Minister of Internal Affairs Mustafa Çiftçi attended a private television channel in Konya and made statements regarding the Terror-Free Türkiye process. Stating that the process started with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's call for strengthening the internal front in Malazgirt in August 2024, Minister Çiftçi said, "Then, this approach of our President turned into a state project with the strong support of the Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party, Dr. Devlet Bahçeli. And this year, before our Grand National Assembly of Turkey went on recess, it created the legal basis for this and adopted a framework law. Of course, here is our President of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Prof. Dr. Numan Kurtulmuş's efforts should also be commemorated. He chaired 21 meetings, our esteemed President, and managed a very good process in establishing the legal basis for this, and our Assembly enacted this issue into law." he said.
"THERE IS THE WILL OF OUR STATE"
Stating that they, as the Ministry of Internal Affairs, are following the process carefully, Minister Mustafa Çiftçi said, "There is no negotiation here, there is no concession made against the terrorist organization. There is the will of our state here, there is the will of our President, the terrorist organization will liquidate itself, lay down its weapons, the security organs of the state will detect this, the National Security Council will confirm this, then the 6-month period will begin, after which the courts will decide on the issue and normalization will begin in this way. Hopefully, our country will have overcome the 50-year scourge of terrorism with this, because there is a lot of work to do for this." "We gave martyrs." he said.
"WE WILL TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS"
Stating that they will work in coordination with the relevant institutions to continue the process, Minister Çiftçi continued his words as follows: "I can say that the biggest success of the process is that, thank God, there is no news of any martyrs for 2 years, mothers do not cry, wives do not become widows, children do not become orphans. I think this is the biggest success of the process and we will do our part with sensitivity, together with the Ministry of National Defense, together with the MİT and other institutions of the state, and ensure that this process continues successfully without any disruptions." "We will take all precautions to prevent it from happening."
"WE HAVE A PROJECT CALLED COMPASSION SHIELD"
Minister Çiftçi also made statements regarding the work to be carried out for the security of educational environments following the incidents in schools. Mustafa Çiftçi stated that they will implement the Compassion Shield Project and said, "We have a project called Compassion Shield in the coming days. We will announce it. There was a project that our Ministry of Internal Affairs implemented in the past called the Best Narcotics Police Mother. Because the change in a child is noticed first by the mother." he said. Pointing out the importance of families to closely monitor their children's behavior, Minister Çiftçi said, "When the child comes home, he/she looks at the child's behavior and movements, that is, does he have any discomfort, illness, does the child exhibit normal behavior? The mother knows this. We have a similar project called Compassion Shield. Hopefully, we will put this project into effect in the coming days." he said.
"IT IS THE DUTY OF FAMILIES TO FOLLOW THEIR CHILDREN"
Stating that families should definitely follow their children, Minister Çiftçi said, "What is the child doing in the room, which sites is he visiting, which games is he playing? Is there any behavioral change in the child? They should observe him. Also, when sending him to school, I wonder if the child goes to school? Who does he see after leaving school, with whom does he go to different places, does he go to game halls or internet cafes? Does he go to places he should not go? It is the duty of families to follow these." he said.
WHAT IS THE HAND OF COMPASSION PROJECT?
The "Compassion Shield" project, planned to be implemented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prevent attacks in schools, aims to ensure that changes in children's behavior are noticed early by families and to take precautions against possible risks. Within the scope of the project, mothers will be trained against the risk of their children turning to drugs, and will be informed about the detection of individual signs of radicalization and the ways to follow in this process.
