Ankara: Trkiye on Monday established four subcommissions to coordinate the implementation of legislation aimed at strengthening national unity and social cohesion, according to a board overseeing the process. The Monitoring and Evaluation Board, chaired by Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz, made the decision at its first meeting.
According to Anadolu Agency, the meeting of the board, which was established under the National Solidarity and Strengthening Social Cohesion Law, focused on coordinating the work of state institutions involved in the process and establishing procedures and principles governing the board's activities, as stated by Yilmaz on US social media platform X. The meeting was attended by the justice, foreign affairs, interior, and national defense ministers, as well as the presidential chief of administrative affairs, the head of the National Intelligence Organization, and the secretary-general of the National Security Council.
The board established the Legal and Judicial Affairs Coordination Subcommission, Monitoring and Assessment Subcommission, Social Compliance and Integration Subcommission, and Disarmament and Strategic Coordination Subcommission. The statement indicated that the process aimed at completely eliminating terrorism and violence from Trkiye and the region, removing weapons from the agenda, and strengthening fraternity has reached an 'important milestone.'
It further stated that the law was adopted by the Turkish Parliament with 'a high level of social and political consensus' and reflected the will of the Turkish people. 'Trkiye will continue to implement these historic steps with determination, in full coordination among all its institutions, to strengthen social integration,' the board affirmed.