Minister of Internal Affairs Mustafa Çiftçi and Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak came to the city to watch the Amed Sportive Activity and Erzurumspor match to be played in Diyarbakır and to make some visits.
Minister Çiftçi, who visited Diyarbakır Governorship, was welcomed in front of the governorship by Governor Murat Zorluoğlu and the city protocol. After the welcome, Minister Çiftçi signed the book of honor and held a meeting closed to the press with Governor Zorluoğlu and the heads of the institution.
At the meeting, Çiftçi received information about ongoing public investments, security services and works carried out in the city.
Following the governor's program, Ministers Çiftçi and Bak visited the AK Party Diyarbakır Provincial Headquarters and met with members of the organization.
Here, Minister Çiftçi was accompanied by former Minister of Youth and Sports Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu, AK Party Diyarbakır MPs Suna Kepolu Ataman, Mehmet Sait Yaz and Galip Ensarioğlu and Provincial Chairman Hamit Sümer.
'WE WILL GET RID OF THE 50-YEAR-OLD SHALES'
Minister Çiftçi, who made a statement here, stated that Turkey will be freed from its 50-year shackles within the scope of Terror-Free Türkiye and said, "Recently, our Turkey has entered the 'Terror-Free Türkiye' process.
Last week, the related law was passed by the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye with a high vote, a record number of votes.
We are now in a new phase.
Here, we, as the Ministry of Internal Affairs, summarize the process in four words.
One, liquidation.
Two, confirmation.
Three, control.
Four, normalization.
We have now moved to a new dimension.
We, as the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will hopefully give strong support to this Terror-Free Türkiye period in the future.
We are monitoring the process regarding this carefully.
We will do our best to prevent any failure.
One reason why we are here today is the Diyarbakır-Erzurum Sports match.
Hopefully it will be a good match today at 21.30.
It will lead to unity, solidarity and brotherhood.
We are here with you today to ensure this and to witness this.
I believe that if we can manage this process well, if this match starts well here and continues from now on, we will definitely contribute positively to the Terror-Free Türkiye process.
Therefore, this process is not a process that should only be managed by politicians.
Sports clubs also have a responsibility here.
Non-governmental organizations also have a responsibility.
Universities also have a responsibility.
Our citizens also have a responsibility.
Hopefully, we have entered a historical turning point.
We will get rid of the shackles of 50 years and Türkiye will have moved on to another level.
Another threshold will be crossed, under the leadership of our President.
Therefore, it would be beneficial for the state and the nation for all of us to do our best in this regard,” he said.
'THERE ARE BIG MONEY MOVEMENTS, ASSET MOVEMENTS'
Stating that the operation carried out against the Alihan Kuriş criminal network was aimed at the senior management, Minister Çiftçi said, “Recently, we carried out an operation against the Alihan Kuriş vested interest organized crime network and its organization as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Justice.
I want to state this clearly here.
During the AK Party's rule, no operation was carried out against any religious people, any community, or any conservative group.
Here, it is necessary to distinguish between the believers at the bottom and the people at the top who turn this into a self-interest organization.
There is an operation being carried out against the top management here.
In other words, there is no operation aimed at large areas.
It would be useful to express this clearly here.
Alihan Kuriş becomes the head of the organization in 2016.
He's leading the flow.
As it passes, you are all watching and seeing these days.
There are big money movements, there are asset movements.
A religious community, a movement.
I give an example, for example, does it use hidden software?
As you know, FETO members used the Bylock application before.
There is an application called Blopper that this movement currently uses and is used by the top management of the organization.
You can log in to the application with three-step verification.
They are currently building a large headquarters in Cologne, Germany, for 7 million euros.
When they did, all the activities of the organization would shift there.
We had already been watching these carefully for a long time.
Studies on this were also being carried out.
An operation was carried out against the top management of the organization at the appropriate time.
"There is absolutely no operation against religious people, conservatives or religious communities here," he said.
'WHEN AK PARTY CAME TO POWER, AN ENVIRONMENT OF FREEDOM FOR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES CREATED'
Minister Çiftçi stated that an environment of freedom for religious communities was created during the AK Party period and said:
