ANKARA President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has described his government’s peace initiative as a window of opportunity for Türkiye to be permanently free of terrorism. "We will definitely achieve our goal of a terror-free Türkiye and demonstrate that the sacrifices of our heroic martyrs and veterans were not in vain," Erdoğan said on Aug. 11 after a cabinet meeting. Erdoğan praised a parliamentary commission formed with the participation of the opposition to oversee the process. "It is extremely