Speaking at the iftar program, Minister Kurum said:

“Everywhere they go, they talk about the 455 thousand houses we built. Do you know why they are talking? Because they have established politics based on the disaster since the earthquake. Because it is not in their interest for this region to recover and for our earthquake-affected brothers to find their homes. Now that ground is slipping from under their feet. They are disturbed. But everyone should know this; we did not put words on words, but stone upon stone. With our AK Party, they say ‘My New Home, My First Iftar’, in Ramadan, with the door not closed, the stove We embrace each other for Gaziantep, which never fades away and knows sharing as worship. I welcome you all, we shared the joy of our 13 thousand 890 homes in Gaziantep on the journey of ‘Home Host Turkey’. Since our arrival, we have been witnessing the joy of life regaining its feet, the order being re-established, and the fires burning again in every corner of our city, without wasting any time in the first moment of the earthquake. We headed to Gaziantep; first, we reached Nurdağı and then to İslahiye. We made a promise to you in these streets, ‘We will not leave anyone without a home’, we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. We worked day and night with 200 thousand architects, engineers and workers on thousands of construction sites. We established such a production system that new homes were built every hour. “We have completed the village house and workplace. This painting is not just the work of patience; it is the seal of the state mind on the field. With this understanding, we are providing 13 thousand 890 new homes to our brothers and sisters from Gaziantep as soon as possible and we will complete them quickly.”

‘THEY CAN’T FIND ANY FLAWS HERE, THEY TELL FAIRY TALES’

Minister Kurum continued his words as follows:

“Look, my brothers, I am the child of this land, I am the child of Nurdağı. I know the pain of this city, I know its patience, I know how it gets back on its feet. Gaziantep is such a city that it shakes but does not dissolve, it gets tired but does not give up, it does not extinguish its fire even if it closes its shop. We were on the streets of Antep; we did not talk at the table, we entered into this life. We lived in this region. This Nurdağı is a witness that the fathers waiting by the rubble are We also saw the silence, we saw the dignity of the mothers sharing the iftar table. We spent our nights at the construction sites so that one of our citizens could open their door an hour earlier. Now, I see that they are telling stories when they cannot tell the truth. We did not say a word, we worked hard to revive our cities. And frankly, you cannot do the same thing as we did, nor can you put a dream, a model or a demo in front of our beloved nation. You can show it.”

Speaking during his visit to his party’s Şanlıurfa Provincial Headquarters, Minister Göktaş said that they were on the field in 11 provinces with the spirit of mobilization within the scope of the “My New Home, My First Iftar” program organized by the Headquarters of his Party.

Stating that very important steps have been taken in the field of social aid and social policies, as well as work and service policies, under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Şanlıurfa in the last 23 years, Minister Göktaş said, “We have provided investments and supports in the name of social aid and social policies within the scope of our Ministry of 83 billion liras. We provide services to our citizens in 44 of our organizations. We support women, youth and children with 24 of them. At the same time, we are carrying out social responsibility programs for women together with 2 ÇATOMs. Two of them are We ensure that women’s labor gains value in the economy with 20 women’s cooperatives, including 2023. We provided 695 million liras of Social and Economic Support (SED) in Şanlıurfa in 2025. Within the scope of SED, 8 thousand 292 children are supported by their families within the scope of socioeconomic support in Şanlıurfa. he said.

Minister Göktaş stated that home care assistance, which was implemented during the AK Party period, is an important social policy practice, and stated that support is provided within the scope of “home care assistance” to citizens who care for elderly and disabled individuals at home.

Stating that 21 thousand 514 families in Şanlıurfa benefit from home care assistance worth 13 thousand 878 liras every month, Göktaş stated that a total of 2 billion 780 million liras were transferred for this support last year.

Minister Göktaş continued his speech as follows, underlining that they support the citizens through 14 Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations operating in Şanlıurfa:

“We are with our citizens in every need. We continue to be with them through the process of our social policies, which will be with our citizens every day in the field, with an understanding that leaves no one behind, and today we have transferred 46.5 billion lira of social aid expenditure to Şanlıurfa since June 2023. We have good news for Şanlıurfa, we have transferred a resource of 62.5 million lira to be used during Ramadan, and hopefully today too “We will transfer another 62.5 million liras to our Social Assistance Foundations. We will continue to support our citizens during the month of Ramadan with 125 million liras. We wish good luck to all our brothers from Şanlıurfa. In addition, we have included our nursing home, elderly care and rehabilitation center in Eyyübiye in our investment program.”

“WE WILL NOT LEAVE A HOUSE WITHOUT ENTERING DURING RAMADAN”

Minister Göktaş stated that the February 6 earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş were an unprecedented disaster in the world, and announced that 455 thousand houses were delivered to the citizens affected by the earthquake in the past 3 years, with the leadership of President Erdoğan and the support of the People’s Alliance.

Emphasizing that cities were literally rebuilt in an area the size of Bulgaria after the February 6 earthquakes, Göktaş stated that this is not a process that every state can handle.

Minister Göktaş stated that this success was achieved with the leadership of President Erdoğan and the support of the nation, and noted that they would share their happiness by visiting the earthquake-affected families in Şanlıurfa in their new homes in the first days of Ramadan.

Stating that psychosocial support studies continue to be carried out by the Ministry, Göktaş said that they provide psychosocial support to 131 thousand people in Şanlıurfa.

Minister Göktaş continued as follows:

“We carried out more than 19 thousand events across Turkey within the scope of the 2025 Family Year. We implemented more than 134 events in Şanlıurfa. At the same time, we implemented two important projects in the Family Year. One of them was to expand the marriage loan, that is, the Family and Youth Fund, to all of Türkiye. We did not leave our young people between the ages of 18-29 alone in their journey of establishing a home. The project we implemented with the vision of our President, with the strong support of our deputies and legal regulation, was made available to all of Türkiye. “We have made it more widespread, and we have also strengthened the maternity assistance for our new mothers. In this context, we married 7,263 couples, that is, 14,500 young people, in Şanlıurfa alone, within the scope of the Family and Youth Fund, and we supported them in their journey of establishing a happy home.”

Stating that they have taken important steps to make family-oriented studies permanent within the scope of the Family Year in line with the “10 Years of Family and Population” vision, Göktaş announced that support was provided to mothers who gave birth as of January 1, 2025, and 48 thousand 957 mothers were given birth assistance in Şanlıurfa.

Stating that they will continue their work non-stop, Minister Göktaş said, “We will continue to be with our families, especially during the month of Ramadan. Our intention is the same, our faith is the same, our path is the same. We are a great nation, walking in the same direction, walking towards the same goal, meeting the same values, and we will continue to stand by our nation shoulder to shoulder with our friends in the cause. We will not leave a house untouched during the month of Ramadan. Our families of martyrs, our disabled families, all our families in need, our orphans, our orphans.” “We will always continue to be with you. Our intention is the survival of our beloved nation. Hopefully, we will continue to have a fruitful month of Ramadan under the leadership of our President.” he said.

After his speech, Minister Göktaş distributed iftar food to the citizens within the scope of the “5 Before Iftar” program organized by the AK Party Youth Branch.

Minister Göktaş was accompanied by AK Party Şanlıurfa Deputies Cevahir Asuman Yazıcı, İbrahim Eyüpoğlu, Abdurrahim Dusak and Hikmet Başak and Provincial Chairman İlhami Günbeği.

‘I AM NOT A PERSON WITH A LARGE STOMACH’

Minister Tekin said, “Look, I am an Anatolian child. I am not as big-hearted as Özgür Özel, who uses phrases that are considered swearing or insulting throughout Anatolia and then says, ‘I don’t think this is swearing, I am doing a personality analysis.’ Therefore, we will file a criminal complaint regarding this,” he said.

‘I HAVE A DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING’

Minister Tekin said, “What is it that disturbs us? For example, they define the activities we do during Ramadan, the activities we do on national solidarity, unity, solidarity and brotherhood, as ‘the process of Talibanization in education’. Friends, in order to say such a thing, you must either not live in this society, you must not be able to read our texts, or you must have malicious intentions. He says something else, for example, they criticize Trump by holding on to his rope in their objections regarding our texts. How do you infer such a thing from the Ramadan circular? I have a hard time understanding the statement. What have we done? Let our children welcome the month of Ramadan with excitement, which everyone in Anatolia is eagerly waiting for, and we say ‘Our feelings of solidarity, brotherhood and cooperation should be internalized by our children’. I have a hard time understanding it, but the harshest expression is the ‘reactionary minority’ definition. “I return this in full to the people who said this,” he said.

‘YOU WILL NOT BE DISTURBED’

Minister Tekin said, “You will not be disturbed by us filing a criminal complaint. Defending secularism is not a crime. Secularism is the guarantee of the freedom of religious belief and worship by the state and public authority. Therefore, defending this can never be considered a crime. Since we are based on the logic that everyone’s freedom of religious belief and worship is defined in the preamble of our constitution, fundamental rights and freedoms should be provided equally for all Turkish citizens, we do not consider defending this as a crime, but on the contrary, as a virtue.” We have a President who defends fundamental rights and freedoms for all our citizens without any buts, and our People’s Alliance partner who works with him. We are the executive organs that try to act within the framework defined in the constitution, in line with the instructions of our leaders. Therefore, you will not be disturbed by us filing a criminal complaint after using such expressions about what we do. Just as you claim that you are exercising your democratic right, it is also a democratic right to fight and seek rights through the judiciary and the law. “You will not be disturbed. If you are not guilty, there is no such thing, but I chose to file a criminal complaint to express my discomfort,” he said.

“THERE IS NO OTHER COUNTRY THAT CAN DELIVER 455 THOUSAND HOUSES IN 2 YEARS WITH ITS FINANCE”

Minister Kurum also emphasized that they completed 455 thousand houses in 2 years and said, “We know that there is no other country in the world that will carry out ground surveys, draw the projects, complete the planning and deliver 455 thousand houses in 2 years with flying colors. Currently, there is no country other than Türkiye that has the experience, knowledge and determination to produce 23 houses per hour and 550 houses per day. In Europe and America, there is no other country that can insure its citizens in case of floods and fires.” “While there is an understanding that relegates people to companies, the Republic of Turkey, under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has never left its nation in trouble, in difficulty or in the open. This effort, this success is the success of our country and our nation,” he said.

Speaking about the 500 Thousand Social Housing project and saying that they have spread the construction of the century throughout the country, Minister Kurum said, “We want to spread our experience in the construction of the century to 81 provinces. With this understanding, we started the Housing Project of the Century and we are implementing our 500 thousand social housing project. We will take you one step closer to your new homes by drawing lots for 13 thousand 890 social housing that we will bring to our city within the scope of our ‘Home Owner Turkey’ project. 12 houses in the center of Gaziantep.” We will offer 1,000 homes in Araban, 330 in İslahiye, 30 in Karkamış, 750 in Nizip, 300 in Oğuzeli, and 200 in Yavuzeli to our brothers from Gaziantep. I believe that when these homes are completed, we will deliver our homes to our brothers from Gaziantep. “It will increase, rent and price pressure will decrease; the neighborhood culture will become stronger, and the tradesmen will be more vibrant and the industry will be stable. In other words, with this step we take today, we will not only make our citizens homeowners, but also make their lives easier by strengthening the social fabric of the city. I hope that each of our brothers and sisters who will find their homes once again will be blessed with their homes, and that they will live in their homes in health, peace and well-being.”

“WE ARE IMPLEMENTING SERVICES, THEY ARE PERFORMING PERCEPTION OPERATIONS”

In the last part of his speech, Minister Kurum, who reacted harshly to CHP Chairman Özgür Özel and the opposition, said, “While we are implementing all these services one by one, those who claim to be the main opposition of this country continue to try to use the earthquake region as an election material for themselves. They have not given up for 3 years. They have attempted to slow down our services with perception operations. They have tried to discredit the projects we have implemented with unrealistic claims. We have completed the houses, built the bazaars, squares and schools, and this time they will openly say ‘they will give the houses with interest’.” They are lying. We explained it, let’s explain it again. We are doing the same thing as we have done in all disaster areas for 24 years. We are fully covering the 351 billion lira infrastructure cost of the 455 thousand disaster residences we have built. In other words, our state pays 65 percent of the housing prices, including the infrastructure. Our citizens will start paying for 2 years after receiving their keys. “They will pay the same price throughout the year and become homeowners in installments of 8,750 liras,” he said.

“THE OPPOSITION Boasts, ‘I SENT TRASHBINS TO THE EARTHQUAKE ZONE’, AND DOES NOT LIKE 455 THOUSAND NESTS”

Stating that the opposition is talking nonsense instead of doing service, Kurum said, “They are still talking; however, they have not even hammered a nail into Gaziantep. You have seen the Grand Mosque in Hatay, right? They took on the responsibility of saying ‘We will build it’, but our mosque is still in ruins. Come on, I have passed the earthquake zone, at least do not neglect your service in the provinces you govern. The condition of the roads in Izmir is known, the traffic in Istanbul has turned into India. The traffic in Ankara has gone crazy, the water is gone.” The problem is not over. In other words, this mentality, which is incapable of bringing water to our nation, is trying to give us a lesson in urban planning in the earthquake zone. He boasts that he does not like the 455 thousand homes. We talk with the work, not with words. Before you even lay the foundation, we will give you the keys and drink tea with our people. You cannot remove the rubble, we will finish it and raise the call to prayer from the mosques. We talk to our people in our bazaars and squares. That’s why they also get angry at those who appreciate us, who give us their due, and who visit us. We are in every step that can be done for the benefit of our nation. Why are you disturbed by this? Let me tell you, they have been using the literature of victimization for years, and they are disturbed by it even more. “Because we will continue to work day and night for our nation. Thank God, we have experienced a disaster recovery process that is followed with envy by all countries in the world. Our success is known to every fair person. We say, ‘We do not want any other blessings to overshadow it,’ and we continue on our way,” he said.

Following the speeches, a draw was held to determine the beneficiaries of 13 thousand 890 houses planned to be completed in the city. In addition to the Minister Kurum, Gaziantep Governor Kemal Çeber, members of parliament, Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Fatma Şahin, Şahinbey Mayor Mehmet Tahmazoğlu, Şehitkamil Mayor Umut Yılmaz, city protocol and many citizens attended the ceremony.

MINISTER GÖKTAŞ: SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATION COMING SOON

Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş recently made statements regarding social media regulation. In his post, Göktaş stated, “We are implementing our social media regulation to protect our children very soon.”

Minister Göktaş noted the following:

“Continuously scrolling the screens on social media has become so normal that we no longer focus on a subject for more than 8 seconds. This constant state of stimulation harms our children more than it does us. Our children’s attention span has decreased by at least 30 percent in the last 10 years. This directly affects their focus, friendship relations, and success rates at school. This has made the teaching process of our teachers very difficult. For this very reason, social media regulations for children are being discussed and implemented all over the world. We want to provide a safer internet environment for our children.” We want support from you, our parents, and our teachers in this regard. Together, we can make safe internet possible for our children.”

In the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, detention orders were issued for 21 people on charges of ‘buying, accepting or possessing drugs or stimulants for use’, ‘using drugs or stimulants’, ‘encouraging and mediating prostitution’ and ‘facilitating the use of drugs or stimulants’.

THEY WERE RELEASED

The suspects, who were detained and their procedures at the police station were completed, were sent to the courthouse yesterday. Singer Murat Dalkılıç, Duman band soloist Kaan Tangöze, actors İsmail Hacıoğlu and Kemal Doğulu were released after giving statements to the prosecutor’s office. Among the suspects referred to the court, businessman Barış Talay, model Tolga Kulakçı, phenomenon Dilara Kırmıt, Tolga Sezgin and Ramazan Bayar were arrested and sent to prison. 12 suspects were released on condition of judicial control. It was learned that some suspects defended themselves by saying, “I use it myself, not to sell it.” On the other hand, while the drug test of the phenomenon Melis Yürür, who was previously detained, was negative, drugs were detected in the tests of Gaye Kıray and Aykut Tarakçıoğlu. Drug residue was also found in Kemal Can Parlak’s hair.