YSK made changes to the Parliamentary Election Law No. 2839, based on the population data of 31 December 2025 published by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). YSK updated the number of deputies to be elected by the provinces and their electoral districts. The decision was published in the Official Gazette. According to the decision, 1 MP was guaranteed for each province out of a total of 600 MPs. The remaining parliamentary seats were distributed among the provinces according to population. More than one electoral district was created in the provinces that produced a large number of deputies.

As a result of the calculation, it was stated that the provinces with the number of deputies up to 18 are considered as a single electoral district, and it was stated that environmental regulations were made for the 4 provinces with the number of deputies more than 18. It was stated that the provinces with 19-35 deputies were divided into 2 electoral circles, and the provinces with 36 or more deputies were divided into 3 electoral circles. According to this calculation, 2 electoral circles were created for 21 MPs from Bursa and 28 MPs from Izmir, and 3 electoral circles were created for 37 MPs from Ankara and 96 MPs from Istanbul. In the decision, it was noted that when determining the electoral districts by the YSK, population balance, administrative integrity of the districts, geographical proximity and transportation opportunities were taken into consideration. On the other hand, Ankara’s Güdül district was transferred from the number 2 election district to the number 3 election district. In the commission report, it was emphasized that this decision of the YSK was taken for the smoother conduct of the election procedures.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made important statements after the Iftar program with MKYK Members, Party Boards, Ankara Provincial Organization and District Heads.

Highlights from President Erdoğan’s speech:

“WE MADE AN EFFORT FOR A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION”

I wholeheartedly congratulate our Ankara Organization and our municipalities. Our main mission is to be with our citizens. If we can heal wounds, cure troubles, receive the blessings of our nation, it means we can do justice to our position.

We cannot slow down our pace by looking at the lack of vision of profit-oriented criminal organizations. We will continue to run, we will continue to touch more hearts. We will continue to embrace our 86 million citizens.

The Palestinian issue has been bleeding for 80 years. After the massacres, our Gazan brothers are trying to hold on to life. The environment of stability in Lebanon has not been fully established.

Our vast region, stretching from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Black Sea, is struggling with uninterrupted crises. Added to all this were the attacks on Iran on Saturday. Many of our Iranian brothers lost their lives. I offer my condolences to the Iranian people on behalf of my country and nation. We did our best with friendly and brotherly countries in the region to prevent further escalation of tension between the parties. We made efforts for a diplomatic solution.

Bilal Erdoğan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of İlim Yayma Foundation, Zafer Sırakaya, AK Party Deputy Chairman Zafer Sırakaya and AK Party Group Deputy Chairman and Manisa Deputy Bahadır Yenişehirlioğlu participated as panelists in the program called “YTB Artists and Writers Meeting” organized by YTB at Corendon Hotel. In the program moderated by YTB Deputy Chairman Abdulhadi Turus, artists and writers from the Turkish community from different cities in Europe talked about their experiences.

In his speech at the opening of the program, YTB Deputy Chairman Turus said that the Turkish diaspora in Europe has guests with very important characteristics.

Turus stated that these people gave the message “we are here” in the center of Europe with their brushes, pens, instruments and academic studies.

Emphasizing that there were special minds in the hall who knew both the technique and discipline of the West and the wisdom and emotion of Anatolia, Turus explained that this depth, nourished by two worlds, was reflected in the works and hearts created.

Turus stated that it is of great importance for Turkish artists in the diaspora to know each other and know that they are not alone, as talents who produce alone in their own workshops and work spaces all over Europe.

Underlining that the existence abroad is based on the understanding of companionship, Turus said to the artists: “You dream, you produce, you write.” he called.

Turus stated that they want to support the artists as much as they can to make their dreams come true, using the means of the state and the path opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

“MAYBE YOU CAN REVIVE A NEW HOPE FOR EUROPE”

Bilal Erdoğan said that there is a cultural corruption in the world and that this concerns not only non-Western societies but also the West.

Stating that the West is trying to keep and protect its own culture, Bilal Erdoğan said that an understanding that tries to make everyone similar to each other is being imposed.

Bilal Erdoğan said, “Let them listen to the same things, read the same things, watch the same things, wear the same things, eat the same things. This is such corruption right down to the inside.” he said.

Emphasizing that the way to protect against this corruption is to ensure that the nations and communities of the world live by embracing their own culture and identity without any complexes, Bilal Erdoğan pointed out that this will both contribute to the cultural diversity of the world and allow the dialogue between communities that are at peace with their own identity and culture to take place among equals and on the basis of mutual respect.

Bilal Erdoğan said, “When one side thinks that I am culturally superior, I am a more developed race, you are all inferior to us, oppression, injustice and unfairness arise, and wars arise from this. We see that this is the source of many wars we experience today.” he said.

Emphasizing that Türkiye has also experienced cultural corruption within a 200-year-long delusion of westernization, Bilal Erdoğan reminded that this process has serious consequences. Bilal Erdoğan said, “We said we would westernize, but it did not develop us. Instead of taking the knowledge, science and industry of the West, we tried to emulate it.” he said.

Pointing out that living as a minority in a country has its own dynamics and difficulties, Bilal Erdoğan called for embracing the dream that a more just world is possible.

Bilal Erdoğan said, “Europe also needs hope. It needs to find another paradigm. There needs to be a reality that everyone can understand that they cannot find peace by not liking minorities with this aging population and by blaming their own failures on them. Maybe you can revive a new hope for Europe.” he said.

Bilal Erdoğan emphasized that every work should be done globally and with self-confidence, and noted that this is valid not only in art and culture, but also in technology.

Bilal Erdoğan: “200 years of ‘you can’t do it’ have passed over us.” he said.

“POETRY SHOULD BE A MUST IN EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES”

Sırakaya made evaluations about civilization awareness and identity construction and said, “First of all, we need to make a journey towards ourselves, get to know our own civilization values, and shape who we are and which countries we come from.” he said.

Comparing the point reached today with the first generation, Sırakaya drew attention to the way the first generation, which arrived in 1961, expressed itself.

Sırakaya pointed out that the first generation was a generation that refrained from expressing itself, that existed with its silence, not speaking and with its efforts, and said, “Today, at the point we have reached, it is extremely valuable and valuable for me that it has reached a position where it can express itself with its art, express itself with its poetry, and express itself as a result of what we have just seen.” he said.

Congratulating the young people at this point, Sırakaya said, “Therefore, first of all, I congratulate each of our brothers and sisters, but more than themselves, I congratulate their parents who raised them.” he said.

Explaining that each young person here represents a civilization that tries to create added value and build bridges in the country they live in, with their own identity, existence and self, Sırakaya continued as follows:

“I think that poetry is an order in which our civilization consciousness expresses itself more concisely. That’s why poetry should be a must in every aspect of our lives. Even if we cannot write, when we devote ourselves to poetry, it can express that we are and can be more people of heart, people of love, people of more affection.”

“THE CONCEPT OF INTELLECTUAL WAS IMPOSED WRONGLY ON US FOR YEARS”

Yenişehirlioğlu also argued that the concept of “intellectual” was wrongly imposed in Türkiye for years and said, “For years in Türkiye, you were made to believe that if you adopted the norms of the West and were westernist, you would be enlightened, contemporary and modern.” he said.

Yenişehirlioğlu noted that an intellectual identity can be created if a universal reading is developed after mastering all the parameters of the geography that creates a person.

Türkiye’s Ambassador to the Hague Fatma Ceren Yazgan, Amsterdam Consul General Mahmut Burak Ersoy and Rotterdam Consul General Sevgi Kısacık, as well as many guests from the representatives of the Turkish community in the Netherlands, attended the program.

HE THREATENED THE OFFICER AND FORCED HIM TO SIGN

Özcan, who gave the market officials 1 week to accept the offer, had the Police teams carry out intensive inspections in the chain markets in May-June 2024, after they did not respond within this period. A report was kept about the markets and additional time was given. 4 markets, who could not withstand the pressure of Özcan, who forced them to sign a contract, had to sign the advertising contract.

HEAVY PENALTY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT SIGN

Officials of the other 2 markets refused to sign the contract. Thereupon, the police teams ended the inspections of the other 4 markets, even though the second inspection was mandatory, and started to put pressure on the 2 markets. The markets, for which administrative fines were imposed, were also banned from trading for 5 days.

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THEY WERE TAKEN THROUGH OPERATION SAFAK

Within the scope of the extortion investigation initiated by the Bolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, a detention order was issued on Saturday morning for 13 suspects, including CHP’s Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan. While the suspects were detained by Bolu Gendarmerie teams in a dawn operation, their mobile phones were also confiscated. Here are the names taken into custody… Mayor Tanju Özcan, Deputy Mayor Süleyman Can, Municipal Council Member Ali Sarıyıldız, Municipal Company Official Ergün Temel, Deputy Police Chief Hakan Yılmaz, Municipal Council Member Cahit Görüş, Municipal Council Member Mehmet Ağan, Municipal Council Member Naim Ayhan, Editor-in-Chief Tahsin Arslan. Mayor of the Municipal Council H. Ekrem Serin, Deputy Director of Zoning and Urbanization Yasin Bargaç, Municipal Council Member Buse Özkan, Municipal Council Member Sinan Pekcan.

HOW WILL THE PROCESS PROCEED?

The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that the investigation is continuing in many aspects and that the judicial process will take shape after the evaluation of the evidence.

In the file, the issue of whether municipal officials used the influence of their positions to put pressure on markets in order to benefit the municipal company is evaluated within the scope of “extortion by force”.

In the statement made on DMM’s NSosyal account regarding the allegations, it was stated that there are no military bases belonging to any country in Türkiye and the following was noted:

“The air, land and sea space and military facilities of the Republic of Turkey are completely under its own sovereignty and control. There is no attack against our country, and posts aimed at portraying Türkiye as a party to regional conflicts are a clear disinformation attempt.

Türkiye’s defense and security structure is on duty with all its elements and the processes are followed instantly by the relevant institutions. “The public is kindly requested not to believe the unfounded claims and to only consider the statements of the official authorities.”

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