page_title: Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade
hierarchical_section_title: Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade
caption_attribution_description: English: Dag hakkari brigade badge
context_page_description: The 5th Commando Brigade, more commonly known as the Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade, stationed in Hakkâri Province in southeastern Turkey, founded as a battalion of the 1st Commando Brigade. Because of the ongoing Kurdish-Turkish conflict, the formation enlarged from the size of a battalion to a brigade.
  The brigade has four commando battalions, a support group, and an artillery battalion, which are deployed to different districts of Hakkari Province. Its main opponent is the Kurdistan Workers' Party. The unit has lost around 700 troops in its clashes with the PKK.
context_section_description: The 5th Commando Brigade, more commonly known as the Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade (Turkish: Hakkâri Dağ ve Komando Tugayı), stationed in Hakkâri Province in southeastern Turkey, founded as a battalion of the 1st Commando Brigade. Because of the ongoing Kurdish-Turkish conflict, the formation enlarged from the size of a battalion to a brigade.
  The brigade has four commando battalions, a support group, and an artillery battalion, which are deployed to different districts of Hakkari Province. Its main opponent is the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The unit has lost around 700 troops in its clashes with the PKK.
caption: Brigade symbols: mountain, grenade, parachute, and G3 guns