
Speaking at the 'First Lesson Terror-Free Türkiye' program held at Sivas Science and Technology University, Abdullah Güler stated that the economic cost of terrorism to Türkiye is 2 trillion dollars.
Abdullah Güler, Chairman of the AK Party Group of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, emphasized that terrorism brought an economic cost of 2 trillion dollars to Türkiye in 50 years at the opening of the academic year in Sivas, and stated that the state is determined to achieve the goal of a terror-free Turkey.
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Attention is drawn to the economic and social costs of the terrorism problem that has been going on for 50 years in Türkiye. A new process was started with the legal regulation adopted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on August 5, 2026.
GNAT AK Party Group Chairman Abdullah Güler attended the Academic Year Opening Ceremony and the 'First Lesson Terror-Free Turkey' program with the opening of the newly built Soil Analysis Laboratory at Sivas Science and Technology University. Also at the ceremony were Sivas Governor Yılmaz Şimşek, AK Party Sivas MPs Rukiye Toy, Sivas Science and Technology University Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kul and the provincial protocol attended. In the program, which started with a moment of silence and then the reading of the National Anthem, the Soil Analysis Laboratory was first opened. Then, the Academic Year Opening Ceremony and First Lecture started with the Terrorism-Free Türkiye program.
Güler, who gave the first lecture here, stated that the Terror-Free Turkey process was not an easy process and said, "We are talking about a problem that has caused deep pain in our country in the past 50 years, where there is a martyr in almost every district of our regional provinces, especially Sivas, where our families of martyrs and veterans have experienced deep pain, and at the same time caused great economic losses in this 50-year period. Economically, the size of the economic loss has been determined, explained and estimated by certain experts, over 2 trillion dollars to date." While our country's resources were to be spent on education, health, infrastructure, transportation, defense industry and other elements, unfortunately, due to this tense environment and problems created by terrorism, unfortunately, 2 trillion dollars of our energy was wasted where we could have used it in a different way, in terms of the growth, development and development of our country. "Unfortunately, these costs and budget opportunities for the construction of our campus were wasted in a way that depleted Turkey's internal energy in the 50-year period," he said.
'WE ARE DETERMINED ON THIS MATTER'
Stating that the country's economy should no longer be wasted on terrorism with the terrorism-free Turkey process, Güler said, "We should not be in a situation where we will waste our internal energy on terrorism again in the coming periods. The great state mind, the past memory, accumulation and experience of our state can actually solve this. We see that. There have been many initiatives in the past, the 1990s and 2000s were again the AK Party periods, but unfortunately, with the intervention of global imperialist centers and global evil minds in our country, this is not the case." "We have not been successful in the past. But now, under the leadership of our President and with the strong contributions of our Parliament, we are determined to achieve results. We hope that our country's current capacity, experience, determination, the stance of the leader and the approach of the political parties in the parliament will make serious progress at this point," he said.
'ALL OUR ELEMENTS ARE MAKING A SERIOUS EFFORT'
Referring to the new legal regulation adopted at the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Güler said, "It is not an easy process. The bill, which we discussed at the commission level in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on August 5, 2025, was brought to the agenda in the same way exactly one year later on August 5, 2026. It was accepted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly in a short time, with a great support, with the votes of 467 deputies, and is now in force. All our institutions, chaired by our Vice President Cevdet Bey, inform us. National Defense "Our Ministry, our Ministry of Internal Affairs, our military, our gendarmerie, all our elements are making serious efforts," he said.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Coordinated efforts of relevant ministries will continue within the scope of the terrorism-free Türkiye process.
Very likely · Within months

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