit regulator; x1 dry suit with reinforced knee and elbow pads and thermal undergarments; x1 quick-release harness; x1 Kevlar-reinforced gloves; x1 dive boots (non-slip); x1 diver navigation board (compass, depth gauge, digital timer); x1 wrist-mounted sonar display; x1 AquaCom through-water acoustic communications system (encrypted); x1 AN/PVS-14 underwater-rated night vision unit; x1 IFAK (waterproof pouch: tourniquet, pressure bandage, morphine auto-injector); x1 dive knife; x1 miniature DSMB emergency surface marker buoy; x1 head-mounted IR strobe (emergency/post-mission only); x1 waterproof mission tag and QR-linked wrist ID. Per Operator Weapons: x1 Heckler & Koch P11 underwater pistol + 2 reload cartridge sets; x1 dive knife (secondary); C4-based shaped charges (2–4 kg, pre-rigged, non-electric detonation) carried per mission requirement; demolition pods and suction attachment cradles carried per EOD task assignment. Operational Note: Groups Alfa and Bravo operating on rotating standby; harbour bed, pier, and vessel hull clearance sweeps completed prior to Games commencement; at least one group at immediate diving readiness throughout the Games duration.

Air Force & Air Defense

• Turkish Air Force
  • 111. Filo “Panter”
    • x 12 F-16C/D Block 52 – All aircraft fully fueled and armed prior to each rotation; All pilots rested and mission-briefed; All pilots in Turkish Air Force flight uniform. Per Aircraft Crew: x1 Pilot (C-variant) or x2 Pilots (D-variant); certified on F-16 Block 52 platform; equipped with flight helmet, g-suit, survival vest, and Yavuz 16 sidearm. Per Aircraft Weapons Loadout (QRA/CAP Configuration): x2 AIM-120C AMRAAM (beyond visual range air-to-air); x2 AIM-9X Sidewinder (short-range IR air-to-air); x1 20mm M61A1 Vulcan internal cannon (511 rounds); x2 external fuel tanks (extended patrol endurance). Sensors & Electronics: APG-68(V)9 fire control radar; AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures pod; AN/ALE-47 chaff/flare dispenser; AN/APR-39 radar warning receiver; Link 16 datalink for Air Operations Centre integration. Operational Note: x4 F-16s on Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) at 5-minute ground readiness at all times; remaining aircraft cycling through CAP rotation alongside Rafale M flights; all sorties synchronized through Air Operations Centre Istanbul and Duga Radar Stations 1 and 3.
  • 25th "Akbaba" Special Operations Unit
    • x 24 Operators
      • All operators fully equipped, rested, and mission-briefed; All personnel certified in airborne special operations, personnel recovery, and hostage rescue aviation support. Apparel: x1 Turkish Air Force Special Operations uniform (MultiCam or equivalent); x1 ballistic helmet with NVG mount; x1 plate carrier (Level IV); x1 jumpable harness system; x1 combat boots; x1 gloves; x1 balaclava; x1 AN/PVS-15 four-eyed night vision/IR goggles. Equipment: x1 Aselsan PGSK encrypted radio; x1 IFAK; x1 GPS wrist unit; x1 compass and maps; x1 hydration system; x1 parachute assembly (HAHO/HALO certified); x1 tactical flashlight. Weapons: x1 MPT-76 assault rifle + 8 x 30-round magazines + bayonet; x1 HK416 or MP5 (CQB, as assigned) + 6 x 30-round magazines; x1 Yavuz 16 sidearm + 4 magazines; x4 flashbang grenades; x2 fragmentation grenades; x1 white smoke grenade; x1 yellow smoke grenade; x2 red flares. Unit on ground standby throughout the Games for rapid airborne deployment in response to complex attacks or hostage situations; primary aviation support asset for personnel recovery missions in coordination with UH-60 Blackhawk rapid response flights.
  • Air Defense Station 1 & 3
    • Long-Range Early Warning Both stations fully operational and manned 24/7 throughout the Games; All operators rested on rotating 8-hour watch cycles; All personnel in Turkish Air Force uniform or civilians in regular attire. Per Station Manning: x1 Station Commander (Squadron Leader or equivalent); x4 Radar Operator Officers per watch; x2 Electronic Warfare Officers per watch; x1 Communications Officer per watch; maintenance, regular, and support crew on-site. Per Station Equipment: Long-range over-the-horizon radar array (primary sensor); UHF/VHF secure communications links to Air Operations Centre Istanbul; encrypted digital data feeds to 111. Filo "Panter" and F-16 QRA flight; backup power generators (full autonomy in event of grid failure); NBC protection and hardened station facilities. All tracks fed in real-time to Air Operations Centre Istanbul; any unauthorized airspace intrusion within the Olympic Restricted Airspace Zone (ORAZ) to trigger immediate QRA launch protocol.

Turkish Presidential Security Directorate

• Presidential Security Directorate
  • Personal Protection Detail
    • x 60 agents
      • Apparel: x1 tailored plain-clothes suit (dark navy or charcoal, per assignment dress code); x1 concealment holster (shoulder or hip, as assigned); x1 ballistic vest (Level IIIA, concealable under suit); x1 dress shoes (non-slip sole); x1 discrete lapel pin (Presidential Security Directorate identification, colour-coded per zone assignment); x1 earpiece comms set (covert single-wire or in-ear, flesh-toned).
      • Equipment: x1 Aselsan PGSK encrypted personal radio (concealed carry configuration); x1 encrypted secure mobile phone (direct line to OSCC Situation Room and shift commander); x1 IFAK (compact, concealed carry: tourniquet, chest seal, haemostatic gauze, pressure bandage); x1 tactical flashlight (compact, pocket-carry); x1 handcuff set; x1 collapsible tactical baton; x1 protective detail credential wallet (hard ID, zone access cards, diplomatic clearance documentation); x1 GPS tracking unit (personal, linked to Protective Detail Command net).
      • Weapons: x1 Canik TP9 Elite or SFx sidearm + 4 magazines (primary concealed carry); x1 Yavuz 16 sidearm + 3 magazines (backup, ankle or secondary holster); x1 collapsible baton; x1 OC/pepper spray canister (compact); non-lethal equivalents carried per agent for crowd deterrence scenarios.
      • Vehicle Assets (per shift rotation): x2 armoured Mercedes-Benz S-Class (principal transport and follow vehicle); x2 armoured Toyota Land Cruiser 200 (advance and trail vehicles); x1 electronic countermeasures vehicle (signals jamming, route sweep); x1 medical rapid response vehicle (trauma-configured, 1 medical officer + paramedic on board); all vehicles equipped with encrypted radio, GPS, run-flat tyres, and ballistic glass.
    • x 60 PÖH Heavy Combat Team
      • Apparel: x1 PÖH tactical uniform (black or dark MultiCam, as assigned); x1 ballistic helmet (high-cut, Level IIIA) with NVG mount and face shield; x1 plate carrier (Level IV, front, rear, and side plates); x1 combat boots (non-slip, reinforced toe); x1 Kevlar-reinforced gloves; x1 balaclava; x1 knee and elbow pads; x1 AN/PVS-15 four-eyed night vision/IR goggles (team leaders and entry operators); x1 AN/PVS-14 monocular NVG (support operators).
      • Equipment: x1 Aselsan PGSK encrypted radio with encrypted earpiece; x1 IFAK (tourniquet, chest seal, pressure bandage, haemostatic gauze, morphine auto-injector, hypothermia blanket); x1 tactical flashlight (weapon-mounted and personal); x1 GPS wrist unit; x1 compass; x1 hydration system (3L); x1 handcuff set; x1 flex cuffs (x6 per operator); x1 breaching kit (per designated breacher: hydraulic ram, bolt cutters, halligan bar); x1 tactical mirror and hook set (entry reconnaissance); x1 ballistic shield (per designated shield operator, Level IV).
      • Weapons: x1 HK MP5A3 or HK UMP45 submachine gun + 8 x 30-round magazines (CQB primary); x1 MPT-76 assault rifle + 8 x 30-round magazines + bayonet (perimeter and overwatch primary); x1 Yavuz 16 sidearm + 4 magazines; x1 HK PSG-1 or Accuracy International AXMC sniper rifle + 5 x 10-round magazines (per designated marksman, 1 per 6-operator fire team); x4 flashbang grenades; x2 fragmentation grenades; x1 white smoke grenade; x1 yellow smoke grenade; x2 red flares; x1 non-lethal equivalent per operator (rubber round launcher or equivalent).
      • Vehicle Assets: x 4 armoured Land Rover Defender (tactical response vehicles, PÖH-configured); x2 Kirpi MRAP (standby, for elevated threat response); x1 mobile command and communications vehicle (encrypted net, OSCC-linked); all vehicles equipped with ballistic glass, run-flat tyres, encrypted radio, and weapon racks.

Turkish Land Forces

• Turkish Land Forces
  • 75th Special Forces Regiment – A Company
    • 1st Commando Brigade – C Company
      • All operators fully equipped, rested, and mission-briefed; All personnel certified in special reconnaissance, direct action, and counter-terrorism operations. Apparel: x1 Turkish Special Forces field uniform (MultiCam or ERDL pattern); x1 ballistic helmet; x1 plate carrier (Level IV); x1 combat boots; x1 gloves; x1 balaclava; x1 four-eyed night vision/IR goggles (AN/PVS-15 or equivalent). Equipment: x1 Aselsan PGSK encrypted radio; x1 IFAK; x1 compass and topographic maps (Istanbul metropolitan and venue-specific); x1 tactical flashlight; x1 hydration system; x1 GPS wrist unit. Weapons: x1 MPT-76 assault rifle + 8 x 30-round magazines + bayonet; x1 HK MP5 or HK416 (CQB secondary, as assigned); x1 Yavuz 16 sidearm + 4 magazines; x4 flashbang grenades; x2 fragmentation grenades; x1 white smoke grenade; x1 yellow smoke grenade; x2 red flares; x1 non-lethal equivalent per operator
    • 3rd Commando Brigade – C Company
      • All operators fully equipped, rested, and mission-briefed; All personnel certified in special reconnaissance, direct action, and counter-terrorism operations. Apparel: x1 Turkish Special Forces field uniform (MultiCam or ERDL pattern); x1 ballistic helmet; x1 plate carrier (Level IV); x1 combat boots; x1 gloves; x1 balaclava; x1 four-eyed night vision/IR goggles (AN/PVS-15 or equivalent). Equipment: x1 Aselsan PGSK encrypted radio; x1 IFAK; x1 compass and topographic maps (Istanbul metropolitan and venue-specific); x1 tactical flashlight; x1 hydration system; x1 GPS wrist unit. Weapons: x1 MPT-76 assault rifle + 8 x 30-round magazines + bayonet; x1 HK MP5 or HK416 (CQB secondary, as assigned); x1 Yavuz 16 sidearm + 4 magazines; x4 flashbang grenades; x2 fragmentation grenades; x1 white smoke grenade; x1 yellow smoke grenade; x2 red flares; x1 non-lethal equivalent per operator
  • 23rd Mechanized Infantry Division
    • 24th Infantry Battalion
      • All personnel fully equipped, rested, and mission-briefed. Apparel: x1 Turkish Armed Forces field uniform; x1 ballistic helmet; x1 plate carrier (Level III+); x1 combat boots; x1 gloves. Equipment: x1 Aselsan PGSK encrypted radio; x1 IFAK; x1 compass and maps (Istanbul metropolitan area); x1 tactical flashlight; x1 hydration system. Weapons: x1 MPT-76 assault rifle + 6 x 30-round magazines + bayonet; x1 Yavuz 16 sidearm + 3 magazines; x2 flashbang grenades; x1 white smoke grenade; x1 non-lethal equivalent per squad. Vehicles: ACV-15 Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicles and M60T Sabra main battle tanks assigned per battalion TOE; deployed at outer cordon positions and rapid reaction staging points only; not forward-deployed within civilian venue perimeters.
  • Corps of Staff Cadets (Support Roles)
    • All cadets fully uniformed, rested, and briefed; Assigned exclusively to ceremonial and logistics support duties throughout the Games. Apparel: x1 Turkish Armed Forces ceremonial dress uniform (per service branch); x1 white gloves; x1 dress shoes/boots; x1 service cap or beret (branch appropriate). Equipment: x1 personal radio (event coordination net); x1 ceremonial rifle (parade arms, unloaded); x1 flag handling kit (per flag detail cadet); x1 event briefing pack and schedule. Operational Note: No live ammunition carried during ceremonial duties; ceremonial rifles for parade use only; cadets assigned to military band, flag detail, and transport support roles as directed by 31st Operational Support Squadron.

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CONFIDENTIAL MISSION OPERATION GİZLİLİKLE GÖREV OPERASYONU This document is classified and intended solely for official use within the Turkish Armed Forces and authorised civilian security agencies. It contains sensitive operational details and is not to be viewed, shared, or disseminated outside of authorized personnel. Unauthorized access or distribution of this document is strictly prohibited. Please ensure the return of this document to the Olympic Security Command Centre, Istanbul, or the Turkish General Staff Building, Bakanlıklar, Çankaya, Ankara.​

SECRET​ Concept of Operations (CONOPS):​ PHASE I – PRE-GAMES DEPLOYMENT & SITE PREPARATION​ Full deployment of all ground, naval, and air assets to assigned positions and stations. Conduct venue and vehicle searches across all Olympic sites, athlete villages, press centres, and transport hubs. Establish Olympic Restricted Airspace Zone (ORAZ) over Istanbul; publish NOTAMs to all civil and military aviation authorities. Dog Units and JÖH to complete explosive search certification of all primary venues before handover to Games organizers. PHASE II – OPENING CEREMONY & GAMES COMMENCEMENT ​ Maximum security posture activated across all assets. x 4 Rafale M and x 4 F-16C/D maintained airborne over Istanbul continuously; QRA pair at 5-minute ground readiness All naval vessels on active patrol stations; Underwater Defence Groups at immediate standby. Corps of Staff Cadets to perform ceremonial duties: military bands to record national anthems of all participating nations; flag handlers deployed for opening ceremony. Diplomatic Mission Protection Division details fully active for all accredited diplomatic and head of state movements. OSCC Situation Room at full manning; all liaison officers present. PHASE III – SUSTAINED GAMES SECURITY (D+1 to D+15)​ Rotating security posture maintained across all domains for the duration of the Games: Ground: 12-hour patrol rotations for police and military units across all venues and transport corridors. Naval: FREMM frigates and Ada corvettes on continuous patrol rotation in the Bosphorus and Sea of Marmara; IZ 1300 patrol boats maintaining harbour and coastal coverage. Air: Minimum x 4 aircraft airborne at all times; Rafale M and F-16 flights alternating in 4-hour CAP rotations; 25th Akbaba Unit on ground standby for rapid deployment.[]Daily intelligence briefings at OSCC incorporating input from all liaison agencies. JÖH and 75th Special Forces Regiment on counter-terrorism quick reaction standby throughout. 31st Operational Support Squadron to provide continuous logistics, transport, and communications support; drivers assigned to Olympic Roads and Transport Authority for anti-doping official movement. Search and Rescue (JAK) teams integrated with Medical and Emergency Services for all mass casualty contingency planning. PHASE IV – CLOSING CEREMONY SECURITY​ Security posture returned to maximum for closing ceremony, mirroring Phase II protocols. Corps of Staff Cadets to conduct flag handling and ceremonial duties at closing ceremony. All Diplomatic Mission Protection Division details active for departure of delegations and heads of state. Naval assets to provide escort and clearance for any departing Olympic charter shipping. PHASE V – DRAWDOWN & REDEPLOYMENT​ Sequenced stand-down of security assets commencing post-closing ceremony. All venues formally cleared and handed back to Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Debrief conducted at OSCC with all agency liaison officers present; after-action report compiled for submission to Ministry of Interior. All units returned to home stations; equipment inventoried and restocked. IV. SERVICE SUPPORT​ Logistic Naval replenishment conducted at Gölcük Naval Yard and forward barge points along the Bosphorus. Aviation fuel and maintenance support for Blackhawk and fixed-wing assets provided through Çiğli Air Base. x 4 Medevac-configured Blackhawks on 10-minute readiness throughout the Games. Medical and Emergency Services liaison to coordinate all civilian hospital surge planning. Communications Primary command net via COMNET-F Secure linking OSCC to all ground, naval, and air commands Naval and diver operations over UWT (Ultra-Wideband Tactical) Air operations synchronized through FleetOps Net (LCS-certified) and Air Operations Centre Istanbul Encrypted radio network for all police and gendarmerie units on dedicated Olympic Security frequencies ANNEXES​ Prepared by: Assistant Commissioner Semiha Bardakçı Olympic Security Command Centre Approved by: Colonel Abdullah Atay Commander, Operation Determination

END OF DOCUMENT BELGENİN SONU​

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CAMPAIGN REGISTER

Operation	Objective	Status
Operation DETERMINATION – Phase I: Pre-Games Deployment	Deploy all ground, naval, and air assets; complete venue searches, harbour clearance sweeps, and airspace zone activation ahead of the Games	Active
Operation DETERMINATION – Phase II: Opening Ceremony Security	Activate maximum security posture; maintain continuous CAP with minimum 4 aircraft airborne; full naval patrol and diplomatic protection details active; ceremonial duties by Corps of Staff Cadets	Active
Operation DETERMINATION – Phase III: Naval Screening & Patrols	Maintain continuous naval patrol rotation in the Bosphorus and Sea of Marmara; FREMM frigates and Ada corvettes on active station; IZ 1300 patrol boats conducting coastal and harbour coverage	Active
Operation DETERMINATION – Phase III: Air Standby & CAP	Sustain minimum 4 aircraft airborne at all times throughout the Games; Rafale M and F-16 flights rotating on 4-hour CAP cycles; 25th Akbaba Unit on ground standby for rapid deployment	Active
Operation DETERMINATION – Phase III: Ground Force Public Order	Sustain 12-hour patrol rotations across all venues and transport corridors; police, gendarmerie, and military units maintaining public order and safety in support of civilian authorities	Pending
Operation DETERMINATION – Phase IV: Closing Ceremony Security	Return to maximum security posture for closing ceremony; conduct flag handling and ceremonial duties; provide departure security for all diplomatic delegations and Olympic charter shipping	Pending
Operation DETERMINATION – Phase V: Drawdown & Redeployment	Sequenced stand-down of all assets; final maritime EOD sweeps; venue handback to Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality; after-action report submitted to Ministry of Interior	Pending

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[Jay]

SECRET

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The first station came in at 0542, which was an hour and eighteen minutes before the ORAZ activation window and eighteen m inutes minutes ahead of the watch rotation schedule, because the outgoing senior operator had stayed at his console until the new team was settled.

Sergeant First Class Emre Taşkın signed the handover log, pulled his chair to the primary display, and looked at the scope the way he always looked at it first, which was without touching anything. The scope showed him what it should show him. He noted this and picked up his coffee.

The Olympic Restricted Airspace Zone was a defined polygon over the Aegean and its approaches, its boundaries pushed to every civil and military navigation authority in the region and published in the NOTAMs that had been running since 0000. On his display it sat as an overlay, a fixed boundary drawn in amber on the grey-green of the radar picture. Within it: two authorized media aircraft in their designated holding stacks, a Turkish Air Force patrol squawking clean, and a Greek civilian airliner on the eastern approach whose authorization number he had looked up the previous evening and whose track he had been watching since he sat down.

The Greek plane was drifting. He had already done the math on it twice and both times the math said it would exit the northern boundary of the ORAZ without requiring intervention. He watched it anyway.

His Electronic Warfare Officer, Lieutenant Selin Güneş, was at the secondary console running the ESM sweep that was the first order of business on every watch. She was methodical about it and said nothing until she was done, at which point she said "clean" and updated her log.

Corporal Yasin Erdoğan brought in two additional cups from the corridor machine at 0558, set one next to Taşkın's existing cup without comment, kept the other, and took the communications position. He had been on this posting for six weeks and had not yet developed the particular patience that the work required.

"Patrol flight is on southbound leg," he said.

"I have it," Taşkın said.

The patrol aircraft, two F-16s from 111. Filo, squawking their authorized codes, flying the corridor that had been assigned to them and briefed to them, and that they had flown six times already in the preparation phase, completed the leg and began their turn. The return was clean at every point. There was nothing about it that required a phone call.

The ORAZ held at 0600. Taşkın logged it. The amber boundary on his screen sat where it had been, enclosing the geometry of a city that was, as of this morning, the geometry of something larger than itself.

The balloon drifted northeast on its authorized track. He watched it until it bored him and he started following other air targets.

The briefing room at the air base had a projector that worked. Major Burhan Yıldırım stood at the front and waited. The room settled in the way that rooms of pilots settle. "QRA posture from 0600," he said. "Four aircraft at five-minute ground readiness at all times. The rotation is in your packets and has not changed since Monday. I am going to tell you the things I want you to remember when you are in the air and bored, because bored is what I want you to be."

He moved to the airspace slide. The ORAZ polygon sat over the Aegean in its defined shape, its vertices annotated with coordinates that were also in their nav systems and had been since the previous Tuesday.

The radar stations are watching everything that moves inside that polygon in real time and feeding it to the Air Operations Centre. We plan to ensure a continuous air patrol with the QRF prepared for QRA within a minute.

The weapons loadout was standard CAP configuration: two AIM-120C AMRAAM for beyond-visual-range, two AIM-9X Sidewinder for short-range, the M61A1 Vulcan loaded and confirmed, external tanks for endurance. He did not go through the loadout in detail because the pilots knew the loadout and what he needed them to know was not the loadout.

"ROE," he said. "Distributed on the fourteenth. You have read them. The correct response to an unknown contact inside the ORAZ is a phone call to this room before it is anything else. Unknown does not mean hostile. It means unknown. These are different things, and the ROE describes the difference in language that does not require interpretation."

First Lieutenant Koray Demirci, front row, noted in the margin of his kneeboard: identify first. then everything else. He had been flying QRA for two years and had never been required to be anything other than boring and he intended to continue this record.

"The Rafale M flights from 92. Filo are on the same CAP picture," Major Yıldırım continued. "You will see them on your Link 16. They know you are there. You will not be surprised by them, and they will not be surprised by you." He looked at the room. "Questions on things I have covered."

There was one question, about the weather balloon on the eastern approach, which was a legitimate question and which he answered with the authorization number and the track parameters, and the instruction to treat it as noise unless it deviated from its filed track, at which point it became a phone call.

The room cleared at 0648. The QRA aircraft would be on the ramp and at readiness by 0720. The remaining eight aircraft would begin their CAP rotation on schedule. Major Yıldırım stood at the front for a moment after everyone had gone, looking at the ORAZ polygon on the projected slide, and thought about the word bored, which was the outcome he was trying to manufacture and which he considered the highest professional compliment he could pay a sortie.

Kemalreis departed the naval base at 0412, dark, running lights on, her crew at modified readiness stations that were not the relaxed posture of a transit and not the taut posture of a threat response but something between them that experienced sailors know by feel. Commander Ferhat Çetin had the bridge. The navigation officer, Lieutenant Hande Arslan, had the chart table. The Marmara was flat and black and the shore lights of Kocaeli were visible to the north as a pale contamination of the horizon.

The frigate's radar suite, one of the things the second refit had attended to, was painting the surface picture clearly. Several contacts at the expected ranges are moving on the expected headings. A coast guard cutter is working the northern channel. The IZ-1300 patrol boats from the Olympic Command, their AIS squawks clean, are operating in their assigned pairs on the harbor approaches. Kemalreis herself was the outer layer of a security architecture that had other layers, and her job was to be the outer layer well, which meant knowing where everything else was.

"Maritime exclusion zone boundary in thirty-eight minutes at current speed," Lieutenant Arslan said.

"Increase to twelve knots."

She made the adjustment without discussing it. The engines responded. The shore lights began to move differently against the dark.

The exclusion zone was a nautical polygon corresponding to the most sensitive coastal approaches — the Olympic venue shorelines, the stadium piers, the media village waterfront, charted and NOTAMed and broadcast on NAVTEX since midnight. Commercial traffic had been rerouted. Pleasure craft had been given notices on three separate occasions, which was two more than was legally required and one fewer than would have been necessary to clear the zone entirely, because there are always small craft in a security zone regardless of the quality of the notices, and the coast guard assets and the IZ-1300 boats would handle them, and Kemalreis would handle the things that the coast guard and the IZ-1300 boats were not configured to handle.

Petty Officer Mehmet Kılıç had the port bridge wing and was watching the water with the patient comprehensive attention that bridge watches require. He had been selected for this assignment because he was reliable and showed up early and did not find the quiet watches insulting, which were the three qualities that the tasking required and which not everyone possessed.

At 0531 he saw the lights of an unlit vessel at roughly two hundred and eighty meters, bearing three-one-five, crossing Kemalreis's track at low speed.

"Bridge wing," he said into the intercom. "Small craft, bearing three-one-five, no running lights, crossing our track."

"Bridge wing, hold."

He held the vessel in his binoculars. Fishing boat, he thought. Low in the water from gear or catch. No AIS. Making perhaps four knots. It was going to cross ahead of them by a margin that would have been comfortable in peacetime and was not comfortable now.

"Coast guard frequency," he heard the navigation officer say behind him, then heard the radio exchange, the coast guard acknowledging and vectoring their nearest asset.

He kept the vessel in his binoculars until it had cleared ahead of them and until the coast guard boat had appeared on its port beam, at which point he lowered the binoculars and scanned the rest of his sector and found it empty.

Kemalreis entered the patrol corridor at 0549 and began her first northbound leg. Commander Çetin had his second coffee. The city was coming up on the eastern horizon now, its geometry assembling itself out of the dark in sections, the bridges appearing first, then the minarets, then the lit faces of buildings that contained, this morning, the beginning of something large.

He looked at the water. The water was not telling him anything. He looked anyway.

Corporal Aslı Demir and her dog, a three-year-old German Shepard named Fırtına, certified in explosive vapor detection, pressed his forehead against the back of her knee when they stopped and she didn't give him the release word immediately. They arrived at the athletes' village northern gate complex at 0558, having already completed the accreditation building sweep and logged it.

The certification register was a laminated document with venue names, timestamp columns, and a signature line for each. When it was complete, it would be the formal basis for venue handover to the organizing committee. It had been asked about, by people who did not control the process but felt the schedule acutely, on four separate occasions in the past forty-eight hours. She had answered each inquiry with the number of venues remaining.

The northern gate complex was a chicaned approach corridor designed for vehicle processing, flanked by Jersey barriers and a scanner station that a technical officer was still calibrating when she arrived. Two JÖH officers in plate carriers were standing at the outer boundary. A second K9 team from the Ankara detachment was working the eastern fence line, and she could see them from where she stood, the handler moving in the deliberate way that handlers move when the dog is working, the dog low and quiet along the perimeter wire.

She gave Fırtına water first and let him drink, and then she gave him the word that meant work. They worked the vehicle corridor from the outer barrier inward. Fırtına's method was consistent and unhurried. He covered the wheel wells and the undercarriage framing and the gap between the barrier blocks and the gate mechanism housing with the systematic patience of a dog who has been doing this long enough that the work has lost its novelty and retained its function. He was quiet except for his breathing. She watched his posture and his nose position the way that reading a sentence involves tracking not just the words but the shape of the line.

He found nothing in the vehicle corridor. She logged it and moved him into the pedestrian processing area. The equipment storage annexes along the eastern fence took longer because they contained layered smells, diesel, lubricant, electrical insulation, and Fırtına worked through the layers methodically, which took time and was correct.

At the generator housing at the northeast corner, he sat twice. Both sits were at ventilation conduits that fed the mechanical space below the concrete pad. Both were investigated by the JÖH technical officer with a flashlight and an inspection mirror. Both were confirmed negative after three minutes each.

By 0831 the northern gate complex was certified and signed. She gave Fırtına the release word. He shook himself and pressed his forehead against her knee and she let him for a moment and then gave him more water.

"Güney spor salonu," the sector coordinator said on the radio. Southern sports hall. She looked at the register. Twelve venues remaining. She clipped the register back into her cargo pocket and they went.