Kurtulmuş chaired the closing session of the 152nd General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which was held at the Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel and Congress Center with the theme of “Growing Hope for Future Generations, Ensuring Peace and Ensuring Justice”. Speaking at the end of the session, Kurtulmuş thanked the IPU, the GNAT staff and Ambassador Ahmet Aydın Doğan for their efforts in organizing the general assembly. Kurtulmuş wished success to Martin Chungong, who completed his duty as general secretary, and wished success to Anda Filip, who was elected as the new general secretary. Kurtulmuş stated that they will continue to work in extremely close cooperation with Filip in the future as Türkiye and said, “I wish him a wise management.

I hope to be able to speak and do business with him in the language of peace, friendship and brotherhood. “Since he is a Romanian friend of ours, I wish him success as a neighbor as well,” he said. Expressing that every speech and discussion held during the general assembly is extremely important, Kurtulmuş noted that they are extremely useful in ensuring world peace, and that he thinks they are extremely meaningful, especially in terms of giving strength to “parliamentary diplomacy”. Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Kurtulmuş continued as follows: “It is possible to gather the summary of all these speeches at one point. We are going through an extraordinarily difficult, extraordinarily turbulent period. We are experiencing very deep tensions covering every country and every nation in almost every part of the world. We are going through a period in which there are conflicts, internal conflicts, proxy wars, and trade wars, and tensions and conflicts in this sense have spread almost all over the world. In addition, as a natural result of many negativities that have been experienced, we see that poverty, famine and destitution have become almost ordinary for many parts of the world.

Likewise, we are witnessing that there is an extraordinarily serious immigration issue and international displacement that emerges as the common vector of all of these events. In addition to tensions between countries, we also witness social tensions emerging as important fault lines within countries. Likewise, we are witnessing an environmental crisis, climate crisis and environmental destruction more severe than ever before in human history. We are experiencing many negativities that we can count until the morning.” Pointing out that almost all of these negativities, apart from natural disasters, are man-made disasters, Kurtulmuş said, “Therefore, it is clear that it is necessary for humanity to be shaken and come to its senses, and for humanity to step in to solve these disasters that it has created with its own hands, from human genocide to migration, from hunger to war. It is humans who create these problems. It is the person who puts it forward. “The solution must be in the minds and hearts of human beings,” he said.

In his statement on his virtual media account, Minister Gürlek said, “While strengthening the physical and technical capacity of our justice organization, we are also resolutely improving the working conditions of our personnel who work selflessly for the administration of justice. Thanks to the devoted work of our valuable members of the judiciary who work at all levels of the judicial organization, from the chief public prosecutor’s office to the higher judicial bodies, more cases are resolved than the number of files opened during the year; effectiveness and efficiency in judicial processes are increasing. Within the scope of the works carried out in line with the ‘Zero Cadastral File’ target.” “A 151.3 percent clearance rate has been achieved; this success has been recorded as an important threshold for completing the trials in a reasonable time,” he said.

‘WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRONGLY IMPLEMENT OUR WILL TO REFORM’

Minister Gürlek said, “We continue to implement our administrative and structural regulations in line with our goal of providing justice services in a faster, more effective and accessible way; we continue our work with the aim of increasing citizen satisfaction to the highest level. We will continue to strongly implement our will to reform, in line with the vision of ‘making Turkey’s Century the Century of Justice’ under the leadership of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.”

In his statement on his social media account, Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek announced that efforts to increase the capacity of the judicial organization are continuing with determination. Emphasizing that both physical and technical infrastructure have been strengthened, Minister Gürlek stated that personnel conditions have also been improved to provide justice services faster and more effectively.

Minister Gürlek said, “Thanks to the devoted work of our valuable members of the judiciary who work at all levels of the judicial organization, from the chief public prosecutor’s office to the higher judicial bodies, more cases than the number of files opened during the year are being decided; effectiveness and efficiency in judicial processes are increasing. Within the scope of the work carried out in line with the “Zero Cadastral File” target, a 151.3 percent clearance rate has been reached; this success has been recorded as an important threshold for completing the trials in a reasonable time.” He made a statement.

“WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRONGLY IMPLEMENT OUR WILL FOR REFORM”

Stating that administrative and structural reforms are continuing to increase speed and accessibility in justice services, Minister Gürlek emphasized that maximizing citizen satisfaction is the primary goal and added: “Under the leadership of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, we will continue to strongly implement our will to reform in line with the vision of ‘making Turkey’s Century the Century of Justice’.” he said.

AK Party Deputy Chairman Hüseyin Yayman participated in the “Specialized Academy” program organized in cooperation with the Provincial Representation of the Turkish Youth Foundation (TÜGVA) and Hatay Mustafa Kemal University (HMKÜ). Yayman, who came together with a large student group here, drew attention to the armed attacks at schools in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş at the beginning of his speech, and wished God’s mercy to those who lost their lives in the incident and patience to their families. He said, “As 86 million of us, we are in mourning as a nation, we have experienced a very painful event, we are living in times when words are stuck in our throats.”

Saying that he was from Hatay and was very interested in reading from a young age; Explaining that he worked hard to make his dreams come true and the importance of setting goals, Yayman advised students to follow their dreams.

DIGITAL ADDICTION HAS BECOME A NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEM

Drawing attention to digital addiction, Yayman said, “The scourge called digital addiction has taken not only Türkiye but the world hostage. Please, let’s act more consciously against this, because this situation has become as dangerous as substance addiction.” he said.

Yayman stated that there are 20 million young people in Türkiye and that it is very important for these young people to be more educated, equipped and keep up with the digital age, and said that we need to declare national mobilization on this issue. In his speech, Yayman stated that the population of 20 million young people is more than the population of the Netherlands, Greece, Portugal and Bulgaria and that the youth issue has now become a national security issue for Türkiye.

“THE LOVE TO RECEIVE INTERACTION IS ONE OF TODAY’S BIGGEST TRAPS”

Emphasizing the importance of digital literacy, Yayman continued as follows:

“We have always said that young people are our future and we need to take care of our young people and enable them to pursue their dreams. In Türkiye, people spend 7 hours out of 24 hours online. A third of 24 hours are on the internet for 7 hours. We spend 4 hours of this on social media, 4 hours. Please check yourself, how much do you look at social media a day. All of us, including me, first look at Instagram, then look at X, then look at Facebook, our e-mail, newspapers. We are looking at the news, already 1 hour has passed. We are back to the beginning and wondering who shared our post and liked it? Unfortunately, this love of interaction is one of the biggest traps of our time. Unfortunately, transnational digital companies have become the mother and center of evil. Racism, violence against women, substance abuse, cyber addiction, hate crimes, genderlessness, LGBT propaganda, Islam and hostility towards religion are definitely here. We definitely need to take these places under control with harsher measures.

Yayman: We know that bans are not the solution, but if we have to close, we will. We need to take urgent measures not only regarding digital networks, but also mafia series, morning women’s programs and game programs. As a nation, we need to face the facts

Tokat Municipality continues its urban transformation works, which it initiated in order to renew the earthquake-risk building stock, without slowing down. Within the scope of the 1st Stage Urban Transformation Project, centered in Kaleardı District, both demolition and new housing construction continue simultaneously. In his statement regarding the works, Tokat Mayor Mehmet Kemal Yazıcıoğlu said, “While we are rapidly continuing the construction of 114 houses within the scope of the 1st stage of our Urban Transformation Project, we have started the demolition of 71 houses with which we reached an agreement.”

RISKY BUILDINGS ARE BEING DEMOLISHED AND SAFE HOUSES ARE RISING IN THEIR PLACE.

In Tokat, located on the Anatolian Fault Line, the construction of structures resistant to possible earthquakes is of great importance. In this context, while the first mortar was poured for the new residences to be built on Melik Ahmet Gazi Street in Kaleardı District, the demolition of risky buildings was also accelerated.

With the project, not only housing production but also environmental regulations that will change the face of the region are implemented. It is aimed to increase green areas, create alternative transportation routes and provide social living spaces.

TRANSFORMATION CONTINUES IN 6 NEIGHBORHOODS

Urban transformation works carried out under the coordination of Tokat Municipality continue in a total of 6 neighborhoods. In this context, it is planned to transform the region into a recreation area, following the demolition of the Kaleardı District, which has touristic importance.

Within the scope of the project, a total of 264 houses are expected to be built in Kaleardı District. With the new residences, it is aimed for citizens to have safer and more modern living spaces.

“WE WILL MAKE TOKAT BREATHE”

Mayor Yazıcıoğlu pointed out that the process is progressing quickly and said, “By demolishing 71 of our houses quickly, we will get rid of this bad appearance at the foot of the castle and provide healthier homes for our citizens. New houses are also rising in other neighborhoods undergoing urban transformation. This process is progressing very quickly, our citizens see this as well. Now the process of the second stage will begin, we will give Tokat a breath of fresh air.”

Within the scope of the urban transformation project, it is planned to build social reinforcement areas as well as residences. Thus, it is aimed to increase not only building safety but also the quality of life in Tokat.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan made a statement at the closing of the Antalya Diploma Forum…

The highlights of Minister Fidan’s statements are as follows:

For 3 days, the pulse of global diplomacy beat in Antalya. 23 heads of state and government, 13 deputy heads of state and government and 50 ministers were hosted. We had the opportunity to take stock of the current crises in 52 sessions. We had the opportunity to listen to leaders and experts from all over the world at the same time. 6,400 participants from 150 countries and 66 international organizations attended our forum. This is a huge number when compared to its peers. We discussed joint plans and evaluated concrete steps through which we can establish lasting peace in our region.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY THE MEDIATOR ROLE

We discussed the phases of the Gaza Peace Plan. At the meeting where 6 Muslim countries came together, we discussed the Gaza Peace Plan and confirmed our common will regarding the process. The Gaza Peace Plan has an implementation process. Mechanisms such as the Peace Board began to be implemented. We mainly discussed where the vision to stop and reverse the Gaza Genocide brought us. We see diplomacy as the key to peace. We will continue to act as a mediator between the parties.

“WE ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE STRAIT OF HORmuz”

We held the 3rd Pakistan-Türkiye-Saudi Arabia-Egypt meeting. From the beginning, we held consultations so that the four countries could continue on their path realistically by addressing all issues. There is a region around these 4 countries. We want to bring concrete issues to life. Our concern is “how to extinguish the conflicts in our region and how to bring stability to life”.

“THE PERIOD OF THE CEASE MUST BE EXTENDED”

There is a confused situation in minds regarding the Strait of Hormuz. We also follow the application closely. We will continue to inform the public as developments occur. The ceasefire period needs to be extended. It is not easy for the USA and Iran to solve the problems in two weeks. Türkiye continues its diplomatic traffic to extend the ceasefire between the USA and Iran.