NEWS CENTER - Since 1950, 79 resolutions have been approved by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. 65 of this number consists of the resolutions passed by the parliament with the AKP’s coming into power.

 

While the war policies of the governments in Turkey continued throughout the history of the republic, the period when it reached its peak was the AKP ruling period. The isolation that started in Imralı after Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan was brought to Turkey with an international conspiracy is reflected as a war in the Middle East, especially in the region. The government, which targets the opponents with political genocide operations in the country, insists on the war policy that it has made official with the resolutions in the Middle East. In this context, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey approved 79 resolutions, the first of which was directed to Korea in 1950, and the second to Afghanistan on November 10. 65 of this number is composed of the resolutions approved during the AKP period.

 

The last presidential resolution regarding the ‘’extension of the Turkish Armed Forces presence in Afghanistan for one year’’ was accepted in the parliament on November 11 with the ‘’yes’’ votes of all parties except the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). The HDP is also targeted by the government on the grounds that it does not say ‘’yes’’ to any war resolution submitted to the parliament.

 

Soldiers to 15 countries

 

To date, 79 resolutions have been passed from the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to send troops to Korea, Cyprus, Palestine, Somalia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Afghanistan, Libya, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Congo, Mali, Northern and Eastern Syria and the Federated Kurdistan Region.

 

From the resolutions passed by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey under AKP rule; 16 to Lebanon, 14 to Aden Gulf and Somalia, six to Mali and Central Africa, five to Afghanistan, three to Libya, one to Azerbaijan, one to Congo. These were included the sending soldiers and extending the term of mission of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF). 19 of the resolutions are passed by the parliament to allow cross-border operations against the Federated Kurdistan Region and Northern and Eastern Syria.

 

Resolution of March 1

 

In the process of the US intervention in Iraq, the full name of the resolution, which was submitted to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on February 25, 2003, was ‘’The prime ministerial resolution to authorize the government to send the Turkish Armed Forces to foreign countries and to deploy foreign troops in Turkey’’. The resolution was rejected on March 1. The resolution, in which large protest actions were organized especially over the deployment of foreign soldiers in Turkey, was not passed by the parliament due to the lack of an absolute majority. In the resolution, it was foreseen that a maximum of 62.000 foreign military personnel would be in Turkey for six months.

 

533 MPs participated in the voting held in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. 250 votes against, 264 in favor and 19 abstentions were voted. However, the absolute majority of 267 stipulated in Article 96 of the Constitution could not be reached.

 

Insistence on the war

 

With the AKP’s coming to power, cross-border operations against the Kurdish geography also increased, and for this purpose, the AKP passed the resolutions from parliment nine times for an attack on the Federated Kurdistan Region and two times for Northern and Eastern Syria. After 2013, the resolutions for the two regions came to the agenda together. The resolution against Federated Kurdistan and Northern and Eastern Syria was first accepted on October 2, 2014. The last one was approved on October 26.

 

The last approved resolution also has a difference from the previous ones. Despite the previous resolutions, which stipulated that the government be authorized for one year, in this resolution, the government was authorized for ‘’cross-border operation’’ for two years. The resolution also allowed foreign soldiers to deploy in Turkey. The term of the resolution was extended for another two years with the ‘’yes’’ votes of the AKP, MHP and Good Party against the ‘’no’’ votes of the CHP and HDP.