Politics · Turkey · 12 hrs ago
Turkey's justice minister backs 'Terror-Free Turkey' initiative
Turkey's Justice Minister Akın Gürlek defended the government's “Terror-Free Turkey” goal at an AK Party youth meeting in Ankara.
He said efforts to sabotage the initiative and turn young people against each other would be opposed through law and democracy.
The government says the goal is to end terrorism's impact on the country and avoid passing past hardships on to the next generation.
Gürlek also warned that young people face risks from criminal groups, gambling, drugs and harmful online activity.
He said the state would hold people who exploit young people accountable under the law.
He urged party members to support young people and protect them from these dangers.
The government says it will keep pursuing the initiative, but no specific next steps were given.
Turkey’s Justice Minister Akın Gürlek voiced support for the “Terror-Free Turkey” initiative at a youth meeting in Ankara.
He said the goal was to remove terrorism from the country’s agenda and give young people a more peaceful future.
Gürlek said those seeking to sabotage the initiative would be opposed within the framework of law and democracy.
He also said terrorism had taken lives and taken time from young people, resources from the country and the shared future.
- Who
- Justice Minister Akın Gürlek.
- What
- He backed the “Terror-Free Turkey” initiative and said efforts to sabotage it would be opposed.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Başkent Millet Bahçesi, Ankara.
- Why
- He said the initiative aimed to end terrorism’s effects and give young people peaceful futures.
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- Minister
- Akın Gürlek
- Initiative
- Terror-Free Turkey
- Meeting venue
- Başkent Millet Bahçesi, Ankara
- Meeting
- AK Party Ankara Provincial Youth Branch Advisory Council Meeting
What people are saying
Our aim is to implement the Terror-Free Turkey model and hand over to our young people a country where peaceful tomorrows are possible.
We will not allow those trying to sabotage this march, sow discord among our young people and return our country to the dark days of the past to do so, within the framework of law and democracy.
Terrorism did not only take our lives; it also stole time from our youth, resources from our country and our common future.