Interior Minister Çiftçi's Statement on the Terror-Free Turkey Process in Batman

Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi, speaking at the "Terror-Free Turkey, Brotherhood Law and Social Peace Panel in the Century of Turkey" held in Batman, emphasized that internal and external conditions are favorable for the success of the process and stated that no bargaining was made.

Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi spoke at a panel held at the Necat Nasıroğlu Complex Conference Hall by the Batman Branch of the Unity Foundation. Stating that the domestic and international conjuncture is extremely favorable for the success of the Terror-Free Turkey process, Çiftçi noted that the strongest period of the last 200 years is being experienced, that the state is at its strongest time, and that Turkey has now become a regional power with global influence.

Conveying that before the panel he held a long meeting with the governors, provincial police chiefs, and provincial gendarmerie commanders of 11 provinces with the agenda of Terror-Free Turkey, Minister Çiftçi said that security problems experienced in the past in Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia have been left behind. Stating that the domestic front has been fortified upon the call of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Çiftçi noted that the process has gained a legal basis with the support of 467 deputies.

Emphasizing that no bargaining was made with the terrorist organization and no concessions were given whatsoever, Çiftçi underlined that the process is being carried out entirely in line with Turkey's own will and power.