Politics · Turkey · 3 hrs ago
Turkey deploys 58,000 personnel for COP31 security
Turkey’s Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi visited the COP31 crisis centre in Antalya, where officials are coordinating security for the UN climate conference.
Çiftçi said 58,000 personnel are deployed across Antalya and nearby provinces under a plan arranged in three zones.
Police are securing the conference site, accommodation areas and travel routes, including through air and cyber operations.
Gendarmerie, coast guard and disaster response teams are also preparing for security, emergencies and search-and-rescue needs.
The plan brings several public safety agencies together to protect the conference and keep coordination in place.
Çiftçi thanked the staff, and the teams are continuing their work during the conference.
Türkiye has deployed 58,000 personnel across Antalya and surrounding provinces for security at the COP31 U.N. climate summit.
Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi said the plan uses three security rings covering Antalya, neighboring provinces, border regions and coastal areas.
He said 26,000 police and gendarmerie personnel were deployed on the ground.
The Coast Guard is providing maritime and aerial security, while AFAD has stationed 1,000 personnel in Antalya for emergencies.
Çiftçi said climate change is a security risk that authorities are incorporating into emergency planning.
- Who
- Türkiye’s security forces and emergency-response personnel, under a plan outlined by Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi.
- What
- 58,000 personnel have been mobilized to secure the COP31 summit.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Antalya and surrounding provinces, with security measures also covering border and coastal areas.
- Why
- To safeguard the COP31 U.N. climate summit and prepare for potential security threats and emergencies.
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- Personnel deployed
- 58,000
- Police and gendarmerie on the ground
- 26,000
- AFAD personnel stationed in Antalya
- 1,000
- Security plan
- Three rings
- Host city
- Antalya
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What people are saying
We consider climate change a security problem, a potential security vulnerability and even a risk multiplier
A total of 58,000 personnel are serving across Antalya and these security zones.
We have designated the provinces surrounding Antalya as the first security ring, those beyond them as the second, and our border and port provinces as the third