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addressing external threats , dealing with and solving crises and other problematic situations . 72
Further , the Council was granted some regulatory functions such as collecting information from relevant ministries and other state entities , as well as from public and professional or academic communities on the development and implementation of state policy in the sphere of its competency in order to assess it and report to the President . The Council was also made responsible for analyzing activities of the ministries and other state entities and their compliance with the program of the president and reporting the results and findings to the president . 73 In organizational terms , it was noted that in order to receive the necessary information , the Council should send a request to the ministries or other state entities concerned . The staff of the Council was not limited , while the secretarial functions of the Council were to be carried out by the Directorate of Presidential Administrative Affairs . 74
On October 2 , 2018 , members of the Council were appointed by the relevant presidential decree , 75 and it is notable that many of the appointees were representatives of academic circles . 76 On November 2 , 2018 , during the session of the Council Ibrahim Kalın , the press secretary of the President , was appointed as Deputy Chair of the Council . 77 Later , on November 8 , Ibrahim Kalın was also appointed as a senior advisor to the President . 78
It can be summarized that the actual responsibility of the Security and Foreign Policy Council is the formulation of the state ’ s security and foreign policy , and presenting its policy suggestions to the President . The Council is composed mostly of scholars and its staff is not limited , which should grant it enough capacity to analyze information and formulate its
72
Ibid , article 26 .
73
Ibid , article 22 .
74
Ibid , articles 33 and 34 . 75 Cumhurbaşkanlığı Politika Kurulları Üyeliklerine Yapılan Atamalar Hakkında Karar ,
Karar Sayısı : 2018 / 196 , 08 Ekim 2018 , Resmî Gazete : 09.10.2018 , Sayı : 30560 , https :// www . resmigazete . gov . tr / eskiler / 2018 / 10 / 20181009-12 . pdf .
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For short information on the members of the Council , see : “ Cumhurbaşkanlığı Güvenlik ve Dış Politikalar ,” Gıdahattı , October 9 , 2018 , https :// www . gidahatti . com / cumhurbaskanligi-guvenlik-dis-politikalar-kurulu-uyeleribelli-oldu-127303 /.
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“ Cumhurbaşkanlığı Sözcüsü İbrahim Kalın ,” Yeni Akit Gazetesi , November 2 , 2018 , https :// www . yeniakit . com . tr / haber / cumhurbaskani-sozcusu-kim-olacak-ibrahim-kalinguvenlik-ve-dis-politikalar-kurulu-baskanvekili-mi-oldu-539102 . html . 78 Cumhurbaşkanlığı Başdanışmanlığına , Doç . Dr . İbrahim KALIN ’ ın Atanması Hakkında
Karar , Karar : 2018 / 219 , 8 Kasım 2018 , Resmî Gazete : 09.11.2018 , Sayı : 30590 . https :// www . resmigazete . gov . tr / eskiler / 2018 / 11 / 20181109-24 . pdf . 48