 The Counter-Guerrilla was originally established to prepare for the subversion of a possible Warsaw Pact invasion.However, once the USSR dissolved, the Counter-Guerrilla were used to fight the PKK.It is alleged that during this period, a delegate including Çiller, Demirel, Hüsamettin Cindoruk (Speaker of the Parliament), Aydın İlter (General Commander of the Gendarmerie), Nahit Menteşe (Interior Minister), and Ağar (as police chief) held a meeting with twelve tribal chiefs.