For over 40 years, Turkiye has been combating separatist terrorism, facing not merely a security issue but a complex proxy war orchestrated by global powers. Foreign actors, particularly those supporting terrorist organizations like the PKK both ideologically and logistically, have aimed to destabilize Turkiye, preventing it from rising to a global stature and nullifying its regional influence. Over the years, successive governments have adopted various measures – some periods relied solely on military suppression of terrorism, while others attempted negotiation processes. However, these approaches alone proved insufficient to eliminate the root causes of the problem.

Beginning in the 2000s, as global power balances shifted and under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkiye’s global vision expanded, giving rise to a more strategic and holistic counterterrorism approach. This new understanding was shaped significantly by the contributions of the late retired general Adnan Tanrıverdi, the founding president of ASSAM and then-Chief Advisor to the President. Under Tanrıverdi’s guidance, a new counterterrorism concept was developed – prioritizing the elimination of terrorism at its source, including cross-border operations. This approach moved away from traditional defensive reflexes, evolving into a multidimensional strategy that is proactive, intelligence-driven, inclusive of local actors, and reliant on international diplomacy.

Since its creation in 1948, Israeli has perpetually committed war crimes, including genocide, ethnic cleansing, blockade to cause famine, starvation as a weapon of war, destroying livelihood of Palestinians, and attacking food and humanitarian assistance conveys at Gaza unabatedly. Since October 2023, the crimes have increased manifolds. War crimes are the violations of international criminal law, including the international humanitarian laws as well. All such crimes have been documented and acknowledged by the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Human Rights Commission, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the Inter Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and all most all renowned international human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch. But that does deter Israel at all because she is being encouraged by the United States and many West European countries to continue committing such crimes. Indeed, they do not wish to stop the ongoing genocide of Muslims. In fact, many of them are accomplices to these heinous crimes against humanity by providing diplomatic, financial, and military support to Israel. They have discouraged and hindered all efforts of ceasefire during the deliberations conducted at the United Nations Security Council. The United States is a case in point, in particular.