A Historic Step in the Turkish Grand National Assembly: "Terror Free Turkey" Commission Convenes for the First Time Tomorrow!

Ankara - The "Turkey Without Terror" commission, established under the roof of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) to create a common ground in the fight against terrorism, one of the most critical problems of the country, will hold its first meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, August 5, 2025) at 11:00 am. This historic meeting, which will be held in the TBMM Ceremony Hall, will be chaired by Numan Kurtulmuş, Speaker of the TBMM.

The long-awaited commission, which was formed with the broad participation of political parties, sets out with the aim of finding permanent solutions to Turkey's terrorism problem, ensuring social reconciliation and realizing the vision of a "Turkey without terrorism". This first session is of great importance in terms of setting the roadmap for the future work of the commission.

First Session Agenda and Participants

The commission's first session will define in detail its working principles, methods and basic principles. This first meeting will set the framework for the functioning of the commission and coordinate future work. The opening speech of the meeting will be delivered by Numan Kurtulmuş, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Following Kurtulmuş's speech, MPs from the political parties represented in the commission will take the floor one by one to share their views and evaluations on the commission's objectives, working principles and the fight against terrorism. In this way, it will be observed how different political perspectives can meet around a common goal.

The MPs who will take part in the "Turkey Without Terror" commission represent a broad spectrum of political parties showing the importance they attach to this critical issue. The names of the MPs in the commission are as follows:

• AK Party: Mustafa Şen, Kürşad Zorlu, Hüseyin Yayman, Abdulhamit Gül, Cüneyt Yüksel, Sunay Karamık, Selami Altınok, Kemal Çelik, Mehmet Sait Yaz, Mahmut Atilla Kaya, Şengül Karslı, Mehmet Şahin, Ayşe Böhürler, Radiye Sezer Katırcı, Tahir Akyürek, Ali Kıratlı, Cevahir Asuman Yazmacı, Gökhan Diktaş, Burhan Kayatürk, Abdurrahman Babacan, Ersan Aksu.

• CHP: Murat Emir, Okan Konuralp, Nurhayat Altaca Kayışoğlu, Mustafa Sezgin Tanrıkulu, Türkan Elçi, Turan Taşkın Özer, Oğuz Kaan Salıcı, Murat Bakan, Gökçe Gökçen, Mehmet Salih Uzun.

• MHP: Feti Yıldız, Muhammed Levent Bülbül, Halil Öztürk, Yücel Bulut.

• DEM Party: Gülüstan Kılıç Koçyiğit, Meral Danış Beştaş, Hakkı Saruhan Oluç, Cengiz Çiçek.

• New Road Party: Bülent Kaya, Mehmet Emin Ekmen, Mustafa Bilici.

• Turkish Labor Party: Ahmet Şık.

• EMEP: Iskender Bayhan.

• Renew Welfare Party: Dogan Bekin.

• DSP: Önder Aksakal.

• HÜDA PAR: Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu.

• Democratic Party: Haydar Altintas.

A New Era of National Unity and Struggle

The establishment of the "Turkey Without Terror" commission and the fact that it will convene for the first time is considered an important indicator of Turkey's search for common sense and cooperation on parliamentary grounds in the fight against terrorism. The work of this commission will pave the way for legal and strategic steps to be taken in the fight against different dimensions of terrorism. The gathering of MPs from across the country will strengthen the message of national unity and solidarity in the fight against terrorism. The steps and decisions to be taken by the commission have created great public expectation in terms of its potential to produce permanent and inclusive solutions to Turkey's terrorism problem.