Turkey is now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel in its fight against terrorism, the country’s interior minister said on Thursday.
102,000 OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT IN FOUR YEARS
“A total of 892 terrorists were neutralized this year in Turkey,” Süleyman Soylu told Turkish legislators at the parliament’s planning and budget committee in the capital Ankara.
Soylu said the ministry had carried out 102,000 internal security operations since 2016. Turkey neutralized 102 top terrorists, with 10 of them on the most wanted list, he said.
“Turkey, today, for the first time, has seen the light at the end of the tunnel in the fight against terrorism,” he underlined.
Soylu said the ministry has also dismissed 42,000 personnel since the 2016 coup attempt by Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO). He added: “14,000 personal have been suspended [from the ministry] and 13,000 others have been reinstated [since the 2016 coup attempt].”