Gürsel Tekin, who was appointed to the Republican People’s Party (CHP) Istanbul Provincial Administration, held a press conference at the CHP Istanbul Provincial Directorate building. Tekin said, “We hold participation days for our party every Saturday. There is great interest. Yesterday, we held a very comprehensive meeting with the participation of our esteemed Chairman. Hundreds of our friends from different political parties joined the party. We are not in a position to look at anyone’s record. I am a person who has been a party manager for a long time with experience. In public places, our managers only take the names of our friends who came and who did not come. In order not to face the operation of a mud media, we took the names of our friends because our hall has a limited number. We kneaded it.” “We have been here for 10 months. Many of our friends come with their own means. Some of our young friends asked us for transportation support because of the large number of them. Apart from that, we cannot afford to spend money.”

‘EVERYONE WHO WANTS CAN PAY AND RENT IT’

Tekin said, “Partyship is a completely voluntary thing. The mayor and administrators of Sarıyer Municipality, who allocated the hall to us, were lynched. Anyone who wants can pay and rent it. You rent the hall of your own municipality and your mayor is lynched. I will explain those gangs. They did something that the devil would never think of. We asked our Şişli Youth Branch President, do you know him: None. Two people can know. First, the media that set this dirty trap, secondly, the prosecutors of our state will know through investigation. We immediately filed a criminal complaint at night. None.” “We were not on the dirty side, we did not set a trap for anyone. Dear prosecutors, you will go to the bottom of the person who set this trap. We will go after the person responsible for this FETO plot. What if there are 70 people missing, what happens if there are more?”

‘AZİZ İHSAN AKTAŞ CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IS BUSINESSMEN’

Tekin said, “This triangle, which we call the devil’s triangle, whenever I talk about confessors, the chemistry of this dirty media breaks down. Aziz İhsan Aktaş Crime Organization is businessmen. They look for a way to stay powerful in their institutions and buy politicians. This person bought two important actors of the CHP. Özgür Karabat is the second one, Burhanettin Bulut. Özgür Karabat is the one who looks after the financial affairs, and Burhanettin Bulut looks after the media buying.”

Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin visited Bezciyan Private Armenian Primary School and Secondary School in Fatih. Noting that an environment has been created in which all citizens can live on an equal basis in terms of fundamental rights and freedoms since 2002, Tekin said, “We have stood by all the oppressed in Türkiye, whose fundamental rights and freedoms have been taken away, who have been marginalized for ethnic, religious or other reasons, and who have difficulty in exercising their fundamental rights and freedoms, from being able to speak their native language to freedom of worship, especially freedom of belief.” Stating that they have a sincere and productive dialogue with minority schools, Tekin said, “I have never distinguished the problem of a student here from the problem of a student in any of our schools. We can only be strong together. We can only continue our thousands of years old culture of coexistence if we can teach it to our children.” AK Party Istanbul Deputy Sevan Sıvacıoğlu said, “President Erdoğan’s sincere and friendly approach towards minorities has always made us happy, and we are grateful to them.” Meanwhile, Tekin and his entourage also visited the Armenian Patriarchate before the program.

Women and Democracy Foundation (KADEM) organized a legal workshop titled “Fair Balance in Alimony Regulations” in Istanbul to address current debates on alimony law. In the program attended by ministry officials, academics, judges and lawyers, the issue of alimony was discussed in terms of legal, social, humanitarian and economic aspects.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
KADEM Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lawyer Dr. Canan Sarı said that alimony is an issue that directly affects individuals’ lives, family relationships and society’s understanding of justice, and has been discussed for years from various experiences and perspectives. Stating that they are fighting against all kinds of rights violations and violence against women, Sarı said, “The issue of alimony is one of the important topics that has been on Türkiye’s legal and public agenda for many years. We find it natural to review the legal order in line with changing social needs, but we adopt an approach based on not damaging the acquired rights of women and preventing new grievances from occurring. We see securing the rights of women and children who need economic protection after divorce as an integral part of legal and social responsibility.” Emphasizing that divorce carries significant economic risks for women who stay away from working life for a long time due to care responsibilities or who have not yet achieved economic independence, Sarı said, “The changing social structure, the differentiation of women’s education and employment opportunities, economic conditions, duration of marriage, income status of the parties and examples encountered in practice require the re-evaluation of the alimony system in different aspects.

CONTRIBUTION TO LEGAL REFORM
KADEM Legal Board President, Lawyer Elif Şeker, stated that the regulations to be made in alimony law should maintain a fair balance that does not victimize women and does not unduly burden the obliged party. Şeker said, “Our wish is that the evaluations and suggestions that will emerge at the end of this workshop will contribute to law reform studies, strengthen the sense of equity in family law and serve social peace.”

Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, opened the reconstructed Bakırcılar Bazaar within the scope of the Malatya program and hosted the earthquake-affected Aslan family, who moved to their new home. According to the statement made by the Ministry, Minister Kurum visited Malatya City Library after the “500 Thousand Social Housing Determination Draw Ceremony, Central Market and Treatment Plant Opening Ceremony”. Following its visit, the institution opened the Coppersmiths’ Bazaar, which was rebuilt after the earthquake. Speaking during the ribbon cutting, Minister Kurum said, “May our shops bring good luck to Malatya, our citizens and tradesmen here.” Minister Kurum, who toured the newly opened workplaces and the bazaar, was welcomed with shows of love from the citizens. Minister Kurum later visited the house of Nurşen and Sabri Aslan, whose house was rebuilt within the scope of the Malatya Central Bazaar Project.

‘OURS WAS A MIRACLE’
Chatting with the family, Kurum said, “Thankfully, our state, our President, kept the promises they made to Malatya. We did it together. Our state is a strong state. Our President followed the process moment by moment. We came to the earthquake zone every week, we put forward this struggle together with you. Today, thankfully, we are faced with a brand new Malatya with its bazaar, shop, mosque and school. We survived those difficult days together. We showed the power and power of the state to 85 million together.” he said. Nurşen Aslan stated that they got their home despite those who said “It cannot be done” and said, “Ours was a miracle.”

Hatice Hifa Yılmaz, the daughter of Kurra Hafız İbrahim Yılmaz, who walked to martyrdom in front of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) as the target of treacherous bullets during the July 15 bloody coup attempt of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), put on paper her deep longing for her father and her heart that grew with the memories she heard from her mother.

Hatice Hifa, the child of one of the heroes who shielded her chest against the treacherous FETO terrorists who wanted to take Türkiye’s will under their tutelage on the night of July 15, was only a 9-month-old tiny baby on that pitch-black night. Hatice Hifa, who was orphaned before she could get enough of her father’s scent and became one of the symbols of the legal struggle as the “youngest intervener” of the Istanbul Coup Main Case, turned 10 this year. The letter he wrote on the 10th anniversary of his father’s martyrdom once again revealed the deep wounds inflicted by FETO betrayal and the proud stance of the martyrs’ relics.

‘I COULDN’T HEAR YOUR VOICE, I COULDN’T BRING IN YOUR SMELL’

Trying to fill her father’s absence with the memories told by her mother, Hatice Hifa began her letter by expressing her deep longing for her father: “I could never see you, hear your voice, or breathe in your scent, my dear father. But I know you so well… Because my mother never gets tired of telling me about you, with her beautiful eyes shining.”

‘I WILL BE HAFIZ LIKE YOU’

Little Hatice Hifa, who learned from her mother that her martyr father was full of love for the Holy Quran even before she was born, promised him to become a hafiz in order to meet her father at the same high level in heaven.

LETTER WRITTEN BY HATİCE HİFA YILMAZ TO HER MARTYRED FATHER

The following statements in the letter of Hatice Hifa, who tried to alleviate the 10-year longing of Kurra Hafız İbrahim Yılmaz, who died for his country at the age of 25, with prayers and the Quran, made the readers choke:

“Dear daddy,
Today, it has been exactly ten years since you marched to martyrdom for this country.
When you left, I was just a 9-month-old little baby. Now I am approaching my 10th birthday. I have never been able to see you, hear your voice, or smell your scent whenever I remember, daddy.
But I know you so well… Because my mother never gets tired of telling me about you with her beautiful eyes shining. I always learned your soft voice, your naive attitude that doesn’t hurt anyone, from my mother. My mother always tells us about how you say “You are entrusted to me by God”, how you make love by saying “I am your father’s lamb”, but most of all about your love for the Quran. For example, my mother told me that before I was born, she read 30 hatim to me so that I would fall in love with the Quran.
He also explained that the ranks of hafizes and martyrs in heaven are different from everyone else’s. I want to be a martyr like you, but it’s a matter of fate. I was separated from you on earth, I don’t want to be separated from you in heaven. I want to be hafiz to be at least at the same level as you.
I will be a Quran memorizer like you, I promise you, my dear father. While talking to my mother the other day, I shared with her what I was feeling. I said to her, “It’s a good thing we didn’t live in the time of our Prophet, mother.” Because even the pain of your absence is so difficult for us, how could we bear it if we lived in His time and witnessed your death? Now, whenever I miss you, whenever my heart burns with longing for you, I find consolation by thinking about the departure of our Prophet from this world, my dear father.
You have packed so much into your short twenty-five year life. I am also growing up to be a son worthy of your beautiful name. I strive to follow in the footsteps of our Prophet and the Quran, in the way of Allah, as you wish for me. My mother and I carry on our heads the pure and honorable legacy you left us. I am waiting with hope and longing for the day in heaven, under the banner of our Prophet, when I will run into your arms that I have never seen and hug you.
Your daughter who loves you very much and is proud of you at all times,
Hatice Hifa Yılmaz.”

AN HONORABLE LEGACY AGAINST FETO BETRAYAL

The daughter and wife left behind by the hero, who drank the sherbet of martyrdom at the age of 25 from the bullets of traitors on the night of July 15, did not compromise on their upright stance from the first day. These lines, coming from the huge heart of Hatice Hifa, who was only 10 years old, became the most emotional sign of how the country that FETO traitors tried to destroy remained standing on the shoulders and prayers of the children of the martyrs.

Handan Sonel, wife of Tunceli’s former governor Tuncay Sonel, who was detained in the Gülistan Doku investigation, was arrested for the crime of “destroying, concealing or altering criminal evidence”. New details also emerged in the statements. Turan Güler, one of the detained witnesses, said that Handan Sonel gave him 100 thousand liras to take the body and destroy it, saying that his son killed Gülistan Doku by shooting her 2 times.

Among the 17 suspects detained within the scope of the investigation regarding Gülistan Doku, a university student who was found to have been murdered in Tunceli, Handan Sonel, wife of the then Governor of Tunceli Tuncay Sonel, was arrested for the crime of “destroying, concealing or altering criminal evidence”. Judgeship; It decided to arrest Handan Sonel by evaluating witness statements, digital materials seized during searches at the residence, the weapon considered to be unlicensed, the vehicle and communication records subject to investigation, and the expert examinations that have not yet been completed. One of the most serious accusations in the file came from convicted witness Turan Güler. In his statement, Güler claimed that Handan Sonel gave him 100 thousand liras to take the body and destroy it, saying “I did not want my only son to marry that girl. My son killed Gülistan Doku by shooting 2 times.”

HE CAME IN A PANIC STATE
Selvi Yeşil, who works in the kitchen of the governor’s residence, stated in her statement that between 13.00 and 13.30 on January 5, 2020, when Gülistan Doku disappeared, Handan Sonel came to the kitchen in a panic and said, “Mrs. Selvi, leave immediately. Leave it, leave quickly, go home,” and that she left the house at 13.36. Yeşil also stated that Mustafa Türkay Sonel, who always prepares breakfast for himself, did not eat breakfast for 3-4 days after January 5, and also said that he did not leave his room and did not go to school.

4 WHAT WAS IN THE BOX?
Gönül Gülmez, the cleaning staff working in the governor’s residence, claimed that when the news emerged about Gülistan Doku’s disappearance, Tuncay Sonel became very angry with his son and packed the belongings in the room into four boxes and told the employees and guards, “Throw these in the trash.”

CLOSED HIS 15 YEAR OLD PHONE LINE
After the first operation, it was determined that Handan Sonel closed the line she had been using for 15-20 years and started using a new line registered in her daughter’s name. In the meeting they had after her son’s arrest, she said to Mustafa Türkay Sonel, “The cars are coming out clean,” and in the meantime, her son swore at third parties and they argued. Handan Sonel claimed that she did not know where the unlicensed gun seized during the search at her home came from or from whom it was obtained.