313 suspects were caught in operations carried out by our Gendarmerie against 32 separate Organized Crime Organizations in 24 provinces. From the suspects; 197 of them were arrested. Judicial control provisions were applied to 114 of them. Others’ operations continue.

Suspects caught in operations organized by Provincial Gendarmerie Commands under the coordination of Gendarmerie General Command KOM and Cyber ​​Crimes Departments and Chief Public Prosecutor’s Offices; In Erzurum and Manisa; They smuggle weapons in Gaziantep, Balıkesir, Hatay, Muğla, Zonguldak and Trabzon; In Sakarya and Sinop, where they defrauded our citizens with “investment consultancy” advertisements on social media platforms; They placed illegal bets and mediated money transfers through websites in Antalya and Konya; They carried out the drug trade in an organized manner in Kırklareli, Tekirdağ, Van, Aydın and Iğdır; They smuggle immigrants in Mersin; In Elazığ, where they tried to obtain financial benefits from businesses in the region through pressure, assault and threats; They committed the crimes of “qualified fraud and forgery of official documents to the detriment of public institutions and organizations” in Osmaniye; They smuggle tobacco in Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Eskişehir and Mardin; They were found to be engaging in usury. As a result of the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) investigation, account activity of 21 Billion 944 Million TL was detected in the suspects’ accounts. We uncompromisingly continue our fight against organized crime organizations to ensure that no crime or criminal that disrupts the peace of our cities goes unpunished. We congratulate our heroic Gendarmerie, Department Heads, MASAK, Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office and all those who contributed.

313 suspects were caught in operations carried out by our Gendarmerie against 32 separate Organized Crime Organizations in 24 provinces.

From the suspects;
-197 of them were arrested.
-Judicial control provisions were applied to 114 of them. Others’ operations continue.

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— TR Ministry of Internal Affairs (@TC_icisleri) June 17, 2026

The National Intelligence Organization captured Ahmet Kazancı, codenamed Abu Ubeyde / Abu İbrahim, during the operation carried out by the DAESH terrorist organization against the media structure of Khorasan Province. It was revealed that Ahmet Kazancı, who was captured by MİT, was the person who replaced DAESH’s Turkish Media Officer Abu Yasir Al Turkikod Özgür Altun.

A BLOW FROM MIT TO THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
As a result of MİT’s intelligence studies, it was determined that Ahmet Kazancı crossed from Türkiye to the Afghanistan-Pakistan area and joined DAESH’s Khorasan Province (ISKP). It was determined that Kazancı served actively in DAESH camps. It was determined that Kazancı was operating together with DAESH’s Turkish Media Officer Abu Yasir Al Turkikod Özgür Altun, who played an active role in transferring elements of the organization from Türkiye to the Afghanistan-Pakistan area and was captured in Pakistan and brought to Türkiye. It was also determined that Kazancı replaced Özgür Altun after his capture and took over Altun’s organizational activities.

IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE WILL ENTER Türkiye THROUGH ILLEGAL METHODS
As a result of the sensitive studies carried out by MİT, it was determined that Ahmet Kazancı survived the air attacks against DAESH elements in Pakistan. It was determined that Kazancı would enter Türkiye illegally and continue his organizational activities after the training and organizational activities he received within DAESH in the Afghanistan-Pakistan area.

CAUGHT WITH OPERATION
Thereupon, MİT pressed the button to capture Kazancı. As a result of the ongoing sensitive studies, Ahmet Kazancı, named Abu Ubeyde / Abu İbrahim Kod, whose organizational activities were followed, was caught in an operation carried out in the border region.

HE CONFESSED THE ACTIVITIES HE CARRIED OUT ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION
Ahmet Kazancı, who was captured by MİT’s operation, said in his statement; He confessed and detailed his relationship with Özgür Altun, codenamed Abu Yasir Al Turki, who managed the transfer of the organization from Türkiye to the Afghanistan-Pakistan area, the various armed and religious training he received within DAESH, and his duties within the media propaganda activities he carried out on behalf of DAESH. With this operation, DAESH’s action plans against Türkiye were disrupted, DAESH’s recruitment of elements was exposed, and action plans were captured.

According to the information compiled from the BTK 2025 Activity Report of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, the institution started its activities to combat crimes committed on the internet on November 23, 2007. To date, among the notifications received to block access to websites, providing places and opportunities for gambling, obscenity and prostitution have been at the top of the list.

As of the end of last year, 369 thousand 959 unique notices were made to BTK to close websites. 62.45 percent of the access blocking decisions implemented by BTK as administrative measures were given for “providing a place and opportunity for gambling” and “illegal betting”, 25.43 percent for “obscenity” and 11.35 percent for prostitution crimes.

Thus, it was determined that approximately 99 percent of the access blocking measures were related to providing places and opportunities for gambling, illegal betting, obscenity, prostitution and sexual abuse of children.

APPROXIMATELY 50 MILLION INQUIRIES WERE MADE LAST YEAR

Information and links regarding legislation, statistics and services for the internet environment are provided through the “internet.btk.gov.tr” portal.

Open source information about domain names or IP addresses can be accessed through the site information inquiry page on the portal. Accordingly, approximately 50 million queries were made last year.

The portal also includes links to services such as hosting notification, internet complaint processes, safe internet service and awareness sites.

Illegal content encountered on the internet can be reported to the Internet Information Reporting Center via the “ihbarweb.org.tr” website. Notifications are evaluated from a technical and legal perspective within the framework of Law No. 5651 and relevant legislation.

NEARLY 45 THOUSAND CALLS RECEIVED TO ALO 141

In 2011, the Center became a member of INHOPE, the International Association of Internet Whistleblowing Centers, supported by the European Commission, with the aim of developing international cooperation in combating illegal content of the Internet, especially the sexual abuse of children.

Cooperation with INHOPE is maintained effectively by participating in meetings including training and focus group studies. The number of unique reports evaluated by the Internet Information Reporting Center by the end of 2025 exceeded 3.2 million.

Internet Help Center offers solution suggestions for the problems that citizens experience within the scope of conscious, safe and effective use of the internet through the “internetyardim.org.tr” website and “Alo 141 Safe Internet Support Line”.

The aim of the center, which provides services to users on 8 topics including illegal content on the internet, privacy, information security and shopping, social network platforms, safe internet service, digital games, cyber bullying, internet and health, is emphasized as directing users to the right address in the face of possible internet-related negativities and contributing to the solution of the problems with expert support.

While more than 4 thousand questions were answered last year, nearly 45 thousand calls to the Alo 141 Safe Internet Support Line were also answered.

In his speech at the “Ministry of Family and Social Services Monitoring Unit and Case Management Workshop” held in a hotel, Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş said that they are together to carry the social aid work they have been carrying out with great effort in the field for years to a stronger ground.

Stating that they will consider a vision that goes beyond meeting needs, prioritizes the future of children and unites institutions around the same goal, Göktaş emphasized that they aim to reflect the information from the field more effectively into decision-making processes with the workshop they held in cooperation with UNICEF.

Göktaş pointed out that the current period has brought the understanding of the social state all over the world to a more critical point than ever before and said, “Today, deepening social inequalities on a global scale, migration, disasters, wars and new risks that challenge the family structure have made social policies one of the most strategic areas of countries.” he said.

Emphasizing that the social state is no longer a structure that comes into play only in times of need, Göktaş noted that the social state is a strong vision of the future that foresees risks, keeps the family alive, protects the child and increases the resilience of the society.

Minister Göktaş stated that Türkiye is one of the countries that has implemented this understanding in the strongest way and said, “While many countries in the world have sought restructuring of social protection systems in the face of crises, Turkey has a strong practice in this field. Under the leadership of our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, our country has reached a very large institutional capacity in the field of social assistance and social services. With the policies implemented in the last 24 years, Turkey has transformed the social state into a strong system that touches every aspect of life.” made his assessment.

“WE HAVE DETECTED 30 THOUSAND 296 VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS TO DATE”

Stating that they have built a strong model that goes into the field with social state experience, reaches every household and detects the needs on the spot, Minister Göktaş said:

“One of the strongest carriers of this understanding in the field is our social assistance and solidarity foundations. Today, we have a strong social protection network that extends to the most remote corners of our country with our 1003 foundations. This large structure is one of the mechanisms that combines the compassion of our state with the spirit of solidarity of our nation. Social needs that change from day to day bring with them different requirements. It makes it necessary to strengthen the presence of the social state in the field with a more dynamic, earlier-activated and more holistic approach. Because now issue supports “It is not just about delivering the services when the application arrives. The main thing is to reach our citizens before the needs deepen, the risks grow, and the vulnerabilities become permanent.”

Reminding that they established the Monitoring Unit with this understanding last year, Göktaş said, “With this unit, we have identified 30 thousand 296 fragile households through the Integrated Social Assistance Information System so far. We shared these households with our 920 social assistance and solidarity foundations. Sometimes we reached a child in these households who had lost a parent. Sometimes we supported an elderly person who had difficulty in meeting his self-care needs. Sometimes we touched the life of a severely disabled citizen who lived alone. Sometimes he was at risk of school absenteeism.” “We brought one of our children back to education.” he said.

“OUR MONITORING UNIT MOVES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIAL STATE FROM DETECTION TO SOLUTION”

Göktaş stated that they referred 3 thousand 542 households to social service centers in the last 8 months and continued as follows:

“We brought together 326 households with the provincial directorates of our Ministry of National Education and 272 households with İŞKUR. We provided regular aid to 5 thousand 582 households. We provided one-time and temporary aid to 12 thousand 355 households. In total, we brought together 13 thousand 364 individual households with our social support mechanisms. In this sense, our Monitoring Unit carries our understanding of the social state from numbers to the field, from data to people, from detection to solution. All these In the process, we have seen that a household’s needs are often not limited to a single topic. Income support is of course important, but needs can change, such as a social service intervention, monitoring a child’s education process or directing an individual who is able to work to employment.

Elderly care services come to the fore in some households. In some households, disability support or psychosocial support needs to be activated. Therefore, we cannot separate social assistance from education, health, employment, child protection and all other public services that strengthen the family. We also create our social risk maps by evaluating together these multi-dimensional social indicators that we take into account in our monitoring system. Thus, while we follow the needs of households one by one, we can see more clearly how the risks are concentrated at the regional and local level. In this sense, social risk maps are a powerful opportunity that allows us to respond to needs earlier.”

Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş explained that with this system, they addressed sensitivities in different areas as a whole, from children to women, from disabled and elderly individuals to families, and that they regularly monitored households with the Family Guide and Children Are Safe systems and quickly activated their services.

“OUR WORKSHOP WILL MAKE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEW ERA OF OUR SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM”

Emphasizing that the case management approach has gained critical meaning at this point, Göktaş said, “Monitoring, evaluation and case management are not just a technical process for us. This approach is the most concrete equivalent of our social state vision on the field. Our goal is to carry this strong capacity we have achieved to a further stage. We want to reach every household at the right time, with the right service and with a more holistic approach.” he said.

Göktaş stated that they see the Decade of Family and Population as a strategic future vision that strengthens the future of the country, starting from the family, and said that the workshop is an important step towards this goal.

Stating that each topic discussed in the workshop will further strengthen service capacities in the field, Göktaş noted that they will evaluate case management processes, social assistance and social service integration, inter-institutional referral mechanisms, shock-sensitive social protection approach, data-based monitoring systems and new areas of need they encounter in the field.

Göktaş stated that the power of the social aid system does not come only from the digital infrastructure, that the real reward of this power comes from the human resources working in the field, and that increasing the professional competence of foundation officials is one of the most basic topics of this process.

Stating that they aim to further strengthen the training and capacity building programs with the results of the workshop, Göktaş said, “I believe that our Monitoring Unit and Case Management Workshop will make significant contributions to the new era of our social assistance system. At the same time, it will strengthen the coordination between our institutions and carry our social state vision to a more effective basis.” he said.

UNICEF Türkiye Representative Paolo Marchi also gave a speech here. On the other hand, a promotional video regarding the functioning of the Monitoring Unit was also shown at the workshop.

Within the framework of the visit, President Görgün held meetings with the Japanese Minister of Defense, the commanders of the Japan Land Self-Defense Forces and the Maritime Self-Defense Forces. Görgün also met with the President of the Japan Defense Equipment and Technology Agency (ATLA) and agency officials.

JAPAN AIMS TO INCREASE DEFENSE EXPENDITURES

Changing geopolitical threats, Russia’s attack on Ukraine, North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs, and China’s rapid increase in military capacity caused Japan to re-plan its “National Security Strategy” in 2022.

Japan’s annual defense spending is expected to reach 1.9 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in fiscal year 2026. The Tokyo administration aims to increase this rate to 2 percent in the 2027 fiscal year.

Aiming to transition to a “proactive” defense approach, both technologically and militarily, by loosening its traditional restrictions in the face of regional threats in the Indo-Pacific, Japan aims to establish a more integrated defense mechanism with its allies and to diversify its suppliers.

According to the foundation’s statement, Turkish Maarif Foundation, established with Law No. 6721 adopted on June 17, 2016, has become one of Türkiye’s strongest education and culture focuses in the global arena with its emphasis on “10 Years Building the Future”. The Foundation prepares more than 75 thousand students for the future in 66 countries on 6 continents.

The foundation, which has built a multi-dimensional structure from pre-school to higher education, from science festivals to sports organizations in a ten-year period, has become an education brand that can set the agenda worldwide with the Istanbul Education Summit, where important issues related to education are discussed.

Turkey’s Maarif Foundation, which has undertaken Türkiye’s international education vision, today operates with 524 schools, 2 universities, 16 education centers, 57 student dormitories and 12 Türkiye Studies Centers around the world.

The foundation, which has an important role in the fight against FETO, took over schools and 1 university from FETO and restructured them in 23 countries, from Afghanistan to Pakistan, from Somalia to Tunisia and Venezuela.

The foundation, which simultaneously has 245 new schools and 1 university in strategic regions around the world and in the geographies needed by the Turkish diaspora, has deepened its global presence by tripling the number of countries in which it operates.

MULTILINGUAL AND MULTI-DIRECTIONAL EDUCATION

The foundation of Maari’s ten-year success lies in a unique educational approach that respects local values ​​but is open to international standards.

Foundation schools, which fully comply with the national curricula of the countries in which they operate, also successfully implement international programs such as Oxford, IB and Cambridge at the required levels.

The “International Maarif Education Model” (IM), developed by the Foundation at the K-12 level, stands out with its constructivist approach. With this model, it is aimed to raise students as global citizens who are equipped not only in academic exams but also in areas such as critical thinking, multilingualism, technological literacy, social skills and aesthetic sensitivity.

A VISION THAT CROSSES CLASSES: SCIENCE AND CULTURE DIPLOMACY

Turkish Maarif Foundation, which does not see education as limited to four walls, brings together global education actors and young talents with giant organizations such as TEKNOFEST, Istanbul Education Summit, Science Fest Africa and African Maarif Sports Games.

While the science festival, held for the first time in Ivory Coast, increases the interest of high school students in 27 African countries in STEM fields, the sports games, which started in Mali and reached 20 countries and thousands of athletes with the participation of neighboring countries, reinforce intercultural friendship bonds.

Istanbul Education Summit, held with a different visionary theme every year, is an international platform that shapes global education policies.

The Foundation’s emphasis on “10 Years Building the Future” was also a period in which Türkiye’s cultural diplomacy activities and humanitarian ties on a global scale were strengthened.

MAARİF GRADUATES BECOME CULTURAL AMBASSADORS

More than 3 thousand young people who come to Türkiye for higher education after graduating from Maarif schools become cultural ambassadors by studying in 68 different cities and 143 universities of the country. These young people, who are guided by the professional guidance and career planning support offered by the Maarif Agency, are considered the most valuable legacy the foundation leaves to the future.

Stepping into its second decade with a strong institutional capacity, quality and sustainability vision, Turkish Maarif Foundation continues its global march with the determination to add value to the common future of humanity, in line with the goal of “operating in all UN member countries” stated by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.