Doç. Dr. Bülent ÇİÇEKLİ

Dean of Faculty of Security Sciences

The overall of the Faculty of Security Sciences of Turkish National Police Academy is to provide its cadets, the chief constables of the future, with essential theoretical and practical knowledge and competence appropriate to the 21^st century. To be able to achieve this goal, the curriculum is arranged to accommodate national and international developments in the related fields. Thus, besides courses aimed to gather information concerning the people to whom services will be offered, programs which provide all the information and skills related to the profession are presented to the constables of the future by well-experienced academic staff.

Our faculty staff are striving to train cadets to enable them to serve more effectively in our fast developing society. We are pleased to have seen the signs of our efforts in this regard, and hope to see more progress in the future.

As well as training our domestic needs of chief constables, the Faculty of Security Sciences of Turkish National Police Academy also contributes to the education of police chiefs from ten other countries. In this respect, the Faculty serves a lot for the prevention of crime and for the struggle against trans-national criminals. The contribution of foreign graduates from our Faculty is very significant in terms of developing international co-operation against cross-border crimes.