A new investigation was conducted against Antalya Metropolitan Municipality by the Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. Within the scope of the investigation; Detention orders were issued for 34 suspects, including business people. Among the suspects; Muhittin Böcek, who was suspended from his duty as the Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and arrested within the scope of the ‘bribery’ and ‘extortion’ investigation, Metropolitan Municipality General Secretary and ANSET’s former director CT, who is in the hospital for treatment due to health problems, businessman MOK, who was previously arrested within the scope of the same investigation and released at the last hearing, ANSET Administrative and Financial Affairs Manager ANB, City History, Promotion and Tourism Department Head İ.O., ANET manager EKB, ANET Manager VN, Antalya Social Services Inc. General Manager KKT was also present.

It was also learned that there was a detention order against AB and DY, the directors of the Golden Orange Film Festival, GS, the director of the Gastronomy Festival, business people L.Ş., OB, NT, AKK, ND, AEE, KAB, Ç.S., MTA, İ.K., HK, HV, MEG, KYMLF, CM, municipality employee GK, KK, former municipality employee AA, company employees İ.Ö., AS, ASAT employee AG. It was learned that there was also a detention order for Durmuş Ali Arslan, who previously served as the Head of the City History, Promotion and Tourism Department, but was released from prison on murder charges.

PUBLIC DAMAGE OF 113 MILLION 426 THOUSAND TL

It was stated that 27 of the 34 suspects for whom detention orders were issued within the scope of the investigation against ANSET, a subsidiary of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, were detained. It was reported that 2 of the suspects were in prison and 2 were abroad. It was noted that efforts to capture the 3 suspects continue. It was stated that money transfers were detected among the suspects, who were accused of ‘tender rigging’, ‘bribery’ and ‘laundering of criminal proceeds’, for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of crime, and a public loss of 113 million 426 thousand TL was caused.

SUBJECT OF THIS ARTICLE

It is the vision of the Ministry of Cyber ​​Warfare that will protect Türkiye’s future. Today’s Cyber ​​Security Presidency is the main core of this structure; It is a must to reach the weight of a ministry tomorrow.

Our thesis in the article is clear: Just as the air is the land of the homeland, the sea is the land of the homeland, the land is the land of the homeland; The mobile phone screen in our children’s hands is now a homeland.

SGB ​​Türkiye entered 2025 by establishing the Cyber ​​Security Directorate; He closed the same year by extending the powers of this Presidency to the entire digital state and artificial intelligence in the public sector. BTK has been removed as a cybersecurity regulator; All powers and USOM were transferred to the new Presidency. In December 2025, digital government, e-Government operation, artificial intelligence in the public sector and data management were brought together under the same roof.

The head of the building is my esteemed master Ümit Önal, with whom we once worked together under the same roof. Önal, who served as CEO of Türk Telekom for approximately seven years after Turkuvaz Medya, was appointed to this strategic position with the signature of President Erdoğan on October 24, 2025. The sentence he said at the STRATCOM 2026 podium clearly reveals the doctrinal basis: “Cyber ​​security is now the main issue of national security.”

Presidential Cyber ​​Security Director Ümit Önal

KÖSE’S PHILOSOPHICAL INTELLIGENCE

The doctrinal basis was laid by the President of the National Intelligence Academy, Prof. Dr. Talha Köse draws a very fresh April 2026 report. The weight of Köse’s signature is not a coincidence; MIA was positioned as the only academic center of the Turkish intelligence ecosystem that writes doctrines.

The core sentence of the report: “The biggest risk in the age of artificial intelligence is the weaknesses produced by governance, coordination, human resources and dispersed decision architecture, rather than the lack of access to technology.” Here, Köse says that Türkiye’s real danger is not the lack of foreign technology, but the disorganization within itself. The common feature of all digitally traced attacks, from the Kahramanmaraş school attack to the Şanlıurfa high school, is this: There was a signal; but there were ten different tables where the signal fell; no one could see the holistic picture. More precisely, it could not be seen…

The second critical sentence of the report deepens the doctrine: “The main need is to foresee risks and take the necessary institutional measures in time.” Underneath this sentence lies the doctrine of philosophical intelligence: the superior intelligence that reads the nature of the threat, its origin, and the philosophical-cultural basis from which it feeds. It is not enough to follow the technical trace of the attack; It is also necessary to understand what worldview the attacker is motivated by. Understanding the meaning behind the data when reading it, the intention behind it when tracing it, the unseen under the visible! This is the philosophical understanding of intelligence that Talha Köse wants to explain.

So: It is not enough to learn from Maraş; It is necessary to be able to see Maraş without experiencing it.

President of the National Intelligence Academy Prof. Dr. Talha Köse

HYBRID INTELLIGENCE MODELING

The threat we face is hybrid: a multi-layered attack that combines digital, physical, human and economic dimensions. A LinkedIn connection, a conference invitation, a subcontractor tender and a state intelligence mind may be working simultaneously behind a phishing attack against an R&D center.

The Ministry of Cyber ​​Warfare must establish an architecture that processes three sources simultaneously: contact traces brought by human intelligence from the field, digital patterns captured by signals intelligence, and patterns extracted from visible data by open source (OSINT) intelligence. Let me be clear; Unless the different raw data streams of MİT, Police Intelligence and Gendarmerie Intelligence fall on the same analytical table with the digital traces of the SGB, a holistic adversary picture will not emerge. Hybrid intelligence is the ability to see this holistic picture instantly.

THE INVISIBLE ARMOR OF THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY

In the last decade, Türkiye has built a historical inventory ranging from Bayraktar TB2 to AKINCI, from KIZILELMA to HÜRJET, from ATMACA to KAAN. However, the protective armor of this superiority has not yet been talked about enough: counter-espionage in cyberspace.

A recent case illustrates the point clearly. Iran’s Shahed-136 kamikaze UAV was rebranded by Russia as Geran-2 and used in Ukraine. These systems, which were shot down in Ukraine, were dismantled one by one by Western intelligence engineers; its software was deciphered, its supply chain was mapped, its electronics were reverse engineered. The result: Iran’s own weaponry fell as an open book on the desk of the adversary services, and this knowledge was used directly in the recent 40-day war between the United States, Israel and Iran against Iran and its allies.

The doctrinal lesson is clear: When a state cannot protect its own weapon system in cyberspace, that weapon turns into a boomerang in the hands of its adversaries. Spying of software architecture, control protocol, GPS route, subcontractor supply chain; It has the same result as physical theft of the gun. A successful electronic infiltration can leave the superiority gained over a decade in the hands of the adversary service years in advance.
Bayraktar TB2’s success in Karabakh and Ukraine, AKINCI’s effectiveness in Syria and Libya; It makes Türkiye one of the top targets of technology espionage. ASELSAN, ROKETSAN, TAI, BAYKAR, HAVELSAN, TUBITAK SAGE, MKE and dozens of subcontractors must all work under this cyber armor.

The claim of this armor goes further than the classic defense: counter-espionage. It’s not about preventing the attack; To detect the attacker, to track him down, to set his trap with probability theory, to read his intentions and, when necessary, to penetrate the electronic targets of adversary states from the same front. Only with this capacity is it possible for Iran’s Shahed example not to be repeated for Türkiye.

The inventory that Türkiye has built in the last decade will only make sense with the cyber armor it will build in the next decade.

HOW SHOULD THE SYSTEM WORK IN THE FIELD?

The Maraş Secondary School attack started physically in a school, but digitally somewhere tens of thousands away. Closed groups that fed the aggressive child and networks that were traced in other murders had sprouted in the digital world. After the incident, 940 social media accounts had to be closed, 1866 internet addresses had to be blocked and 111 Telegram groups had to be removed. But the real issue is this: When, by whom, with what authority and how will that network be monitored? Before the next attack happens.

First: Preventive measures must be at the highest level. Türkiye’s data architecture is dispersed across different institutions. Sensing the cyber threat to our children in advance is an issue that can be seen with a holistic mind. The artificial intelligence and big data powers granted to the SGB can detect a growing culture of violence in closed groups. The preventative measure is not to dim the screen after the fact; is to catch the danger signal before the incident occurs.

Second: Control mechanisms. The power of a state lies in its ability to look behind closed doors. Don’t knock on the doors of platforms, play groups and social media companies that feed children; The SGB now has the authority to set limits for new generation threats such as spoofed audio and video.

Third: The will to close down. If you can’t control a platform, you will shut it down. China’s harsh intervention model in the digital sphere may be considered controversial from the perspective of democratic traditions. But in my opinion, if the safety of our own children is at stake, the courage to take drastic preventive measures is indisputable. We should definitely switch to the Chinese model, which is not too harsh. Controlling what you can control, shutting down what you can’t control. Looking for a third way other than these two is the bill that history has ticketed us to pay.

Fourth: Band narrowing. There is a much more effective tool between “close” or “watch.” Consciously slowing down a platform’s traffic is the most effective method to quickly bring to the table companies that do not comply with content removal orders. Band-throttling should become a gradual tool: first a warning, then a fine, then a band-throttling, and finally a full shutdown. Those who read these lines will perhaps criticize me heavily against democracy. But if the issue is the innocent children who were murdered, they are free to say whatever they want…

Fifth: Red lines with three intelligence services. Direct red lines should be established with the National Intelligence Organization, Police Intelligence Directorate and Gendarmerie Intelligence Department. The rising sign of violence in a closed group must be seen at four tables at the same time; When an extremist network reaches across the border, MİT’s foreign intelligence line should work simultaneously with SGB’s digital monitoring line; In case of a school threat, the Police Intelligence Department, which is responsible for current intelligence, must be on the field within minutes; When an organizational link is detected in rural areas, Gendarmerie Intelligence should be able to access the same data immediately. These lines should also be established with physical architecture. The three intelligence agencies should have permanent liaison offices within the SGB; The lights of these offices should never go out for the defense of the homeland.

Sixth: Judges who do not sleep and prosecutors who do not blink. The powers held by the SGB only have meaning when used quickly and with legal legitimacy. The biggest obstacle to emergency intervention in cyberspace in Türkiye is the correspondence traffic between institutions. This time is literally stolen from the child’s life. An independent “Legal Department” should be established within the SGB, working 24 hours a day, 365 days a week, within the legal framework supported by the legal regulations of the Ministry of Justice. Cyber ​​security prosecutors and on-duty judges should work together on the same floor, in adjacent rooms.

It should work like this: Very critical requests coming from MİT, Police Intelligence and Gendarmerie Intelligence directly reach cyber security prosecutors who are experts in their field. The prosecutor immediately evaluates the request, establishes its legal basis, and appeals to the judge on duty in the next room. The judge makes his decision within minutes. The technical team in the same corridor launches the application within seconds; After the decision, intelligence officers at the same center expand national monitoring through contact channels.

There is only one way out of the dilemma of “fast but illegal” and “legal but slow”. There is a third way: fast, legal, democratic and sleepless. Every minute the judge’s seat remains empty is the state’s lack of reflexivity; Every minute that seat is occupied is the strategic power of the state. If the attacker is standing 24 hours a day, 365 days a week, the State will likewise be standing and ready at all times.

Seventh: Digital defense of schools. School management systems, e-school infrastructure, and guidance service records will now be under the protection of a single architecture. It is no longer messy where a guidance counselor’s note “This child is giving a warning” falls and to what extent it is processed.

Eighth: Artificial intelligence extending to the family One of the most concrete tasks for the “General Directorate of Public Artificial Intelligence” will be to produce tools so that families and educators can read children’s digital traces in a healthy way. Signs such as changes in behavior and turning to closed groups can serve as early warnings to families.

LAST WORD: TIME FOR CYBER WAR MINISTRY

The child now lives in two worlds. One is the street, the school, the house; the other screen, applications, groups. For decades, the state was only looking after the first world. Maraş showed that it is the invisible issue of the second world. The Cyber ​​Security Presidency is the state address of the second world.

If we really want to protect Türkiye’s cyber security in the future, we must urgently put these systems into operation. We don’t have time to wait for years in an area where the clock is ticking. The architecture that will protect this land has largely been established. Now it’s time; It makes this architecture actively functional with cyber security prosecutors and judges who will work within the SGB Legal Department, intelligence liaison offices whose light never fades, a gradual sanction system, the will to shut down when necessary, and the band throttling weapon.

The current structure of the Cyber ​​Security Presidency, no matter how broad its authority, will be inadequate to face the challenges of the future. In an age where artificial intelligence is so deeply embedded in military systems, economic infrastructure, social memory and daily life; It is necessary to fight on a wide front, from autonomous weapon systems to digital propaganda, from biometric data wars to infiltration operations based on machine learning. The world is rapidly becoming mechanized; Threats are also becoming mechanized at the same speed. In this age, an ordinary presidency is not enough for a nation to protect itself.

If the Air Force protects the sky, the Navy protects the sea, and the Land Forces protects the land; The structure that will protect the cyberspace can only be organized with the gravity of a ministry, the seriousness of a war institution, and the discipline of a force command. Today’s new Türkiye’s Cyber ​​Security Presidency is the already laid core of the Ministry of Cyber ​​War, which can see everything on a global scale and read everything, like the American Intelligence Community NSA.
The foundation of the new front of struggle for the New Türkiye was laid: the Ministry of Cyber ​​War.

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar reacted harshly to CHP Chairman Özgür Özel’s statements regarding mining and license processes.

Minister Bayraktar used the following statements in his post on his social media account:

“YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS!”

You say, “There is something we know, brother”, Özgür Özel; I’m sorry, but you know nothing about this!

Because today, you have once again made a clear smear by confusing mining law, licensing processes, permit mechanisms and the state’s control responsibility.

Even though we clearly reported the mining license numbers yesterday through official sources, you continue to blatantly distort the data.

“THE REAL ‘DARK ORDER’ IS SHAPING NEXT TO YOU”

The picture you are trying to market as a “black order” by deliberately exaggerating the number of licenses in force today is the mirror reflection of the municipalities under your responsibility.

The real “black order” is taking shape next to you, in your region, around you.

The cheap political fiction you are trying to establish based on the period of Mr. Berat Albayrak is the product of a separate indigestion. You are disturbed by Türkiye’s will to localize energy and mining, bring its resources into the economy and reduce foreign dependency.

We reiterate that we will not tolerate any approach that abuses the opportunities provided by our state to investors, disregards the labor and rights of our workers, and victimizes our miners.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan spoke at the opening of TMV Austria Representation Vienna Training Center. Minister Fidan said, “Especially in some countries, where the schools where the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) has taken root more, need to be taken over, there are agreements that we have finalized here. We are doing this quietly and calmly. Thanks to our Maarif Foundation, it underwrites the political framework we have drawn on this issue with great professionalism and great mastery.”

“IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT STAGE THAT OUR CIVILIZATION IS PROMOABLE”

Fidan pointed out that TMV showed tremendous activity in the first few years of its establishment with the strategy of taking over FETO schools in friendly countries, and underlined that these activities continue.

Fidan said, “Especially in some countries, where schools where FETO has taken more root should be taken over, we have finalized agreements here. We do this quietly and calmly. Thanks to our Maarif Foundation, it underwrites the political framework we have drawn on this issue with great professionalism and great mastery.” he said.

Stating that TMV is now an important cultural face of Türkiye that opens to the outside world, Fidan said, “It is a very important stage that our civilization can now be explained, invited and introduced. This is actually a very valuable area where people come in their civilization journey.” he said.

Fidan also touched upon the country, school and student figures reached by TMV, emphasizing that these figures are important and that there are very few countries that can do this.

“A VERY MAJOR MOBILIZATION”

Pointing out that, in addition to TMV, Yunus Emre Institute also carries out very serious activities in teaching Turkish, Fidan continued his speech as follows:

“Apart from that, there are courses opened abroad by our non-governmental organizations, there are student dormitories, there are foundations. This is a great mobilization. I hope that all of these, if done with great sincerity and sincerity, will produce great results with professionalism. We, as a state, have seen it at every stage, especially in the leadership of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the last 20 years, and we have seen both ‘soft’ policies since the TIKA years. “It is also a great success that we attach special importance to the policy areas that we call ‘power’, to the areas of struggle that we call ‘hard power’, and to creating a strategic mind at the top, that we rebuild all of these from scratch with great patience and make them usable today, that we use all these instruments around a strategic mind and while doing these, not as a cause for an international crisis, repulsion or evil, but as an invitation and acceptance, with good words.”

Minister of Internal Affairs Mustafa Çiftçi made special statements to A Haber. Stating that they welcomed an agreement to be reached through the dialogue process with the mine workers, Minister Çiftçi said, “Our worker brothers and union representatives did not give an opportunity to those who wanted to exploit the process. Our state stands by its workers today, as always.” he said.

Minister Çiftçi said:

“WE HAVE ALWAYS REGARDED THE SWEAT AND HALAL PROFIT”

“Our streets are the place of peace, security and the natural flow of life. Streets should be areas where our children, youth and families feel safe.

For this reason, the place to solve social issues is the ground of dialogue and negotiation; The permanent solution comes from here.

The understanding of “Keep people alive so that the state lives”, which our President and Chairman Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan underlined at every opportunity and which we put forward during the AK Party governments, is not just a saying for us, but the basic guide of our state administration.

Special statements from Minister Çiftçi to A Haber

In line with this understanding, we have always valued labor, sweat and halal earnings.

In this sense, we could not remain indifferent to the voices raised by our mine workers in the streets. Following our meeting with the employer side 2 days ago, we did our best yesterday to bring the parties together under the coordination of our Ministry of Internal Affairs and create a common ground with the participation of all relevant stakeholders.

“WE WERE WELCOME WITH GREAT SATISFACTION”

We are very pleased that this dialogue process yielded positive results in a short time and an agreement was reached.

After this agreement, our workers ended the strike by giving flowers to our law enforcement officers, which was a manifestation of the spirit of respect, trust, dignity and unity that our nation carries at its core.

As a result of this agreement, the action ended; This is an extremely important and pleasing development in terms of both the establishment of labor peace and the delivery of rights.

I would especially like to express that; Our fellow workers and union representatives did not give opportunity to those who wanted to exploit the process and displayed a common sense and dignified stance.

I would like to wholeheartedly thank all stakeholders who have contributed to preserving the peace of our society by taking this stance.

Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat attended the reception held by the Dutch Embassy in Ankara at the embassy residence on the occasion of “King’s Day”.

Speaking at the reception attended by Dutch Ambassador to Ankara Joep Wijnands and Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş, Bolat said that the more than 500-year-old friendship between Turkey and the Netherlands has also guided the development of global trade and finance.

Bolat stated that diplomatic relations between the two countries, built on solid foundations, have expanded into strategic areas such as economy, trade, culture and defense and turned into a multidimensional partnership.

“WE WILL CARRY COOPERATION FURTHER”

Stating that Turkey and the Netherlands are two allies standing side by side in platforms such as the United Nations (UN), NATO and the European Council, Bolat stated that they continue to contribute to regional and global stability in line with common priorities, and that these solid ties will take economic and commercial cooperation to much higher levels.

Pointing out that the Turkish economy maintains its resilience and strength and continues to grow despite global challenges such as regional instabilities and economic shocks, Bolat said, “The European Union (EU) has always been our main partner in this growth process. Turkey has become an important production and supply center for Europe, the EU has become Türkiye’s largest trade partner, and Turkey has become the EU’s 5th largest trade partner.” he said.

“NETHERLANDS ARE ONE OF Türkiye’S MOST IMPORTANT TRADE PARTNERS”

Emphasizing that geopolitical developments in the region, increasing protectionist tendencies and energy crises make establishing strong economic relations more important than ever, Bolat said:

“As Turkey, we aim to further strengthen our economic cooperation with its key partners in the EU, especially the Netherlands. We attach importance to further developing our relations with the Netherlands, both bilaterally and under the umbrella of the EU. Today, the Netherlands is one of Türkiye’s most important trade partners among EU member states. Our bilateral trade volume with the Netherlands increased from 6.4 billion dollars in 2015 to 13.3 billion dollars in 2025. Our target is to reach 15 billion dollars by the end of 2026. “The 145-frequency air transportation between our countries virtually confirms our strong connectivity. We also see this in our tourism data. We hosted 1.3 million Dutch people in our country by 2025.”

Bolat stated that the mutually developing investment relations with the Netherlands are an important dynamic of the partnership that grows on a global scale, and said, “Today, the Netherlands is the first country among our economic partners with its 32 billion dollar investment portfolio in Türkiye.” he said.

Stating that more than 3 thousand Dutch companies operating in Türkiye further reinforce their strong and reliable role in the EU value chains, Bolat stated that Turkish investments have reached approximately 25 billion dollars in the Netherlands by 2025, which corresponds to 40 percent of Türkiye’s total investments abroad.

Bolat stated that Turkish overseas contractors, who have undertaken prestigious projects around the world, have successfully completed contracting projects worth 4.6 billion dollars in the Netherlands to date.

“Türkiye HAS PROMISING POTENTIAL IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY

Stating that they believe that the UN Climate Change Conference (COP31), which Türkiye will host in November this year, will provide the basis for innovative collaborations for Turkish and Dutch stakeholders and business people, Bolat said:

“Turkey has an exceptional and promising potential in the field of defense industry for the Netherlands and Europe. Türkiye’s visionary role in defense and industrial integration carries a strategic value as a guarantee of regional security and stability. Turkey will once again register its key position in the global defense architecture by hosting the NATO Summit in July this year. I also had the opportunity to meet with my interlocutor, Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, on the margins of the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference. At the beginning of July, “This time, we agreed to hold JETCO’s 6th Term Meeting in the Netherlands. We will bring our business circles together on the occasion of the meeting and create a comprehensive road map for our future collaborations.”