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The "Terror-Free Türkiye" process is entering its legal reform phase, with plans to establish a "security mechanism".
The mechanism will comprise representatives from the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), the Ministry of National Defense (MoND), the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of Justice.
A security mechanism will be tasked with assessing former PKK members on a case-by-case basis, with a 3–5-year monitoring period to follow, according to a column published Thursday by Hurriyet columnist Abdulkadir Selvi.
Selvi claimed that the central procedural deadlock, whether the terrorist organization PKK should lay down arms before legal reforms are enacted or whether legal reforms should come first, had been debated until recently but was now overcome.
"This debate was resolved. The matter was addressed at the National Security Council. A consensus has formed within the AK Party on implementing legal regulations. Work is expected to begin in May," Selvi wrote.
The planned security mechanism would bring together representatives from MIT, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Justice. Its function would be to assess former PKK members individually.
"Those who have been involved in crimes and those who have not will be evaluated there. Additionally, a monitoring process of around 3 or 5 years will be established," Selvi wrote.
Selvi noted that Erdogan used new language to describe the process in his Justice and Development (AK) Party parliamentary group speech on Wednesday, calling it a "line of resistance" for the first time.
"In a period when dirty intentions are being exposed one by one, the process that has entered its 18th month has become our most solid line of national resistance. The strategic value of the process for our country is being understood more clearly these days," Erdogan said, according to Selvi's account.
Erdogan also said, "Let no one hesitate. When proceeding on reasonable and legitimate grounds under the guidance of our thousand-year-old brotherhood, we believe no issue cannot be resolved."
He added, referring to those seeking to derail the process: "Centers that don't want Türkiye freed from 40 years of the scourge of terrorism no longer feel the need to hide their discomfort with the process.
Without looking at the blood of 73,000 Gazans on their hands and faces, they shamelessly slander our country through our Kurdish brothers. We will not fall into this trap."
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