Democratic integration is at least as important as the beginning of the Republic. It is a call that contains wealth and wealth in terms of meaning, future and power. At its core is the democratic society model. It is an alternative to segregationist or, conversely, assimilationist methods. The transition to democratic integration requires peace laws. The democratic society solution envisages the establishment of an architecture and law in political, social, economic and cultural dimensions.

DEMOCRACIC POLITICS…

The reason for many problems and crises experienced today is the absence of democratic law. We are based on a legal solution within the framework of democratic politics. We need an approach that will give space to a democratic society, give space to democracy and create strong legal guarantees for this.

Citizenship relations should be established on the basis of ties with the state, not on belonging to the nation. We take as a basis a free citizenship based on freedom in religion, nationality and thought. Just as religion and language cannot be imposed, neither should nationality. A constitutional citizenship relationship within democratic borders and based on the integrity of the state includes the right to freely express and organize religious, ideological, identity and national existence.

Today, no system of thought can survive without democracy as a basis. Ups and downs, tensions and crises are temporary, democracy is what will be permanent sooner or later. Our call aims to find a solution to the problem of living together and the crisis it creates, not only in Türkiye but also in the Middle East. We defend the right of all oppressed people to exist and express themselves freely.

Women are among the leading social forces that no society or state can sustain itself without taking into account. Today, domestic violence, femicides, patriarchal oppression are all current reflections of the historical attack that started with the enslavement of women. For this reason, women are the most liberal part and driving force of democratic integration.

The language of the period cannot be commanding and authoritarian. We should take as a basis to give the other person the opportunity to express himself correctly, to listen correctly, and to express his own truths.

The realization of all these issues requires a developed common mind based on mutual respect.

Citizens who were aggrieved by the İsmetpaşa Neighborhood Urban Transformation Project, which could not be implemented for years in Mersin’s Tarsus district, protested the CHP municipality. The contract between the municipality subsidiary TESKİ and the residents of the neighborhood was signed in March 2021. In the region covering approximately 600 houses, nearly 3 thousand citizens were informed that the houses would be built and delivered within 36 months, but the CHP municipality did not hit a single nail. It was noted that the CHP municipality, under the management of Mayor Ali Boltaç, prepared a new contract to cover the project expenses and tried to indebt citizens with higher amounts based on the new unit square meter price.

NOTICE WAR

Rights holders gathered in front of the planned construction site and protested against CHP officials. The rights holders went to the notary, issued a counter-warning in response to the municipality’s warning, and demanded their rights as soon as possible. In the statement made by the victim group regarding the endless crisis, it was stated, “With this step, we have conveyed that we do not accept the new contracts that they want to force them to sign. We also explained that we cannot pay the increased square meter prices. We even reminded them once again in our notary letter that the contracts we have for 2021 are valid. İsmetpaşa District will remain the property of İsmetpaşa residents.”

Bilal Erdoğan, who closely follows the four large mosque projects implemented by the Turkish Religious Foundation in Skopje, Tirana, Kosovo and Montenegro, examined the ongoing works in Skopje on site. Stating that the construction is approaching 80 percent, Erdoğan stated that the work can be opened for worship in the coming months with the participation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

3 THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL PRAY

The mosque in Skopje, which was inspired by the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque in Istanbul Edirnekapı with its architectural lines and reflects the classical Ottoman style, is preparing to become one of the new symbols of the city with its elegant dome and balanced silhouette. The building, which has a closed prayer area for approximately 1,500 people, has a capacity to host 3,200 people at the same time, including the courtyard and open areas.

When completed, the mosque will serve as a versatile center with social and administrative areas such as Islamic Union offices, Religious Services consultancy units, library and book café. Within the scope of his visit; Necmeddin Bilal Erdoğan, who met with young people at the International Balkan University (IBU), founded under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2006, also touched upon the relations between the Balkans and Türkiye. Erdoğan said, “I believe that the International Balkan University can play a greater role in the future of North Macedonia.

This country’s attainment of a stable, strong structure with solid relations with Türkiye will not only increase its own prosperity; “It will make a much stronger contribution to regional balances and the common future,” he said. Necmeddin Bilal Erdoğan, who came together with non-governmental organizations in North Macedonia at the iftar invitation of the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities within the scope of his visit, gave messages of unity and solidarity in his speech there. Erdoğan ended his visit with the tarawih prayer he performed in the new mosque.

Constitutional Court President Kadir Özkaya evaluated the 2025 activities to newspaper representatives: 64 thousand 321 applications were made. 71 thousand 175 of them have been concluded. Violation decisions were given in 5 thousand 268 cases. The application response rate was 111 percent

Constitutional Court President Kadir Özkaya made an evaluation of 2025 with Ankara representatives of media organizations. Making evaluations to journalists at the iftar program, Özkaya said, “We do not serve as a super appeal authority in individual application reviews.”

Stating that there is no “systemic problem” in the binding nature of the Constitutional Court’s decisions, Özkaya said that “differences in interpretation can come into play”.

Stating that they do not have the authority to enforce the violation decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Özkaya emphasized that 99.7 percent of the violation decisions of the Constitutional Court have been fulfilled.

Özkaya stated that the closure case file filed against the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), whose indictment was accepted in mid-2021, has come to an end.

(Implementation of ECHR decisions and binding nature of Constitutional Court decisions) Article 153 of the Constitution is clear regarding the binding nature of Constitutional Court decisions. In my opinion, there is no systemic problem. At some point, differences of interpretation may come into play, but there is no problem in terms of the rules.

LAST YEAR, 5 THOUSAND 268 VIOLATION DECISIONS WERE MADE
Özkaya provided the following statistical information regarding the Constitutional Court’s Individual Application decisions:

In 2025, 64 thousand 321 individual applications were made to our Court. In contrast, 71 thousand 175 applications were finalized. In other words, the response rate for the applications was 111 percent.

Of the applications decided in 2025, violation decisions were made in 5 thousand 268 cases. There is no reasonable time violation among these. As of December 31, 2025, the number of violation decisions whose enforcement process has not yet been completed is 83. As of December 31, 2025, 99.7 percent of the violation decisions given by our Court have been fulfilled.

In 2025, a total of 277 applications were made, 51 of which were annulment cases and 226 were objection applications. On the other hand, 278 annulment cases and objection applications were decided.

Minister of Health Prof. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu announced at the Turkish Grand National Assembly that they will undertake an important project within the scope of combating addiction. Noting that they will conduct addiction screening in schools and prisons between the ages of 12 and 18, Memişoğlu stated that a total of 4,879 children under the age of 18, 2,657 of whom were girls, were diagnosed with addiction. Memişoğlu stated that the Sancaktepe Living Village Project, supported by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s wife Emine Erdoğan, will spread throughout Türkiye. Memişoğlu, answering the questions of the MPs at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Investigation Commission on Children Driven to Crime, briefly stated the following:

HEALTH CAPACITY IS AN EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD: Today, Türkiye’s health capacity has become an example to the world in terms of accessibility. European countries are taking our health model, we are not taking it from them anymore.

ADDICTION SCREENING: We will conduct a screening in our schools, especially in adolescents, in the 12-18 age group, whether it is related to tobacco addiction, substance addiction or behavioral addiction. We will try to program it with the National Education. We are trying to plan to provide screening and counseling services.

TREATMENT IN PRISON: We are currently conducting a pilot study in two places in prisons. We start treatment for people who have been convicted of addiction while they are in prison, in prison, or while they are being sentenced, about the last year of their sentence. We are doing one of these as a pilot study in Bakırköy and one in Elazığ. In other words, after the addict was convicted in prison, we created an addiction center inside the last year of his execution and started treating them while they were in prison.

TREATMENT WITH THE FAMILY: Our aim is to treat children on an outpatient basis, together with their families. The most occupied ÇEMATEMs are the ÇEMATEMs of Erenköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Hospital, with an occupancy rate of 56 percent. In other words, we are trying to create a structure in this regard according to our familial and social sociology. Because we do not only treat the child, the family also needs to be treated. If the child is an addict, it is not only caused by the child, it is clear that the addiction is a problem in the family as well as in the environment.

4 THOUSAND 879 PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 18: 4 thousand 879 people under the age of 18 were diagnosed as “addict”. 2 thousand 657 of them are girls. The most common diagnosis was “polysubstance use”.

SANCAKTEPE MODEL WILL SPREAD: In order to strengthen the holistic rehabilitation approach in the fight against addiction, we are implementing the Sancaktepe Healthy Life Village Project with the support of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s wife, Emine Erdoğan. In this center, which consists of 50 living villas and has a capacity of 200 beds, services for drug, alcohol, tobacco, gambling and digital addictions are offered under one roof. It will truly be Türkiye’s pride and a center that sets an example for the world. With its normal living spaces, social area, sports area… Think of it like a home, you live in your home and you adapt it to life. There is such a place in very few centers of the world. We haven’t officially opened it yet, but it has started accepting patients and functioning. We will expand this according to our success rate.

Congratulatory messages poured in from both citizens and politicians on the occasion of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s 72nd birthday. Thousands of citizens shared their wishes on social media for President Erdoğan’s health and long life in his new year. In the posts, the expressions “Erdoğan is a man of the nation”, “72 years of service” and “A lifetime of service to the nation”, “Hope for the oppressed, inspiration for future generations” and “Happy New Year Chief” came to the fore.

HE MADE HISTORY

Born on February 26, 1954 in Kasımpaşa, Istanbul, President Erdoğan left his mark on Türkiye’s political history. Erdogan, who left his mark in every period in his political march, successfully emerged from the struggles he entered with the identity of “man of the nation” with the support of the nation.

Erdoğan, who was MSP Istanbul Youth Branch President in 1976 and Welfare Party Provincial President in 1985, was elected as Istanbul Mayor in 1994.

Erdoğan, who was imprisoned for 4 months for the poem he read in 1997, further strengthened his strong bond with the nation when the AK Party, which he founded with his friends in 2001, came to power in 2002.

Erdoğan, who emerged victorious in every election he participated in, pioneered the steps that paved the way for Türkiye.

Türkiye under the leadership of Erdoğan, who adopted the motto ‘He who works with love is tireless’; It has experienced great changes in many areas, from transformation in health to transportation investments, from breakthroughs in the defense industry to social policies. City hospitals, divided roads, bridges, tunnels and domestic defense projects were among the symbolic actions of this period.

Erdoğan, who foiled all the traps set for the country, one by one, with the support of the nation, from the fight against tutelage centers to the fight against terrorism, from the Gezi events to the treacherous coup attempt of July 15, became the architect of the Türkiye Century vision that prepared Türkiye for great ideals.

BIRTHDAY GIFT FROM BAHÇELİ TO ERDOĞAN

MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli celebrated President Erdoğan’s birthday. It was stated that Bahçeli gifted Erdoğan with a flower consisting of 72 roses and a specially designed painting for his birthday. In the table, the map of Islamic countries was processed by laser engraving method; It was reported that the name of Allah was written on the upper part and the name of “Our Prophet” was written on the lower part. It was noted that the 1st and 2nd verses of the Conquest Surah were included in the map, and the names of the four caliphs were included in the corners of the work. It was stated that the table, in which Anatolian Turkish patterns were processed as laser engravings, used zircon stone decorations, was prepared in metal layers with jewelery work, and was colored with a special enamel painting method.