The exam procedures for the City and Neighborhood Watch Officers (Bekçi) Training Program are coordinated by the Turkish National Police Academy in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation on the City and Neighborhood Watch Officers Training Program Entrance Examination, which was drafted on the basis of the Article 7 of the City and Neighborhood Watch Officers Law dated 14 July 1966 and numbered 772 and entered into force upon its promulgation in the Official Gazette No. 30348 of 2 March 2018.
All candidates who meet the requirements stated in the Article 5 of the Regulation on the City and Neighborhood Watch Officers Training Program Entrance Examination can apply for the entrance exam.
The watch officer candidates admitted in the aftermath of the entrance examination are provided with a 12-week program of vocational training by the Police Academy, in line with the provisions of the “Regulation on the Forms and Procedures of Organizing Courses and the Principles of Vocational Training for City and Neighborhood Watch Officers”.