Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek attended the iftar program organized by Başakşehir Municipality in Istanbul. In his speech here, Minister Gürlek emphasized the unity and brotherhood climate of Ramadan. Expressing his satisfaction in meeting with Başakşehir residents, Minister Gürlek thanked Başakşehir Municipality for organizing the program.

In his speech, Minister Gürlek stated that under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Türkiye has become a country that determines the direction and direction in the region and said, “As Turkey, as we walk towards a strong future, our biggest basis is to put justice at the center. In the second century of the Republic, we call it the Turkey Century. Our main goal is to build a stronger, larger and more prosperous Türkiye, a leader in its region and in the world.” he said.

Stating that Başakşehir has a special importance for him, Minister Gürlek reminded that he once served as a judge and prosecutor in Başakşehir. Stating that many judges and prosecutors still reside in the region, Minister Gürlek noted that Başakşehir is an exemplary district for Türkiye. At the end of his speech, Minister Gürlek reminded that the last days of Ramadan were approaching and wished that the Night of Power and Eid al-Fitr would bring peace and tranquility to Türkiye, the Islamic world and all humanity.

After the programme, Minister Gürlek visited the book fair held in the municipality building, the Theme Park and Millet Kıraathanesi. Minister Akın Gürlek chatted with the young people studying in the library in the municipality building and wished them success in the exams. Minister Gürlek also visited the workshops in the municipality and received information from the employees, and also visited the Marbling exhibition there.

Gürlek then chatted with citizens and took photos at the Ramadan event area created by Başakşehir Municipality. Hakkı Kiraz, father of martyr prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, also attended the iftar program.

Palestinian students and many guests came together at the Palestine Iftar program held at the AK Party Istanbul Provincial Directorate. In the program, messages of unity and solidarity were given regarding the developments in Palestine and the Jerusalem issue.

Palestine Support Platform President Osman Nuri Kabaktepe, Palestinian Students Association Board Chairman Abdurrahman Alfara, many Palestinian students and guests attended the program hosted by the Provincial Directorate.

Making a greeting speech at the opening of the program, AK Party Istanbul Provincial Vice President and Head of Foreign Relations Dr. Fatih Tuna stated that the struggle of the Palestinian people is closely followed by the whole world and emphasized the importance of unity and solidarity.

“THE PALESTINE ISSUE IS A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE FOR US”

Speaking at the program, AK Party Istanbul Provincial Chairman Abdullah Özdemir pointed out the unity and solidarity spirit of Ramadan and stated that the Palestinian cause has always had a special place for Türkiye.

Stating that the Palestine issue is a cause that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been following closely since the beginning of his political life, Özdemir said that the AK Party organizations have demonstrated a clear stance on the Palestine issue since its establishment.

Stating that the Palestine support events held in Istanbul gave strong messages to the world public opinion, Özdemir emphasized that the struggle of the Palestinian people is not only a regional struggle, but also a struggle for law, conscience and humanity.

Özdemir stated that the Palestinian people put up a great resistance despite the difficulties they experienced and stated that Türkiye and the AK Party organizations will continue to stand by their Palestinian brothers in this struggle.

The indictment prepared by the Bolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against CHP leader Tanju Özcan included his alleged relationship with municipal employee Öznur Çağalı and the subsequent blackmail process.

HE ASKED ÖZCAN FOR HELP

In the indictment, Özcan was included as both a complainant and a suspect. Allegedly, Öznur Çağalı, who worked in the Bolu Municipality counseling unit, had problems with her lover Mehmet Eren Akgüney. He went to Özcan and told him that his ex-girlfriend was disturbing him. He said that his girlfriend threatened to spread the inappropriate images he had.

YOU WILL MEET ME

According to his statement, Özcan then invited him to meet alone and put pressure on him by saying, “What happens if Eren hears this voice recording, I will protect you, you will meet with me.” The indictment also included the messages found on Öznur Çağalı’s phone. Accordingly, it was learned that there were a total of 117 conversations and messages via WhatsApp between the line stated to be used by Çağalı and Tanju Özcan. Some parts of these correspondences were also included in the indictment.

Çağalı stated that they met at a hotel in Narven Thermal Town in September 2025 and had consensual sexual intercourse.

After a while, when the woman’s lover, Mehmet Eren Akgüney, saw the WhatsApp correspondence between Özcan and his lover, the blackmail was reversed this time.

According to the indictment, Akgüney called Özcan with his Georgia number on the night of January 8, 2026 and threatened to publish the correspondence and voice recordings he had. In return, he demanded 20 million TL, a car and a car wash.

Özcan took part in the case as both a witness and a defendant.

THERE WERE 117 INTERVIEWS AND MESSAGES

The indictment also included the messages found on Öznur Çağalı’s phone. Accordingly, it was learned that there were 117 meetings and messages between Çağalı and Tanju Özcan. These correspondences were also included in the indictment. Some of the messages in the file were conveyed as follows:

Tanju Özcan: Oh, you are very nice.

Öznur Çağalı: Believe me, I just want to be your sweetheart.

Tanju Özcan: Did you also enlarge your breasts?

According to the prosecutor’s office, in another message, the following statements were made:

Tanju Özcan: Did you miss it?

Öznur Çağalı: Of course I missed it, did you miss it?

Tanju Özcan: A lot

Öznur Çağalı: Oh my president, who else can you be with other than me?

Tanju Özcan: “Come, all of you. I am enough.”

Tanju Özcan: Sadettin Saran is my brother.

The prosecutor’s office claimed that these messages supported the emotional unity between the parties and Öznur Çağalı’s allegations.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with healthcare professionals at the March 14 Medicine Day Iftar held in Istanbul last night. “Some professions are professions of self-defense, while others are professions of sacrifice,” Erdoğan said:

Our healthcare army has a character that sacrifices itself for our nation by working at a very high tempo and with dedication, sacrificing time for their families when necessary. I would like to express this with great pride. Our health system is stronger and more resilient today than ever before. From the Covid-19 epidemic to the February 6 earthquakes, our health system has managed to pass all the difficult tests with flying colors.

In 2002, we had 379 thousand healthcare workers. This number increased approximately 4 times to one million. We increased the number of doctors from 92 thousand to 233 thousand, and the number of nurses and midwives from 113 thousand to 330 thousand.

270 THOUSAND BED CAPACITY

By putting 794 new hospitals into service, we increased our total bed capacity in public hospitals to 173 thousand. The number of qualified beds, which was 18 thousand in 2002, is over 184 thousand today. The number of beds in all our health facilities has exceeded 270 thousand. We put 27 city hospitals into service with a total of 39 thousand 367 beds.

Unfortunately, today we are witnessing scenes of brutality in the world where human life is disregarded, babies in swaddles and even in incubators are murdered, and children sent to school with roses and smiles on their cheeks are killed by bombs. In the Gaza genocide, we saw that doctors, nurses and healthcare workers, along with children, women and civilians, were brutally martyred.

Nearly 1,700 healthcare workers became victims of Israel’s state terrorism in Gaza. Unfortunately, a bloodthirsty network continues to attack schools and hospitals in Iran and Lebanon, as well as in Gaza. Türkiye is one of the leading countries that defend people against this state of madness, defend common sense, and seek solutions to crises through dialogue and diplomacy. As in our country, we are only concerned with keeping alive and protecting human values ​​in our region and in the world. He is not the one who looks at events from the value of oil, gold or natural gas. We will maintain our humane attitude that looks from the perspective of right, justice, mercy, compassion and human dignity.

I find it useful to underline this: While we, as the government, defend peace and tranquility in the world, we cannot remain indifferent to any action that would cast a shadow on this in our country. One of our main priorities is for our healthcare professionals to be able to do their duties with peace of mind. We do not tolerate violence, especially in schools and hospitals. Despite this, we occasionally encounter incidents of violence against healthcare workers, albeit limited. We are and will take the necessary precautions regarding these heinous incidents.

Our stance here is very clear. We neither tolerate our people who go to the hospital to receive health services to be bruised, insulted or dragged from place to place, nor do we allow our healthcare professionals who provide this service to be subjected to violence and insults.

I would especially like to express that I expect maximum sensitivity from both our citizens and our healthcare professionals on this issue.

AWARDS WERE GIVEN IN 3 BRANCHES

In the program, 2026 Sabuncuoğlu Şerafettin Awards found their owners in 3 categories. Nurse Safure Aksoy, who devotedly served in the Denizli State Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery operating room, was deemed worthy of an award in the Service Awards category. Sabuncuoğlu Şerafettin Special Award goes to Prof, who has made significant contributions to the medical literature with his scientific studies in the field of cardiology. Dr. The eagle was given to Emre Aslanger. Sabuncuoğlu Şerafettin Vefa Award was given to Dr. for his contributions to the medical profession, women’s health and social development over many years. It was presented to Gülsen Ataseven.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said, “Türkiye will resist all kinds of provocations” regarding the developments in the Middle East with the US and Israel’s attack on Iran. Speaking at the joint press conference he held with Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman, Fidan briefly said the following:

Unfortunately, we observe with concern that the war has spread to the entire region. This war must be ended as soon as possible.

We have full will not to resort to provocation. Türkiye does not want to take part in the ongoing unjust war. Türkiye will resist any provocation and will not be dragged into any war.

(Missiles directed towards Türkiye) I would like to point out that the understanding and constructive approach we have demonstrated does not mean that we will compromise our national security in the slightest. We are in direct contact with our Iranian counterparts regarding this grave incident.

For a very long time, we have been persistently drawing attention to the chaos caused in our region by the expansionist policies and fundamentalist ideology of the Netanyahu government.

Israel’s closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque for worship is an extremely dangerous step that could trigger a new outrage in our region. Israel wants to drag Lebanon back into a humanitarian disaster and permanent political instability.

As part of the international work carried out against criminals who fled abroad and had a search warrant against them, 72 fugitive suspects were caught and brought to Türkiye. It was learned that 32 people were wanted at the international level with a red notice during the operations, and 40 people were wanted at the national level.

IT WAS RETURNED TO Türkiye FROM 10 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

As a result of the work carried out, a total of 72 criminals were caught and extradited to Türkiye. 54 of the fugitives were brought from Georgia, 9 from Germany and 2 from Montenegro. Additionally, suspects captured in Argentina, Colombia, Iraq, Russia, Sweden, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Bulgaria were also handed over to Türkiye.

32 PEOPLE WERE WANTED WITH A RED NEWSLETTER

It was reported that 32 people, who were wanted internationally with a red notice, were captured within the scope of the operations. Suspects named HA, EU, MY, BA, SD, E.Ö., BE, M.Ö., MK, İ.Ç., OG, EY, Z.İ., MY, Ö.Y., İ.K., K.Ç., AY, R.Ş., FM, MA, Y.Ç., H.İ., SB, İ.K., AU, M.Ö., Ş.SA, RG, SE, RC and SA were caught and brought to Türkiye. It was stated that he was brought.

40 SUSPECTS WERE WANTED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL

As a result of the work carried out, 40 people wanted at the national level were caught and extradited to Türkiye. AG, İ.C., FD, F.Ş., SCT, MT, HD, RD, ET, E.Ö., UT, SE, M.Ö., EU, HA, BB, Ş.B., MY, EK, Y.İ., HBY, İ.A., NY, YK, SD, FA, MK, MD, DB, ZY, ND, U.Ö., TK, ECÖ., EG, EY, CK, CT, RS and U.Ö. It was reported that the persons named were captured.

OPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

In the statement made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding the operation, “We meticulously tracked down the individuals who fled abroad and had a search warrant against them by the EGM Interpol-Europol Department, Ministry of Justice officials, KOM, Intelligence and Anti-Narcotic Crimes Departments, Cyber, Public Order and TEM Departments. The extradition of the captured individuals to our country was ensured with the joint cooperation with the law enforcement units of the relevant countries. We congratulate our Department Heads and Hero Police Officers. We thank the Ministry of Justice officials.” was given.