Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, who came to Gaziantep, a southeastern province of Turkiye, participated in the "Electoral Regional Security" meeting and met the Governors, Police Chiefs and Provincial Gendarmerie Commanders from 11 provinces.

Minister Soylu headed the "Electoral Regional Security Meeting" organized in Gaziantep on March 31 General Elections.

Stating that the necessary measures were taken to ensure the peace and security of elections to be held on 31 March, Soylu added that all law enforcement officers would be on duty in the elections and 547 thousand security personnel would ensure the election security.

"Turkiye has faced extraordinarily difficult process last 5-6 years"

Wishing that the upcoming local elections to be auspicious, Soylu stated that each election has a unique meaning and a message to the society.

"6 elections held in the last 5 years have meanings and definitions such as stability, change, and future, apart from their meaning. Turkiye has been faced with extraordinary difficult processes for the last 5-6 years. Turkiye has fight concurrently against terror, migration, threats against internal stability, coup attempts, and dirty structures," the minister said.

The minister also added that a significant change has been made to the Government Model as a reflex against system failures.

The possibility of assassinating opinion leaders and tribal chiefs

"The terrorist organization wants to spread fear in the region it lost control. In particular, we have received intelligence that plans are made to assassinate the opinion leaders and tribal chiefs of the region."

"The other day, we received information from our units; there would be an assassination against an important person who I would not give his name. I personally called and warned him, and we took the necessary precautions," Soylu said.

"It is also one of the key events of electoral security that we pay attention to opinion leaders, tribal chiefs and leaders who are particularly important to be protected, and there should be no gap at this point," the minister warned.

ILKHA