Minister Çiftçi: Turkey has become a regional power with global influence

Interior Minister Çiftçi said Turkey is experiencing “the strongest period of the past 200 years.” He also described the country as having become a regional power with global influence.

Çiftçi’s assessment combined a historical characterization of the current period with an emphasis on the global reach of Turkey’s regional standing.

In his remarks, the minister characterized the period Turkey is experiencing as the strongest in two centuries and described the country as a regional power whose influence extends globally.