In the incident that took place in Izmir on April 1, 38-year-old Sabri Kılınç, a Çiğli Municipality staff member, lost his life when the truck he was driving while dumping waste into the Çiğli Waste Water Treatment Plant, operated by İZSU General Directorate, rolled into a mud pit. When the family noticed the situation, the crane was called to the area and the lifeless body of Sabri Kılınç was reached.

‘WE PAID THE CRANE MONEY’
Claiming that the accident occurred due to negligence, the family accused İZSU of not taking the necessary precautions. Grieving wife Ulkiye Kılınç said, “As a family, we rented a crane for 40 thousand TL to remove the truck and my wife’s lifeless body from the mud-filled pit.” Grieving father Bekir Kılınç said, “If I cannot find money, I will sell my house, but I will not give up on this. They cannot take that invoice from me, I will submit it to the prosecutor’s office.”

TUGAY DENIES THE FAMILY
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cemil Tugay, on the other hand, denied the statements of the grieving family and claimed, “The crane was called by İZSU officials, accompanied by his father. The crane, which was closer, was called for immediate intervention. The family did not pay for that crane. They were not the ones who called.” However, it turned out that the family paid the bill for the crane.

‘RESIGN IMMEDIATELY’
AK Party İzmir Deputy Ceyda Bölünmez Çankırı stated that Tugay lied by sharing the invoice and payment receipt issued by the crane company. Inviting Tugay to resign, Çankırı said, “We have a bill like a door. Cemil Tugay is lying. That grieving family found the crane themselves, instead of waiting for the municipality’s help that did not come. The family paid the price of that crane from their own pocket, not İZBB. Do not pollute that seat any more and resign immediately.” In the İZBB Assembly, the AK Party Group submitted a parliamentary question regarding the death of Sabri Kılınç and asked for the allegations of negligence to be investigated.

AK Party General Secretary and Izmir MP Eyyüp Kadir İnan criticized the local government in Izmir with harsh words. In his written statement about Izmir, İnan criticized the local government approach in the city with a manifesto. İnan stated that Izmir has been faced with “lack of service and poor management” for years. Stating that the people of Izmir will no longer remain silent, İnan used the following expressions in his statement: “Today is no longer the time to remain silent; it is time to speak the truth openly against those who sacrificed the fate of our city to their own love of power and shallow calculations! These words of ours are the rightful rebellion of the people of Izmir rising from the streets against that obsolete CHP mentality that has taken refuge behind Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk for years and condemned this beautiful city to servicelessness and darkness.”

UNemployable, unqualified
İnan, “Incompetent, incompetent CHP management; know well that the people of Izmir no longer have faith in you!” he said. Criticizing Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cemil Tugay, İnan said, “We will show your empty lies in front of the nation every day. I say it clearly from here: Cemil Tugay, the lies you tell are now beyond both you and me! The whole of Turkey saw what kind of a service wreck you turned the whole city of Izmir into, and your incompetence in the local government. We used to feel sorry for you in this situation, but now all the people of Izmir have lost their patience. Keep this in mind: With this structure of yours that is devouring Ataturk’s legacy, this period we are experiencing now will be the last CHP period that Izmir will endure!” he said.

Answering the questions of journalists after the group meeting, MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli closed the door on the calls for by-elections and said, “The CHP should not try to tarnish Türkiye by causing chaos in its structure. There are no by-elections, it is during the election time. The will of the Turkish nation, that will should be respected from now on.” he said. Bahçeli said:

THE BASIS FOR A PERMANENT SOLUTION IS WEAK: The fact that the war seems to have ended in a 2-week ceasefire does not mean that the crisis is over. Rather than a comprehensive agreement, this ceasefire is a temporary pause that allows the parties to review their positions at a point where they cannot achieve their strategic and fundamental goals. Ending the war and establishing peace is far from being an attainable goal.

There is no end to the crisis, only a transformed arm wrestle. The immediate implementation of the ‘World Peace Council’ mechanism, under the leadership of the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, with the participation of the USA, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, Turkey and the European Union, is a historical obligation on behalf of humanity.

ISRAEL IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAR: The screams in Gaza echo in Lebanon today. Israel’s attacks that violate Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be stopped immediately. Israel is the real and only responsible for this war. The main problem of the international system is that the pressure mechanism cannot be operated on Israel. The regulation adopted by the Israeli Parliament, which paved the way for the death penalty for Palestinian political prisoners, reveals the lawless and immoral aspect of Zionism.

Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), an operation was carried out in 12 provinces centered in Istanbul. During the operation, 17 suspects were caught, 15 of whom were active doctors working for public patients. Among those caught are those who had ByLock correspondence, the organization’s secret communication application, and those who participated in the TUS (Medical Specialization Examination) camp, which was created by the organization under the name of cellular study and was held in dormitories affiliated with the organization.

EXCUSE TO STUDY
Istanbul Provincial Police Department Anti-Smuggling Crimes Branch Directorate teams started technical and physical surveillance within the framework of the FETO investigation. Some people who were determined to have participated in the TUS (Medical Specialization Examination) camp, which was created by the organization under the name of “studying” on a cellular basis and held in a dormitory sponsored by FETO, and members of the organization whose correspondences with FETO’s secret communication program ByLock were revealed, were identified. According to the information in the investigation file, it was noted that these people contributed to the increase in balance by depositing money into their closed Bank Asya accounts in accordance with the instructions of the leader of the organization. It was also noted that these people were repeatedly called from pay lines as the organization’s secret communication method.

SIMULTANEOUS RAID IN 12 PROVINCES
Yesterday morning, a simultaneous operation was launched at addresses determined in the provinces of Ankara, Bingöl, Bursa, Çorum, İzmir, Kayseri, Konya, Kütahya, Muğla, Ordu and Rize, centered in Istanbul. During the raids, 17 suspects who were members of FETO/PDY, for whom an arrest warrant was issued, were caught and detained. It was learned that 15 of the captured suspects were active doctors in public hospitals.

Entertech Maslak Go and Startgate TEKMER were opened in Maslak. Speaking after the promotional film, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır stated that national technology workshops will be established in 100 universities of Türkiye as of this year and said, “Turkey has come a long way in its technology development journey in the last 23 years. When we look back 23 years ago, we know that there was a period when concepts such as research, development and innovation were not on the agenda in our private sector. But now the Turkish private sector has become the pioneer of research and development in Türkiye. Türkiye’s total R&D expenditures are over 1.2 billion dollars.” “While it increased to 20 billion dollars, the R&D expenditures of the Turkish private sector also reached 14 billion dollars from 350 million dollars. Today, the Turkish private sector is in a position to achieve pioneering success stories in different sectors that are renowned in the world with the success stories it has revealed.”

“95 PERCENT OF THE PRODUCTS EXPORTED BY Türkiye CONSIST OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS”

Minister Kacır said that 95 percent of the products exported by Türkiye consist of industrial products and said, “If we can talk about export success today, there is a higher value-added production success of the industry behind it. 95 percent of the products exported by Türkiye consist of industrial products. The success achieved in all sectors of our industry, from automotive to machinery, from chemistry to food industry, has an enormous share in our ability to increase exports from 36 billion dollars to 274 billion dollars. Therefore, in fact, this is an ecosystem issue, a network.” “Of course, one of the most important elements of this is human resources. In order to make progress in the field of research and development, you must first invest in your human capital. Increasing Türkiye’s R&D human resources from 29 thousand to 311 thousand in 23 years is actually the most fundamental element that motivates and makes this whole success story possible,” he said.

“OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE OUR ENTERPRISE OFFICES INSTALLED IN ALL 81 CITIES THIS YEAR”

Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır said, “We increased the number of technoparks from 2 to 114. While only 56 companies were operating in our technoparks 23 years ago, today nearly 8,700 companies are doing research, development and innovation in Türkiye’s technoparks. Today, especially in the gaming industry, which is the main focus of this center, which has brought us together today, a few young people came together and founded it, and 20-30 young people are currently working in it. Technology startups that are still in the early stages of their business life can reach a billion dollar valuation. The more Turcorns we have, the stronger our entire ecosystem will become, with dozens and hundreds of startups to be born from each of them. With this understanding, we have implemented the Turcorn 100 program and are currently trying to grow our 39 technology startups with tailor-made supports to reach a billion dollar valuation. We have also taken steps to ensure that the private sector leads especially TEKMERs in this journey. “TEKMERs have become a complementary element of technoparks and R&D design centers in our enterprise ecosystem. We created the Go Enterprise Office model to standardize the supports and infrastructures we offer to the field of entrepreneurship in Türkiye, and our goal is to have our enterprise offices in all 81 cities this year.”

“WE MADE IT MUCH EASIER FOR CREATIVE IDEAS TO RESIDE AND WORK IN Türkiye AND WE ACHIEVED THE BRAIN DRAIN”

Minister Kacır stated that with the Turkey Tech Visa program, the residence and working processes of technology startups and individuals working in these companies have become much easier in Türkiye, and said, “The venture capital volume, which was 50 million dollars annually between 2011-2015 and 100 million dollars annually between 2016-2020, reached an average of 1.1 billion dollars in the last 5 years between 2021-2025. The annual venture capital investment volume in Türkiye is higher than the previous 5 years.” It has reached 11 times the size of the previous 5 years. We will expand this even further. With this program, we have made the residence and working processes in Türkiye for technology startups and individuals working in these companies much easier, which previously took more than 6 months. With this program, we can offer work and residence permits to the human resources who will work in startups in this ecosystem, including the startups here. “Nearly 5 thousand technology developers have moved to Turkey and they are now continuing their work in Turkey. We believe that attracting qualified human resources will provide significant advantages for Türkiye in this race,” he said.

“WE ARE ESTABLISHING THE WORLD’S LARGEST ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER IN ISTANBUL”

Stating that they established the world’s largest entrepreneurship center in Istanbul, Minister Kacır said, “We are establishing the world’s largest entrepreneurship center in Istanbul. We transformed the terminal buildings of Atatürk Airport into a technopark with the Terminal Istanbul brand. Now the world’s largest startup center, technology entrepreneurship center, is being established in the terminal buildings of Atatürk Airport. Hopefully, we will open the first phase of this in June and bring it to Istanbul. Then, at the end of the first year, we will open another large phase and within 2 years Atatürk Airport will open the largest entrepreneurship center in the world. Hopefully, we will have provided the entire airport terminal buildings to you, the technology entrepreneurs. I believe that this will again be an important step that will strengthen the interest in Turkish technology initiatives at the global level. In order to attract our young people to this journey from an early age, we will organize the world’s largest technology festivals, TEKNOFEST, and on the other hand, we will organize infrastructures such as Deneyap Technology Workshops all over Türkiye, attracting young people from the age of 11, who are interested in this field and have competence in this field, from city to city. “We will try to identify them town by town, village by village, include them in technology education programs and walk with them on this journey,” he said.

“WE ARE SECOND IN EUROPE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF GAMING INITIATIVES”

Stating that they are in the second place in Europe in terms of the number of game enterprises, Minister Kacır said, “We strongly support the game sectors along with our other sectors. Our duty is to ensure that cluster infrastructures such as the StartGate single center here can provide services to game entrepreneurs in Türkiye and to allow the increase of financial resources in this field. As the Ministry, we will continue to take these steps. By supporting the cluster project and making this address the center of the cluster, the game cluster, we have actually demonstrated this approach. Hopefully, game initiatives will continue to increase in the coming period.” “We will achieve further growth in Türkiye, we are currently in the second place in Europe in terms of the number of game initiatives. Hopefully, together we will succeed in reaching the first place in Europe and increasing the number of Turkish games, which we are proud of with their success stories all over the world,” he said. After the speech, the enterprise center was opened with a gift presentation and a photo shoot. Then, Minister Kacır visited the center and received information from the authorities.

’95 PERCENT OF THE PRODUCTS EXPORTED BY Türkiye CONSIST OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS’

Pointing out that 95 percent of Türkiye’s exported products consist of industrial products, Minister Kacır said, “If we can talk about export success today, there is a higher value-added production success of the industry behind it. 95 percent of the products exported by Türkiye consist of industrial products. The success achieved in all sectors of our industry, from automotive to machinery, from chemistry to food industry, has an enormous share in our ability to increase exports from 36 billion dollars to 274 billion dollars. Therefore, in fact, this is an ecosystem issue, a network.” “Of course, one of the most important elements of this is human resources. In order to make progress in the field of research and development, you must first invest in your human capital. Increasing Türkiye’s R&D human resources from 29 thousand to 311 thousand in 23 years is actually the most fundamental element that motivates and makes this whole success story possible.”

‘TODAY, NEARLY 8,700 COMPANIES ARE CONDUCTING RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION IN Türkiye’S TECHNOPARKS’

Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır said, “We increased the number of technoparks from 2 to 114. While only 56 companies were operating in our technoparks 23 years ago, today nearly 8,700 companies are doing research, development and innovation in Türkiye’s technoparks. Today, especially in the gaming industry, which is the main focus of this center, which has brought us together today, a few young people came together and founded it, and 20-30 young people are currently working in it. Technology startups that are still in the early stages of their business life can reach a billion dollar valuation. The more Turcorns we have, the stronger our entire ecosystem will become, with dozens and hundreds of startups to be born from each of them. With this understanding, we have implemented the Turcorn 100 program and are currently trying to grow our 39 technology startups with tailor-made supports to reach a billion dollar valuation. We have also taken steps to ensure that the private sector leads especially TEKMERs in this journey. “TEKMERs have become a complementary element of technoparks and R&D design centers in our enterprise ecosystem. We created the Go Enterprise Office model to standardize the supports and infrastructures we offer to the field of entrepreneurship in Türkiye, and our goal is to have our enterprise offices in all 81 cities this year.”

‘ANNUAL VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT VOLUME IN Türkiye HAS REACHED 22 TIMES THE SIZE’

Minister Kacır said, “The volume of venture capital, which was 50 million dollars annually between 2011-2015 and 100 million dollars annually between 2016-2020, reached an average of 1.1 billion dollars in the last 5 years between 2021-2025. The annual venture capital investment volume in Türkiye has reached 11 times the size of the previous 5 years and 22 times the size of the previous 5 years. We will grow this further. Türkiye Tech Visa With this program, we have facilitated the residence and working processes of technology startups and individuals working in these companies in Türkiye, which previously took more than 6 months. In just 2 weeks, we can offer work and residence permits to the human resources that will work in the startups in this ecosystem. With this program, nearly 5 thousand technology developers have moved to Turkey so far; they are now continuing their work in Turkey. “We believe that this race will offer significant advantages for Türkiye,” he said.