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Türkiye has been developing strategic plans and related action plans to fight addictions including drugs since 2006. The responsibility for nationwide coordination is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Combating Tobacco and Substance Addiction in the Ministry of Health. This paper focuses on four research objectives: firstly, the inter-institutional coordination mechanisms in place for combating drug supply in Türkiye; secondly, the National Strategy Documents and Action Plans in the fight against drugs developed and implemented so far in Türkiye; and thirdly, the contents of the Action Plans the fight against drugs in Türkiye between 2006-2023 are presented. The fourth research objective covers noteworthy literature review on strategies to ensure the fight against drug supplies in Türkiye’s Action Plan are compatible with those of the EU Drugs Strategy and Action Plan. The paper concludes with recommendations for the coordination of the fight against drug supply in the Strategy and Action Plan for Northern Cyprus.
Gazi Levent Kurtoğlu (Tue,) studied this question.