Security council reviews next phase of ‘terror-free Türkiye’ process
Türkiye’s National Security Council (MGK) reviewed progress and discussed the next phase of the country’s “terror-free Türkiye” initiative at a meeting chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Aug. 6.
The council also considered the related goal of a “terror-free region” and the steps expected in the next stage, according to a communiqué issued after the meeting.
The MGK was briefed on domestic and cross-border operations against the PKK and its affiliates, FETÖ and ISIL, as well as recent international developments, the communiqué said.
It also reviewed measures against FETÖ, which orchestrated the failed coup of July 15, 2016, and said efforts to dismantle the network would continue.
