In the brochure titled “Information on Voluntary Return Procedures for Foreigners Under Temporary Protection” prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Directorate of Immigration Management, the procedures that those who decided to return voluntarily should follow from the appointment stage to their exit from Türkiye were included.

On the cover of the brochure, it was stated that the study was carried out in cooperation with the Directorate of Immigration Management and UNHCR, within the scope of the “Strengthening National Mechanisms for Voluntary, Safe, Dignified and Regular Returns to Syria” project funded by the European Union.

According to the information in the brochure, for voluntary repatriation procedures, an appointment must be made on the website of the Directorate of Migration Management, and the applicant must apply to the Provincial Directorate of Immigration Management in the province where he is registered with his temporary protection identity document.

If returning with family members, all family members are required to be present at the Provincial Directorate of Immigration Management with their IDs on the appointment day.

IT WILL BE CONFIRMED THAT THE RETURN DECISION IS VOLUNTARY

During the meeting at the Provincial Directorate of Immigration Management, the biometric data of the applicants and their family members will be taken and the necessary checks will be carried out.

While information will be given about the support that can be provided during voluntary return depending on personal situation and family structure, applicants and their family members will be interviewed to confirm that the decision to return is voluntary.

The “Voluntary Return Form” prepared in Turkish and Arabic will be required to be signed separately by family members over the age of 18. By signing the form, it will be recorded that the person agrees to return to their country voluntarily.

A copy of the signed form will be given to the applicant and presented at the border gate upon departure. Following the procedures, a road permit valid for 15 days will be issued to travel to the preferred border gate.

SUPPORT WILL BE EVALUATED ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT’S SITUATION

Those who meet the criteria determined during the voluntary return interview will be informed about cash assistance and free legal consultancy and legal aid services they may need to support the return process.

According to the information obtained by the AA correspondent, the status of benefiting from Social Adaptation Assistance (SUY) or Supplementary Social Adaptation Assistance (T-SUY) will also be taken into account when determining the people who will benefit from cash assistance.

It was learned that the criteria and scope of the application may vary by province, and an average of 275 euros of cash aid per person will be provided to those who meet the conditions.

It was stated that the support in question started to be implemented as of November, and the final evaluation and information was made by the Provincial Directorates of Immigration Administration.

IT IS RECOMMENDED NOT TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE BORDER GATE

After completing the procedures at the Provincial Directorate of Immigration Management, it is necessary to go to the border gate to exit within the validity period of the road permit.

At the border gate, the information of the applicants and their family members, the voluntary return form and other documents will be checked. The brochure warned that if one goes directly to the border gate without completing the necessary procedures, exit may be delayed or not possible due to missing documents or information.

Those who will depart by plane will be able to complete their procedures at the Provincial Directorate of Immigration Administration in the province where they are registered before the flight date.

If the procedures are carried out at the airport on the day of the flight, people must be at the airport at least 4 hours before the flight time and apply to the Visa Violation Office.

If the return is canceled before departure, the Provincial Directorate of Immigration Management in the province of registration is requested to be informed.

According to the statement made on the ministry’s virtual media account; During the inspections, 26 thousand 236 personnel and 8 thousand 785 teams from the Immigration Administration, police, gendarmerie and Coast Guard units participated; 25 organizers, including 3 foreign nationals, were detained.

355 IRREGULAR MIGRANTS CAUGHT

In addition, 355 irregular immigrants were caught during the inspections where the identity of 427 thousand 968 people was checked. Within the scope of the study; A total of 14 thousand 142 places were checked, including 3 thousand 795 abandoned buildings, 7 thousand 447 public places, 449 terminals and 2 thousand 451 other places. Procedures to repatriate the identified irregular immigrants have been initiated.

In our inspections against migrant smuggling organizers and irregular migration in 81 provinces;

-25 migrant smuggling organizers, 3 of whom are foreign nationals,
-355 irregular immigrants were caught during the inspections where the identity of 427 thousand 968 people was checked.️

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— TR Ministry of Internal Affairs (@TC_icisleri) July 22, 2026

Work at Trabzon City Hospital, planned as the new health base of the Black Sea, continues at full speed on a 24/7 basis with approximately a thousand people. Electrical-mechanical manufacturing and facade manufacturing in 4 blocks of the hospital, built on a closed area of ​​285 thousand square meters, have been completed. The hospital, which will double the intensive care capacity in the city, will have 300 outpatient clinics and 33 operating rooms. The hospital has a total bed capacity of 900, 236 of which will be intensive care and 664 will be single beds. The city hospital, whose construction was completed using 5,200 bored piles, will be protected against earthquakes with 762 seismic isolators installed.

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION IS BEING DONE
Trabzon Provincial Health Director Mehmet Topsakal said, “The physical completion rate in the construction of our city hospital has now reached 97.5 percent. Our priority is to get the concrete plants on the north side of the hospital from there. The infrastructure of the road that will connect the road passing from the north to the hospital has been built. This road is important for us in two ways. First, it will provide great support to the evacuation and entry and exit of the hospital, especially during the match in the stadium next door. The league will start in one and a half months. The road must be opened as soon as possible. We will hold a coordination meeting and that “We will meet with the contractor to remove the concrete plant from there as soon as possible and ensure its recovery,” he said. Topsakal said, “So far, there does not appear to be any structure that will prevent the delay in hospital construction. As I mentioned, landscaping of the construction remains. Our goal is to open our city hospital in November this year.”

In line with the statement given by a suspect who benefited from effective remorse provisions within the scope of the corruption and bribery investigation launched by the Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against Silivri Municipality, it was revealed that a large amount of bribe money, which was exchanged at various foreign exchange offices by Silivri Mayor Balcıoğlu’s Private Secretary Aşkın Kaynar and his driver Serdar Tuna, was sent to CHP Silivri District Chairman Doruk Bulut.

In the expert report entered into the investigation file while Bulut was taken into custody, a public loss of 21.5 million lira was documented. On the other hand, CHP Silivri Municipal Council Member Aykut Batur, who was arrested during the investigation, was released within the scope of effective remorse provisions.

THEY PREPARED

According to the findings reflected in the expert reports; It was determined that a public loss in the amount of 21 million 522 thousand 717 liras and 40 kuruş was caused as a result of the sale of a valuable non-registered real estate belonging to the municipality, which was a park area, at a low price. In addition, it was determined that there were organized irregularities in the recruitment of personnel to the municipality, business transfer and rental transactions, granting of zoning and licenses, irregular removal of seals, turning a blind eye to illegal buildings and municipal real estate sales processes.

Silivri Mayor Bora Balcıoğlu, who was arrested on June 15, 2026, was suspended from office.

“Van Lake Basin Common Mind Platform for the Future / Van Lake Basin Sustainable Future Workshop”, organized in cooperation with Zero Waste Foundation, Van Governorship, Bitlis Governorship, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Bitlis Eren University and Van and Bitlis Provincial Directorates of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, has been completed. The final declaration prepared after two days of thematic table studies and evaluation sessions was shared with the public.

The workshop was held under the auspices and vision of Emine Erdoğan, Founder of the Zero Waste Movement and Chairperson of the UN Zero Waste High-Level Personalities Advisory Board; It brought together a total of 325 participants from 2 cities, 14 ministries, 40 general directorates, academics, non-governmental organizations and the private sector in 1 basin.

The workshop final declaration included the establishment of the basin management model. It was recommended that the “Van Lake Basin Digital Management Center Supreme Council” with an independent budget be activated and a 1/25,000 scale master zoning plan be prepared.

EKOZEKA SYSTEM WILL BE ESTABLISHED

Within the scope of digital transformation, it was recommended to establish the “EKOZEKA VAN” system for data-oriented monitoring and to monitor the basin in an integrated manner with digital twin technologies.

While Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı said, “Van Closed Basin Master Plan will form the road map for the coming years,” Zero Waste Foundation President Samed Ağırbaş stated that they will present their will to the world as a “good practice example” at the UN COP31 Summit.

There was a hot development in the Dude investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. 9 suspects, including Babala TV owner Oğuzhan Uğur and former TÜRMOB President CHP member Emre Kartaloğlu, were arrested by the Istanbul 3rd Criminal Judgeship of Peace on charges of “abuse of trust due to service” and “laundering of assets resulting from crime”. Babala TV owner Oğuzhan Uğur, who carried out joint work with the Ahbap Association during the earthquake period and was one of the pioneers of perception operations against public institutions, attracted attention with his attitude during the interrogation. Allegations regarding the 6.5 million lira deposited in cash into Uğur’s company account on November 1, 2024 became the focus of the investigation. Uğur claimed that he received the money in question from a “family friend” to pay his mortgage, renovations, employee salaries and tax debts. However, he refrained from revealing the identity of the person who transferred the money. The prosecutor’s office launched a large-scale investigation to identify this mysterious name and its source.

ESCAPE SUSPICION AND STRONG EVIDENCE: Court; Taking into account the suspect’s statements, bank account movements, TÜRMOB reports and law enforcement documents, he ruled that there was a strong suspicion of crime. Considering the fact that the evidence had not yet been fully collected and the upper limits of punishment, an arrest warrant was issued for Uğur and 8 other suspects on suspicion of escape.

HEAVY ALLEGATIONS: “BETTING AND BAD HABITS”: The investigation file also included striking allegations about the use of the association’s resources: Suspect Muharrem Karataş’s lawyer Önder İbrahim Yıldırım said that some of the collected aid was used in betting games through Ahbap employees, and pointed out that the main perpetrator was Haluk Levent, and said, “Here, Haluk Levent is the perpetrator, and the helpers are Ahbap employees. For example, Alper Çelik.”

EMRE KARTALOĞLU

AUDIT REPORT WAS SUPERFICIAL
In their defense, the financial advisors in the audit team, former TÜRMOB president Emre Kartaloğlu and TÜRMOB members stated that the reports prepared were superficial and did not qualify as “laundering” and claimed that the Buddy management used these limited reports to mislead the public. While the prison process for the key figure in the file, Oğuzhan Uğur, and other suspects begins, the prosecutor’s office’s detailed investigation into the financial traffic continues.

FATİH EKE

SCHOOL LIE AGAINST DAMAGES
Arrested businessman Fatih Eke stated that he was owed 1.5 million dollars from Haluk Levent, and in return he was offered to build a school in Samandağ, but the promises were not kept. Accounting employee Suzan Duskuner Mintas said that she did not have signing authority and that she only followed the instructions from Haluk Levent. Former treasurer Hüseyin Küçük’s lawyer claimed that Levent touched the association’s money and went into debt due to his bad habits.