President Erdoğan spoke at the “Türkiye 11th International Memorization and Holy Quran Reading Competition Award Ceremony” at Beştepe Nation Congress and Culture Center:

The final of the competition, which started on April 20 and was attended by 41 Quran lovers from 39 countries, was held last Sunday in Diyarbakır, the city of prophets and companions. In the finale, our valuable hafizes and qaris chanted the most beautiful of words, the Holy Quran, in a very effective, very sweet way, in awe. I wholeheartedly congratulate the nightingales of the Quran, to whom we will present their awards.

As Muslims, we are going through a difficult and painful period. Unfortunately, wherever we turn our heads, from Palestine to Lebanon, from the Gulf to Sudan, from Somalia to Yemen, we encounter tears. In these testing days when the so-called civilized world plays the three monkeys, babies in swaddles and defenseless civilians are brutally murdered. Today, we all see the true faces of those who have been arrogantly talking about justice, equality, human rights and freedoms at every opportunity they get for years. I would like to state this clearly: We have no other way to pass this test than to hold tightly to the Quran, the Sunnah, and the rope of Allah. In order to pass this test, we have no choice but to believe, trust and support each other. As Muslims, we are obliged to put aside discord, discord and hostility, and unnecessary and untimely debates and come together as one.

We will be patient, we will not lose hope. We will be tightly interlocked like bricks of a wall. Together we will build a peaceful future where there is no oppression and oppressors. May God be our friend and helper.

SACRIFICIAL DONATION FROM ERDOĞAN TO TDV
PRESIDENT Erdoğan donated a sacrifice to the Turkish Religious Foundation. Erdoğan received the President of Religious Affairs Safi Arpaguş at the Presidential Complex and gave the power of attorney for the sacrifice to the Turkish Religious Affairs Foundation. President Erdoğan signed the donation receipt.

As part of the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, a detention order was issued for 3 suspects, including Zuhal Böcek, the daughter-in-law of Muhittin Böcek, who was suspended from his duty as the Mayor of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality.

ZUHAL BÖCEK AND 1 SUSPECT IN CUSTODY

Thereupon, police teams detained Zuhal Böcek and 1 suspect, while efforts to capture the other suspect continue.

4 SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED PREVIOUSLY

Within the scope of the same investigation, Muhittin Böcek’s chief advisor, 2 personnel working in Antalya Metropolitan Municipality and 2 drivers were arrested.

HE EXPLAINED THE SPIRAL OF BRIBERY IN THE MUNICIPALITY, ONE BY ONE!

In the indictment completed within the scope of the ‘bribery’ and ‘corruption’ investigation against Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, the statements of Zuhal Böcek, the daughter-in-law of Muhittin Böcek, who was arrested and suspended from his duty as president, were also included in the statements of both the law enforcement and the prosecutor’s office. Zuhal Böcek, who is listed as the 4th suspect in the indictment; She described her husband Mustafa Gökhan Böcek’s relationships with people and companies doing business with the municipality, with assets and money movements allegedly obtained through these relationships.

THE MESSAGE “EXPLAIN THE 75 MILLION YOU LAUNCHED” IS IN THE INDICTMENT…

Within the scope of the investigation, it was stated that 7 million 499 thousand liras in Zuhal Böcek’s account, which was considered to have been obtained from the crime of ‘Extortion’, was kept in a time deposit account, and together with the interest income, the amount reached 10 million 748 thousand 660 liras. It was stated that the luxury wristwatch seized from Zuhal Böcek was purchased in cash for 11 thousand 550 euros from the store in Antalya on April 19, 2025, but there was no cash withdrawal close to this amount in bank records.

The indictment also included the analysis of messages between Zuhal Böcek and Mustafa Gökhan Böcek via WhatsApp between 27 February 2025 and 5 July 2025. In the messages, Zuhal Böcek’s statements such as ‘Explain to Zeynep the 75 million you laundered’ and ‘How you transported cocaine in municipal cars’ were pointed out.

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.”