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[00:00:14] "Good morning dear viewers, welcome to "Gün Doğarkene", I am Deniz
[00:00:18] Bayramoğlu, today is September 17, 2026,
[00:00:21] Thursday. We are here with the agenda of Turkey and the world,
[00:00:25] we will convey everything you need to start the day prepared
[00:00:28] in the upcoming minutes. We will have guests,
[00:00:31] and we will discuss the events of yesterday,
[00:00:35] and the detailed situation of Turkey today and tomorrow. Let's
[00:00:39] not prolong the discussion too much, because today
[00:00:41] will truly be an important day, as we will soon start to
[00:00:45] convey what happened yesterday. Indeed, if anyone missed
[00:00:49] it, they will ask, "What happened?" Not just what happened yesterday,
[00:00:52] but also what happened from evening to morning,
[00:00:55] which is also important. First of all, let's remind you that
[00:00:59] diesel prices rose above 100 lira, and we announced
[00:01:03] our label today as "reached 100",
[00:01:06] political parties are reacting you can also share your messages, opinions,
[00:01:09] and ideas about this "reached 100" label
[00:01:13] on social media, and we will bring them to the screens.
[00:01:16] Let's see what the citizens think about this issue.
[00:01:20] What's on today's agenda? That is, which news
[00:01:23] will we convey to you in detail in the coming minutes? We have compiled
[00:01:27] the main headlines, but it's not limited to these. We have many
[00:01:31] other news. First of all, after the recent increase in diesel
[00:01:35] prices, a hike of approximately 4.5 liras, the three-digit
[00:01:38] era began, and these figures were reflected on
[00:01:42] the boards as of last night. The stock market crashed yesterday,
[00:01:46] indeed, what happened, what ended, so many complicated and technical
[00:01:50] issues, but also so interesting, so many issues that we need to
[00:01:54] discuss with our guest. It fell by up to 6%. The circuit
[00:01:57] breaker came into play, transactions were halted.
[00:02:00] There was a 5.54% drop at the end of the day. Nearly 60
[00:02:04] stocks hit the floor yesterday. We will look into its details
[00:02:07] again, and the US Central Bank,
[00:02:10] the Federal Reserve, raised interest rates after
[00:02:14] three years. The policy interest rate band
[00:02:17] rose to 3.75-4%. This is also important because
[00:02:20] US President Trump changed the chairman just
[00:02:24] so that interest rates would not be raised there. Despite
[00:02:28] that, it was decided 12-0. We will go to America, Serra Karaçam
[00:02:31] will convey the details to us in the coming minutes. Meanwhile,
[00:02:34] Özgür Özel, the new Party Leader,
[00:02:37] gave an interview to Murat Aksoy. There are a few important headlines
[00:02:40] from that interview that we will convey to you. As you know,
[00:02:44] the villa built for Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı has been
[00:02:47] discussed for almost a week, with all its details. He
[00:02:51] has a statement about it, and other statements, but we
[00:02:54] put this in the headline: "We should talk about Demirtaş
[00:02:58] getting his home back instead of Öcalan," says Özgür Özel
[00:03:02] in his interview with Murat Aksoy. Meanwhile, there's a new
[00:03:05] development in the Lost Büşra Baby investigation, let's remind
[00:03:08] you, things are very complicated there, indeed, we're trying
[00:03:12] to understand what's happening. The mother and father have
[00:03:15] been arrested, and this is truly very important.
[00:03:19] An attempted UAV attack on Mecca al-Mukarramah. Ömer Çelik
[00:03:22] made a statement, followed by Efkan Ala. Ömer Çelik says
[00:03:26] this attack means disrespecting all Muslims. We will
[00:03:42] we just mentioned, the new Party Leader, Özgür Özel,
[00:03:46] gave an interview to Murat Aksoy. This interview was published on
[00:03:49] the Yeni Politika website. Let's look at two very important
[00:03:53] headlines from it that we selected. You can read the
[00:03:57] rest online. Murat Aksoy said, "You said 'process'. There's
[00:04:01] a 250 m2 house built for Öcalan in İmralı, Bahçeli's." Özgür
[00:04:04] Özel continues, "Instead of discussing someone getting a
[00:04:08] house, we would like to discuss Demirtaş getting
[00:04:10] his home back. We want to discuss the release of our
[00:04:14] comrades who have been subjected to rights violations and held
[00:04:17] in harsh conditions in type-K prisons for 18 months, because
[00:04:21] the democratization of a country depends on these things, and
[00:04:25] what will ensure social contribution to the process
[00:04:27] is Demirtaş getting his home
[00:04:30] back, rather than Öcalan getting a new residence. So, in
[00:04:33] this discussion, we are concerned with Demirtaş getting back
[00:04:37] to his home, his wife, and his family. The issue of whether a house was
[00:04:40] built for Öcalan on the island or if he will go home is not
[00:04:43] our agenda. As I said before, the issue we need to deal
[00:04:46] with is steps towards democratization," says Özgür Özel. Murat Aksoy
[00:04:50] asks, "Meanwhile, if the Supreme Court annuls the appeal decision,
[00:04:54] will you return to the CHP, or is the CHP chapter closed?"
[00:04:58] As you know, there were developments regarding the trial process
[00:05:02] in the past days. The CHP had announced that it had withdrawn
[00:05:05] its appeal application to the Supreme Court. In response,
[00:05:09] Özgür Özel says, "We are here. We will continue to walk
[00:05:13] the path that the nation has opened for us. We will
[00:05:16] continue as a new party, but the Republican People's
[00:05:19] Party also needs to be saved from occupation and plunder.
[00:05:23] The invalid administration is currently plundering the
[00:05:26] party both materially and morally. They are squandering
[00:05:30] the political legacy that we have accumulated together
[00:05:33] since Atatürk. This is even worse than stealing. The Republican
[00:05:36] People's Party needs to be
[00:05:38] saved from this invalid understanding. We founded the New Party.
[00:05:42] And we gained significant public support with the New Party. Whatever the
[00:05:46] decision, we continue our march with
[00:05:49] the New Party," he says in this interview with Murat
[00:05:53] Aksoy, dear viewers. We mentioned the diesel price hike,
[00:05:56] let's bring you a social media message about it from
[00:05:59] Mahmut Arıkan, sir. We have the "Turkey's Century" headline,
[00:06:03] don't we? Well, he expressed that "Turkey's Century" in
[00:06:07] a different way. We brought it to your screens. He expresses
[00:06:09] it with the new diesel price reflected
[00:06:13] on the boards. "Turkey's Century of 100" said Mahmut Arıkan,
[00:06:17] dear viewers. So, what do citizens say about this
[00:06:20] issue? Let's take a look. Yesterday, our friends went
[00:06:23] to the streets and asked people for their opinions
[00:06:27] about the diesel price exceeding 100 liras. Here, sir, is the voice of the citizens.
[00:06:31] Yes, a first in the history of the republic, and we are
[00:06:34] now seeing three-digit figures
[00:06:36] as of tonight. May it be
[00:06:40] beneficial for the nation and the country. Good nights
[00:06:43] everyone. Now, we showed you the social media message
[00:06:47] of Mahmut Arıkan, the leader of the Felicity Party. Özgür
[00:06:51] Özel also published a social media message about this
[00:06:55] issue. Let's quickly take a look at it. He says, "Dear
[00:06:58] citizens, as of tonight, the price of one liter of diesel
[00:07:02] will exceed 100 liras. 20 liras of this 100 liras
[00:07:05] will consist of SCT and VAT." He is talking about the largest
[00:07:09] banknote. "In 2009, when our 100-lira banknote came
[00:07:12] into circulation, it could buy 40 liras of diesel.
[00:07:16] Today, the same 100 liras will only buy 1 liter
[00:07:19] of diesel," he says, a striking comparison. "When Mr. Erdoğan
[00:07:23] announced the good news of 100,000 barrels of oil per
[00:07:26] day in Gabar before the 2023 elections, the price of
[00:07:30] diesel was 20 liras. Today, it will exceed 100 liras.
[00:07:33] The diesel price increase will not remain at the pump.
[00:07:37] It will be reflected as price increases on everything from
[00:07:40] fruits and vegetables to school buses, from needles to thread.
[00:07:43] More troubles, not meat, will simmer in kitchens.
[00:07:46] Citizens no longer have the strength to bear this burden.
[00:07:49] Our proposal as the New Party is to immediately remove
[00:07:52] the taxes on fuel. While paying the highest
[00:07:55] interest rates in the world and transferring exorbitant
[00:07:59] guarantee fees for roads and bridges, those who do
[00:08:02] not calculate will not tremble when it comes to
[00:08:06] the citizens. Do not oppress the nation any more at the
[00:08:09] end. Take the necessary steps. This injustice will
[00:08:13] already be fundamentally resolved during the New
[00:08:16] Party's government,"
[00:08:19] he says in his social media message, dear viewers. Now,
[00:08:22] let's hear the voice of the citizens again, as the price
[00:08:26] of diesel has increased again and exceeded 100 liras.
[00:08:29] Let's see what they say. Prices are like a car
[00:08:32] in neutral,
[00:08:34] accelerating on their own. Wages are like a car
[00:08:38] with the handbrake on. That's our situation. So,
[00:08:41] either we will burn the clutch
[00:08:44] or get out of the car and run. I don't know,
[00:08:48] we are going very badly. May God help us.
[00:08:52] In cold weather, I used to turn the ignition to warm up the car,
[00:08:55] but not anymore. As soon as I start the car,
[00:08:59] it flies. They don't hesitate to suck the blood
[00:09:03] of the nation. Honestly, we are not surprised at
[00:09:06] all anymore, because it has become automatic.
[00:09:10] If it drops by three liras, it goes up by five liras.
[00:09:13] I think it will reach 150 by the end of
[00:09:17] the year. Of course, this will affect everything
[00:09:20] in our lives, our kitchens, our pockets. Of course,
[00:09:24] fixed-income earners like us are facing the biggest
[00:09:27] problem. Besides us, transporters, bus companies,
[00:09:30] all of them will suffer from this. Our debts
[00:09:33] are virtual, our incomes
[00:09:35] are virtual, our payments
[00:09:38] are virtual, our lives are virtual. Now we
[00:09:41] have lost the reality of what is right, what
[00:09:45] is wrong, what is too much, what is too little.
[00:09:49] In Turkey, if you buy a tank of gas, you
[00:09:53] will carry a bag with you. Now, regarding this
[00:09:56] fuel hike and the price of diesel exceeding 100
[00:09:59] liras, there are also statements from Minister of Finance
[00:10:03] Mehmet Şimşek. We will look at them. He compares
[00:10:06] it with abroad, saying it's higher abroad. Well,
[00:10:10] salaries are also higher abroad. Not only are salaries higher
[00:10:14] abroad, but purchasing power is also higher. Therefore,
[00:10:17] instead of comparing their prices, we need to compare
[00:10:21] our own situation based on material data. That
[00:10:27] is, we need to see it clearly. In fact, new
[00:10:30] deputies Ali Mahir Başarır and Umut Akdoğan made statements
[00:10:34] on this issue yesterday. They reacted to the statements
[00:10:37] of the Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek
[00:10:40] and explained why that comparison was not suitable
[00:10:44] or correct for Turkey in a tangible and visible
[00:10:47] way. Watch and you will see it very clearly.
[00:10:51] Look, September 2017, right before
[00:10:55] the transition to the presidential government system.
[00:10:58] There is a table here. Diesel was 5 liras. Today,
[00:11:01] it's 96 liras. After the expected 4.62 lira increase
[00:11:04] tonight, it will exceed 100 liras. This is
[00:11:07] a first in the history of the Republic. Mehmet
[00:11:11] Şimşek says on a television channel that in many
[00:11:15] European countries, diesel is not below 150
[00:11:18] liras. Good. Mr. Minister of Finance,
[00:11:21] your statement and your duty, your responsibility,
[00:11:25] is not this. In my country, it's 242 liters. Mr.
[00:11:28] Minister, you should answer this. In the end, this
[00:11:31] is what we are left with. Look, let's calculate
[00:11:34] together. When the AK Party came to power for the
[00:11:37] last time, we could buy 1 liter of gasoline. For
[00:11:41] example, in Spain, they could buy 1 liter.
[00:11:44] That much less gasoline. For example, in the
[00:11:47] USA, they could buy 1 liter. That much less.
[00:11:50] In Germany, it has decreased a bit. In France, it has hardly decreased at
[00:11:53] all. That is, their money has not lost value
[00:11:57] against oil. What about Turkey? Look, this is the
[00:12:00] situation Turkey has reached. Here, we have lost
[00:12:03] a little bit from 1 liter of gasoline, just a little
[00:12:06] bit. Where is 2023, where is 2026?
[00:12:10] Do not give examples from Europe. Europe did this
[00:12:13] during the COVID period, during extraordinary times.
[00:12:17] There is tax injustice in Turkey, in phones, in
[00:12:20] fuel, in agriculture, there is, there is, there is,
[00:12:24] but unfortunately, the finance minister of this country
[00:12:27] makes a fool of himself in front of his own
[00:12:31] people with the example
[00:12:33] he gives. You were going
[00:12:35] to reduce inflation to single-digit figures, right?
[00:12:38] On the path you set out on with the goal of reducing
[00:12:42] inflation to single-digit figures... you increased
[00:12:45] the price of gasoline and diesel to three-digit figures.
[00:12:49] May it be beneficial for the nation and the country,
[00:12:53] and shame on you too. Now, dear viewers,
[00:12:57] with the price of diesel exceeding 100 liras,
[00:13:00] we know that everything will immediately become
[00:13:03] more expensive. Unfortunately, we know this. Therefore,
[00:13:07] this will affect inflation, and as inflation rises,
[00:13:11] citizens' purchasing power will decrease. In parallel,
[00:13:14] the cost of living will continue to increase. Now,
[00:13:17] we will bring you a piece of news from America,
[00:13:21] but this news will also directly affect our pockets,
[00:13:24] inflation, and prices in Turkey. The American
[00:13:28] Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, raised its policy
[00:13:31] interest rate by 25 basis points to a range of
[00:13:35] 3.75-4%. Thus, the Fed raised interest rates for
[00:13:39] the first time after more than 3 years. But do
[00:13:42] you know why this is important? The Fed raising interest
[00:13:45] rates means that the interest rate of the dollar will
[00:13:49] increase. Therefore, demand for the dollar will increase
[00:13:52] in both the domestic market and the international market,
[00:13:56] especially in the international market, because it brings
[00:13:59] more returns. As demand for the dollar increases,
[00:14:03] we will see the price of the dollar start to rise.
[00:14:07] And since the price of almost everything in our
[00:14:10] country is tied to the dollar, prices will also
[00:14:13] rise here. Inflation will increase again, citizens'
[00:14:16] purchasing power will decrease again, and the cost of
[00:14:20] living will continue to burden us. Look at the
[00:14:23] details: it rose by 25 basis points. The interest
[00:14:27] rate decision was taken with the votes of all 12
[00:14:30] members. The number of people expecting an interest
[00:14:34] rate hike from the Fed had increased due to global
[00:14:38] economic developments, the US-Iran war, rising oil
[00:14:41] prices, and rising inflation in the US economy. In
[00:14:45] a statement made by the Fed, it was stated that
[00:14:48] inflation continued to remain high, and that the interest
[00:14:52] rate hike would support inflation returning to its
[00:14:55] 2% target more quickly. The committee will ensure
[00:14:59] price stability, it was said. Fed Chairman Kevin
[00:15:02] Warsh stated that inflation has been high for too
[00:15:06] long, and that the decision to raise interest rates
[00:15:09] was taken for price stability. He did not give any
[00:15:12] clues about what would happen in the future by
[00:15:15] saying, "I am not in the business of forward
[00:15:18] guidance. I will not make a judgment about future
[00:15:22] decisions now." Donald Trump made a very harsh
[00:15:25] statement on his social media account after the
[00:15:29] rate hike decision. He reacted to the Fed's
[00:15:32] decision. He used the expressions "lower interest
[00:15:35] rates for the US and do it quickly," dear
[00:15:39] viewers. And let me add a note here: this new
[00:15:43] chairman, Kevin Walsh, was appointed by Donald
[00:15:46] Trump to head the US
[00:15:49] Central Bank, the Fed. Why was he appointed?
[00:15:53] So that interest rates would not be raised.
[00:15:56] However, despite the president's decision, this interest
[00:15:59] rate hike decision came
[00:16:01] with the decision of 12 members, almost unanimously.
[00:16:05] The Fed, that is, the US Central Bank, acted
[00:16:09] differently from the decision and expectation of the
[00:16:12] government in the US. It acted independently.
[00:16:16] It said that it took this decision to maintain
[00:16:20] price stability and reduce inflation. Now we will
[00:16:24] turn to the Turkish markets, because yesterday
[00:16:27] was truly a very interesting day. Many people were
[00:16:31] very worried, but in the end, what happened
[00:16:34] and what ended when we reached today? Let's
[00:17:07] convey this to you immediately. There was a sharp selling
[00:17:11] wave on Borsa Istanbul yesterday. The BIST 100
[00:17:14] index fell by over 6% to 13,000. After
[00:17:17] the panic atmosphere that occurred, the circuit breaker
[00:17:21] was activated in the stock market.
[00:17:25] Borsa Istanbul plummeted. The BIST 100 index
[00:17:28] loss approached 6%. A circuit breaker was
[00:17:32] applied for a while. The panic atmosphere that
[00:17:35] occurred accelerated sales
[00:17:38] across the stock market. Markets are volatile.
[00:17:41] Investors on Borsa Istanbul started the day with a sharp decline. The fund
[00:17:45] crisis that started with Pusula Portfolio also
[00:17:48] spread to Borsa Istanbul.
[00:17:53] With the selling pressure linked to Tera coming
[00:17:56] into play, the BIST 100 index loss approached
[00:17:59] 6%, and the circuit breaker was activated.
[00:18:03] As of 16:24, transactions resumed. The
[00:18:07] panic atmosphere that occurred after the developments
[00:18:10] in the funds accelerated sales across the stock
[00:18:14] market. The gold market, contrary to expectations,
[00:18:18] started the day with an increase. Ounce gold
[00:18:21] is trading at $4,345. In the Grand Bazaar,
[00:18:24] gram gold is 6,700. So, I prefer to wait
[00:18:28] for cash. Do we have an end-of-year expectation?
[00:18:31] Yes, 7,000-7,500. We are waiting for the interest
[00:18:35] rate indices in America. It will change accordingly.
[00:18:38] Is the citizen waiting for interest rates? The citizen
[00:18:42] is also waiting for interest rates. The citizen has already become an economist.
[00:18:46] They cannot reduce inflation, no matter what they do.
[00:18:50] If you look at oil, it has risen by 30%
[00:18:53] in a month. These reflections will seriously affect inflation
[00:18:56] in October. The markets are bad, and they will
[00:19:00] get worse. I am not investing in gold because
[00:19:03] gold went up to 5,500. The ounce could also
[00:19:06] drop to 4,000. If someone buys from here
[00:19:10] and waits, they will win, but if they buy
[00:19:13] from 5,500, they will wait for 5 years.
[00:19:16] Look, Bahadur Özgür, a writer for halktv.com,
[00:19:19] describes yesterday's events in his article, which
[00:19:23] you can read on Halk TV's website today. I
[00:19:26] took a few excerpts from it. It's a very
[00:19:30] clear article that explains the long, detailed process.
[00:19:34] First, he says, "Finally, what was expected happened,
[00:19:37] unfortunately. Those who are somewhat interested in the
[00:19:41] stock market have been talking about the bubble
[00:19:44] created by the funds for months. Eventually,
[00:19:47] Pusula Portfolio pulled the pin of the bomb.
[00:19:50] So, is the problem just a bad financial management
[00:19:54] issue?" He continues, "However, the signs pointing
[00:19:58] to the black hole were like lightning striking in
[00:20:02] a clear sky. For example, last June, Destek Factoring's
[00:20:05] market value surpassed that of huge industrial
[00:20:09] enterprises and banks, reaching 25.5 billion
[00:20:12] dollars. Wasn't it strange enough that the world's
[00:20:16] largest publicly traded factoring company emerged
[00:20:19] in Turkey, where millions of people were suffering
[00:20:23] from poverty? All the magic was in the illogical
[00:20:26] movement of stocks," he says. Since its IPO,
[00:20:30] it had risen by 7,1664%, and 73.8% of the
[00:20:33] shares were in the hands of the owner. Over 5%
[00:20:37] of the shares belonged to Tera Yatırım, which
[00:20:40] carried out the company's IPO. According to Şebnem
[00:20:44] Turhan's calculation from Ekonomim newspaper, who has
[00:20:47] been drawing attention to the dizzying developments
[00:20:50] in funds for a long time, in the same period,
[00:20:53] Hedefoy, which incurred a loss of 246 million
[00:20:57] liras and whose equity was only 6 billion
[00:21:01] liras, also reached a market value of 10
[00:21:04] billion dollars. Its shares had risen by 2,92%
[00:21:08] in a year. Katılım Evim, whose shares increased by
[00:21:11] 2,251%, also surpassed many holdings, banks,
[00:21:15] and large companies with 8 billion dollars. This
[00:21:18] was not a financial genius, but a scenario that could
[00:21:22] only be explained by fraud," says Bahadır Özgür.
[00:21:26] He asks, "What is the event?" and explains
[00:21:29] that there is a black hole of billions of
[00:21:32] liras created by Muhammed Yarız, a 28-year-old
[00:21:36] AKP member who has been penalized by the
[00:21:39] CMB many times with his father. How did he
[00:21:43] become the manager of billions of liras of funds and the owner
[00:21:47] of many companies in 5 years after graduating
[00:21:50] from university in 2019? What is the source of
[00:21:54] this skill in the children of names close
[00:21:57] to the AKP? What is it really? While Pusula's
[00:21:59] portfolio was turning into a Ponzi scheme,
[00:22:03] you know, that Ponzi scheme is a kind
[00:22:07] of fraud scheme. Why did they watch?
[00:22:10] Did those who went to a minister last
[00:22:14] Wednesday ask for Pusula's black hole to be passed on to the
[00:22:18] public? Is there a connection
[00:22:20] between the minister's inability to get this accepted
[00:22:24] by higher authorities and the news that an investigation
[00:22:27] was launched, and Tera's announcement immediately after
[00:22:30] noon that negotiations to buy Pusula had
[00:22:34] begun?" asks Bahadır Özgür and continues as follows:
[00:22:37] "These are not questions that can be answered
[00:22:40] with technical explanations. These are the subject
[00:22:44] of a fair and just judicial investigation. Because
[00:22:47] the issue is not bad financial management,
[00:22:51] but a wealth accumulation scheme that we have
[00:22:55] been familiar with in almost every field for
[00:22:58] years," he says. Now, let's move on to the
[00:23:02] statement made by Pusula Portfolio, which was named
[00:23:06] there, which caused sales yesterday. Pusula Portfolio
[00:23:09] announced that there were defaults in the redemption
[00:23:12] payments of some investment funds it founded. That
[00:23:15] is, what does this mean? The investor there
[00:23:18] goes and says, "I want to withdraw my money,"
[00:23:22] but they say, "We don't have cash." To
[00:23:25] find cash, they sell the stocks in their
[00:23:28] portfolio. When they do this, they first start
[00:23:32] selling large companies, holdings, and banks that
[00:23:36] are easily salable in the market, that have
[00:23:39] depth, that is, that have a high free
[00:23:41] float rate and are in demand. The rapid
[00:23:45] selling wave also starts that way. In the
[00:23:48] notification made by the company to the Public
[00:23:52] Disclosure Platform, it was stated that negotiations
[00:23:55] with intermediary institutions
[00:23:57] for transactions made
[00:24:00] for the relevant funds and the liquidity management
[00:24:03] process were continuing. Onur Duygu, the founder
[00:24:07] of Fon Turkey, stated that the problem arose
[00:24:10] we will talk. What is the Turkish of it? What do all these things mean?
[00:24:14] We will present them to you in a clearer and more detailed way. But what is
[00:24:18] the news? Info Yatırım and Hedef
[00:24:24] Holding announced that the investigation was not related to the company
[00:24:27] and its subsidiaries. Teams from the Istanbul Financial
[00:24:30] Crimes Branch conducted an investigation at the Info Yatırım headquarters.
[00:24:34] It was stated that Namık Kemal Gökelp, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Info Yatırım and Hedef
[00:24:38] Holding, was detained in Istanbul.
[00:24:40] the fund, but that There is no statement yet
[00:24:44] regarding which investigation the operation was carried out and the accusations directed at Gökelp.
[00:24:47] had occurred in the Let's say this.
[00:24:50] Hedef Holding announced that he was invited to the police station to give information.
[00:24:53] In the statement made to KAP, it was stated that Hedef Holding
[00:24:56] and its subsidiaries have no connection with the aforementioned
[00:24:59] investigation, and that the group's activities
[00:25:03] continue in a normal manner, dear
[00:25:06] viewers.
[00:25:07] seyirciler.
[00:25:11] So, we tried to quickly summarize what happened in Turkish markets
[00:25:14] yesterday. These were very important and hot developments. These will affect today, and you will follow
[00:25:18] them today, of course, on Halk TV screens. We will give you the details of these. But let's
[00:25:22] tell you the details of another event that we broadcasted live to you yesterday
[00:25:25] and that you watched throughout the day.
[00:25:29] What happened? As you know, the people of Akbelen were in front of the Council of State
[00:25:33] for years, fighting for their lands. Their voices rising from Muğla Milas
[00:25:36] spread all over Turkey.
[00:25:39] For the cancellation case, there was that
[00:25:43] urgent expropriation case, right? There was its decision, right? They were in front of the Council of State
[00:25:47] in Ankara for its cancellation.
[00:25:51] And they are saying something very clear: "The real public interest is to protect the lands, the life
[00:26:01] for our olives, for our villages,
[00:26:04] for our villagers, we are seeking justice.
[00:26:07] I am also a cancer patient. I have been suffering for 21 years.
[00:26:10] The smoke from my husband's thermal power plant
[00:26:13] covered my husband's lungs.
[00:26:16] When the doctors asked if my husband worked in a mine,
[00:26:20] no, my husband didn't even
[00:26:22] smoke. We all got cancer from the
[00:26:26] thermal poisoning. Mr. President, please
[00:26:29] hear us. Hear this Akbelen.
[00:26:35] The people of Akbelen were in Ankara
[00:26:41] for the cancellation of the urgent expropriation. They shouted in front of the Council of State. Look,
[00:26:45] I came here with difficulty with a cane. Our grandchildren who grow up after us
[00:26:47] will not see a world in Turkey. Write
[00:26:51] this down, brothers. This applies to all of you.
[00:26:55] The AKP has really forced these mothers of ours to carry banners.
[00:26:58] This is a shame in history. In Muğla
[00:27:06] Milas, for years,
[00:27:09] the people of Akbelen have been fighting against the mining area. 96 lawsuits were filed for the cancellation of the decision
[00:27:13] of urgent expropriation of 200 parcels. The lawsuits
[00:27:17] were to be heard in the 6th Chamber of the Council of State. The people of Akbelen
[00:27:21] left their villages by bus at night. They were in front of the Council of State
[00:27:24] at 8:30 in the morning. The people of Akbelen,
[00:27:27] life defenders, villagers, are gathered for their living spaces,
[00:27:31] with their olives in their hands. They came with their olive oils and figs,
[00:27:35] with the products they produced, and they continue to say, "Don't touch our living space, don't touch
[00:27:38] our agricultural land, don't touch our homes." As we
[00:27:42] always say,
[00:27:44] we say that the villager is the master of the nation.
[00:27:48] Mustafa Kemal Atatürk elevated the villager to such heights,
[00:27:51] but right now the villager is being pushed 10 feet
[00:27:54] underground. They made a statement before the hearing.
[00:27:57] Mahmut Tanal from the New Party was also with them.
[00:27:59] They should listen to the people of Akbelen. "The public interest here
[00:28:03] are the people living in Akbelen, the right to life of the living people. The public
[00:28:07] interest is, in the name of the company, they say, "These beautiful
[00:28:10] olive groves from our grandfathers and grandmothers are a lie.
[00:28:12] They are destroying our olive groves.
[00:28:15] The real public interest is
[00:28:18] these few that the villager brought, the products they grew themselves.
[00:28:21] The real public interest
[00:28:24] is this. Only electricity production,
[00:28:27] the public interest, these are fairy tales,
[00:28:31] fairy tales." "Fairy tales, they can't
[00:28:34] make us believe them." It was learned that the hearing, which lasted for hours, was tense
[00:28:38] and two Akbelen women fainted.
[00:28:42] A call was made once again for the cancellation of the expropriation decision.
[00:28:45] Today, the clearest
[00:28:48] outcome of the case was that Mapeg acted illegally
[00:28:51] and that Mapeg acted like an agent of the companies
[00:28:55] without considering the public interest.
[00:28:58] Public damage is evident, there is public damage.
[00:29:02] The benefit of the people is the public interest. There is no public
[00:29:05] interest whatsoever in operating this thermal
[00:29:08] power plant. We are the people, we are right, we will win.
[00:29:28] through a few cities and regions. There is rainy weather in Istanbul.
[00:29:32] The rain had started yesterday and continues today. It's the same in Ankara.
[00:29:36] It was rainy yesterday, and we see that the rainy weather continues
[00:29:39] today. When we look at Izmir, the rain has stopped in Izmir. It was raining there
[00:29:43] yesterday, too, but the sky is cloudy, very partly cloudy
[00:29:47] and very cloudy weather catches our attention. Nothing has changed
[00:29:51] in Diyarbakır, temperatures are still in the 35 degrees range and there is a clear sky,
[00:29:54] no clouds. When we turn to Trabzon, we see that
[00:29:58] the rainfall continues
[00:30:07] have started to get quite congested.
[00:30:10] There is still 45% traffic. It has not reached 70%
[00:30:13] like yesterday. It has not exceeded 70%. Coastal
[00:30:16] roads are clear. We see that the D100 highway
[00:30:19] is starting to get congested in the Europe to Anatolia
[00:30:23] and Anatolia to Europe crossings. When we move from the Anatolian Side
[00:30:26] to the European Side, the D100 is crowded
[00:30:29] from the European Side to the Anatolian Side. We see that the traffic
[00:30:32] on the TEM highway is slowly starting to increase. You know, Başakşehir, Esenyurt, Beylikdüzü,
[00:30:36] when we look at the connection road of both D100 and TEM there, it has become commonplace
[00:30:40] there. We see heavy
[00:30:43] traffic there, we are following it,
[00:30:52] we see the headline "Question that made the defendant cry in Silivri". Birgün Newspaper has the headline "Half
[00:30:55] a century mortgage on the forest" for its main headline today.
[00:30:58] When we look at the Economy Newspaper,
[00:31:01] we see the headline "Congestion created a domino effect".
[00:31:04] This is related to the events in the markets yesterday
[00:31:08] that we told you about in great detail. Yeniçağ Newspaper says, "Small investors in the stock market
[00:31:12] are practically left to their fate."
[00:31:15] Karar newspaper has the headline "Dangerous game over the Kaaba"
[00:31:19] for its main headline today, dear viewers. Now,
[00:31:23] there are indeed important developments today, and we said there are important developments that will affect our pockets,
[00:31:27] right? This Fed's interest rate decision to increase
[00:31:31] the dollar's interest rate... Let's go to Washington immediately. Halk TV
[00:31:34] Washington representative Serra Karaçam is in front of us. Hello Serra, good luck.
[00:31:38] What's on America's agenda? Starting with the interest rate, please tell us.
[00:31:42] Yes. Actually, there are important
[00:31:45] developments. Sanctions are coming for Russia, and this is important for Turkey.
[00:31:49] If you want, I can start with that and then we can go to the Fed.
[00:31:52] Actually, a name well known to Turkey,
[00:31:55] Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, about a year and a half
[00:31:59] ago presented a comprehensive Russia sanctions bill
[00:32:02] to Congress, which was approved today
[00:32:06] by a vote of 262 to 159, and sent to the White House
[00:32:09] for President Trump's signature. The last time
[00:32:12] the American Congress approved an emergency aid package for Ukraine
[00:32:16] was in 2024. Since then, there has been no other large-scale
[00:32:19] initiative. This bill will give the White House,
[00:32:23] Trump, a lot of authority over tariffs.
[00:32:27] Previously, his fight over tariffs had also been taken to the courts.
[00:32:30] In fact, for this reason, 7
[00:32:34] Republicans voted no to this bill. 58
[00:32:37] Democrats, however, said yes for Ukraine.
[00:32:40] It is almost certain that Trump will sign it.
[00:32:44] So what's in it? It includes tariff sanctions
[00:32:47] of up to 100% against Russia's energy sector
[00:32:50] and its partners in the defense industry.
[00:32:54] Let's immediately turn to Turkey. In 2025,
[00:32:57] it is known that Turkey imported an average of 377,000 barrels
[00:33:00] of Russian crude oil per day, and we import
[00:33:03] condensate. These figures make Turkey
[00:33:07] the third largest buyer after India and China.
[00:33:09] Of course, 53% of Russia's total
[00:33:13] seaborne oil exports consist of China, Turkey and
[00:33:16] India. There is the TurkStream
[00:33:19] natural gas pipeline. Also, there is the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant
[00:33:22] in Turkey, built by Russia's Rosatom company.
[00:33:25] Both create an additional energy
[00:33:29] dependency beyond oil. However, let's say this,
[00:33:33] the tariff only applies to the first five buyers of Russian
[00:33:36] oil or gas. Therefore,
[00:33:39] Turkey's role will be evaluated in total
[00:33:43] compared to other countries.
[00:33:45] For a country to enter the 100% tariff mechanism,
[00:33:49] it must be among the top five. Those who import less
[00:33:53] than 15% of their natural gas from Russia will be exempted.
[00:33:56] We will see whether Turkey will comply with this exemption.
[00:34:00] Let's move on to the Fed. As you said, on Wednesday, the Fed
[00:34:04] raised interest rates by a quarter point. You announced it
[00:34:07] at the beginning of the bulletin. This is the first increase
[00:34:10] in 3 years. The decision was taken unanimously by the 12 members
[00:34:13] of the committee. And a reaction of relief was immediately seen in the markets.
[00:34:16] Of course, Trump's reaction was harsh.
[00:34:19] First, he said on his social media account,
[00:34:23] "Interest rates in America should be 1% or even lower,
[00:34:26] because we have by far the best credit rating in the world." He accused the board
[00:34:30] of being hostile and politically motivated. But this claim is not
[00:34:33] true. Canada, Australia, and Germany have
[00:34:36] higher ratings than America, according to Standard
[00:34:40] & Poor's. While Trump says
[00:34:44] that America is now the hottest country in the world,
[00:34:47] he says that the only problem
[00:34:51] is artificially high interest rates. When he says "hottest country,"
[00:34:55] he means popular country. But
[00:34:58] the Fed refutes this, saying that the interest rate hike is not artificial,
[00:35:01] but was necessary to combat rising inflation.
[00:35:05] His appointed Fed chairman also agreed with the board's
[00:35:08] decision. Trump's economic performance is weak.
[00:35:12] According to current polls, his approval rating is between 37-40%.
[00:35:16] In economic management, it drops to 32-37%.
[00:35:19] Diesel in California has risen
[00:35:22] to almost $9 a gallon. Inflation
[00:35:25] increased from 2.7% to 3.4%
[00:35:28] compared to the same period last year. America has a debt of 40 trillion dollars.
[00:35:32] Let's remind you that the cost of the Iran war was 40 billion
[00:35:35] dollars and that this also had an impact on inflation.
[00:35:39] In summary, this interest rate hike will not directly
[00:35:42] affect citizens. The real
[00:35:45] cost of borrowing has increased, but America's problem today is not the increasing
[00:35:49] interest rates, but the increasing national debt, geopolitical
[00:35:52] conflicts, and what central banks around the world
[00:36:15] Let's go to Mecca then, because it's the holy city
[00:36:18] of Muslims, where millions of pilgrims from all over the world
[00:36:21] go every year. We're talking about the place where the Haram al-Sharif
[00:36:25] is located. There was a drone attack. In history, there were attacks
[00:36:27] against Mecca before. But
[00:36:31] after a few attacks we've seen in the last century,
[00:36:34] this is indeed a very striking
[00:36:38] situation. Let's underline that too.
[00:36:42] There was a drone attack by Yemeni Houthis on Mecca. Of course,
[00:36:46] there was a very strong reaction from Ankara to this.
[00:36:49] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned this drone attack.
[00:36:53] The statement said, "We strongly condemn the Houthi drone attack targeting
[00:36:56] the holy city of Mecca." "We reiterate our support
[00:37:00] for Saudi Arabia's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security.
[00:37:03] We once again emphasize our solidarity with Saudi Arabia," the statement
[00:37:06] said. The ministry added, "We reiterate our call
[00:37:10] for an immediate end to these attacks that threaten regional stability and security,
[00:37:13] and for refraining from all actions aimed at further escalating
[00:37:17] tensions." AK Party's Ömer Çelik
[00:37:21] and Efkan Ala
[00:37:24] also said that they condemned
[00:37:28] and cursed this attempted drone attack targeting Mecca.
[00:37:31] kınadıklarını
[00:37:32] söylediler.
[00:37:37] Indeed, when we look at it in many areas, Turkey makes us proud.
[00:37:40] He carried our flag to the seven summits of the world.
[00:37:43] As a mountaineer with the title of snow
[00:37:47] leopard, he is one of the few names
[00:37:50] in the world. Not only there, but also in Turkey,
[00:37:53] he is one of the architects of the current level of search and rescue activities.
[00:37:57] Nasuh Mahruki, a Kemalist figure,
[00:38:00] the former head of AKUT, was arrested on July 17th
[00:38:04] due to his social media post regarding July 15th.
[00:38:08] The decision was made at the first hearing, and Mahruki
[00:38:11] was sentenced to one year in prison for inciting hatred
[00:38:14] and enmity among the public,
[00:38:16] but he was released with the announcement of the verdict deferred.
[00:38:20] The deferment of the announcement of the verdict, for example, his conviction
[00:38:23] would have already attracted attention. But the deferment of the announcement of the verdict
[00:38:27] also means something like this, let's remind you: if he commits a similar crime
[00:38:30] or another crime, this crime will also come into play,
[00:38:33] the verdict will be announced, that is,
[00:38:37] in short, they are telling Nasıf Mahruki
[00:38:40] to sit down and not make too much noise.
[00:38:43] For a very long time. Former AKUT head Nasuh Mahruki
[00:38:47] was arrested for inciting hatred and enmity or humiliation among the public
[00:38:51] due to his social media post regarding July 15th.
[00:38:54] The decision was made at the first hearing, and he was released.
[00:38:58] Nasuh Mahruki, who was facing up to 4.5 years in prison, appeared
[00:39:02] before the judge at the Bakırköy 57th Criminal Court of Peace. Due to the small size
[00:39:06] of the courtroom, the hearing was moved to the conference hall.
[00:39:08] When the judge asked him to make his defense, Mahruki said,
[00:39:12] "I don't know what crime I am accused of. If you specify my crime,
[00:39:16] I can make my defense. First, it was alleged that I used the term 'theater'
[00:39:20] in my social media post about the July 15th coup attempt.
[00:39:23] There was no word 'theater'. In the next stage, it was stated that I said 'game'.
[00:39:27] There was no word 'game' in my post," he said.
[00:39:31] Nasuh Mahruki, who stated that he is the pioneer of search and rescue in Turkey, said,
[00:39:35] "What I have done is evident. It is embarrassing for me to try to explain
[00:39:38] that I did not incite hatred and enmity against the public.
[00:39:42] I strongly reject it. I am not that person. I am
[00:39:45] the person I described," he said. He requested his acquittal. The prosecutor, however,
[00:39:49] demanded that Mahruki be punished. The judge, who sentenced Mahruki to one year
[00:39:53] in prison, decided to defer the announcement
[00:39:56] of the verdict. Nasuh Mahruki was released.
[00:39:59] edildi.
[00:40:02] Dear viewers, the other day, an operation was carried out
[00:40:05] against LGBTQIA+ associations under the "My Family is Safe" operation,
[00:40:09] in many provinces. Afterwards, those who
[00:40:13] protested this operation gathered in front of the Çağlayan Courthouse
[00:40:16] in Istanbul. After that
[00:40:19] gathering, many detentions also
[00:40:21] took place. At the same time, detentions also
[00:40:25] took place in the operation. In the first operation
[00:40:29] carried out within the scope of that investigation, 20 people were arrested
[00:40:32] in Istanbul. 20 of those detained were arrested, and
[00:40:36] judicial control measures were applied to 14 people.
[00:40:40] Additionally, arrest warrants were issued for 13 people.
[00:40:43] The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office
[00:40:46] announced that the procedures against the individuals referred to the courthouse
[00:40:49] within the scope of the investigation targeting LGBTI+ were completed.
[00:40:53] In the statement made by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was reported that 20 people
[00:40:57] were arrested by the Criminal Court of Peace.
[00:41:01] The statement said that judicial control measures were applied to 10 of the 14 people
[00:41:04] due to their advanced age, and to 4 people
[00:41:08] by taking into account the evidence. It was also stated that one person
[00:41:11] was directly released after giving their statement, and
[00:41:15] arrest warrants were issued for the 13 people
[00:41:18] who are fugitives. Let's quickly
[00:41:21] note that those detained
[00:41:25] during yesterday's protest in front of the Çağlayan courthouse
[00:41:28] were also released, and that they have started to be released.
[00:41:31] We know and are following
[00:41:35] this, but since the process is still ongoing, it is not possible to give an exact number.
[00:41:38] Again. One of the topics that is being discussed,
[00:41:42] continued to be discussed, and debated is the issue of Kaşif Kozinoğlu.
[00:41:45] In Silivri, within the scope of the investigation initiated
[00:41:48] regarding his death in prison in Silivri,
[00:41:52] the screenwriters of the Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu series, as you know,
[00:41:55] gave statements the other day. These statements were very interesting.
[00:41:59] Now, an investigation has been launched into the series
[00:42:02] over allegations of organizational propaganda.
[00:42:06] sefer.
[00:42:11] The Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office decided to examine
[00:42:14] the Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu series technically and in terms of content.
[00:42:17] verdi.
[00:42:20] Will you say something? The investigation into the death of Kaşif Kozinoğlu, an MIT
[00:42:23] officer who died in 2011 in Silivri prison where he was imprisoned
[00:42:27] as part of the Ergenekon case, is continuing.
[00:42:30] A new development has occurred in the investigation
[00:42:34] carried out by the Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office
[00:42:37] launched an investigation into the series called Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu,
[00:42:40] which came to the agenda with scenes related to Kozinoğlu's death.
[00:42:44] It was reported that the investigation was launched in line with the notifications and complaints
[00:42:48] made to the prosecutor's office and the findings in the investigation file.
[00:42:51] Within the scope of the investigation, it will be investigated whether organizational
[00:42:55] instructions were given in the series and whether the production had any connection
[00:42:58] with FETÖ. It was stated that it will be examined
[00:43:02] whether the vehicle with the license plate FG
[00:43:10] Within the scope of the investigation, an expert committee consisting of experts
[00:43:13] was assigned. The committee will meticulously examine the scenario,
[00:43:16] dialogues, and sub-messages considered to be included
[00:43:20] in the content of the series. In the expert report to be prepared,
[00:43:24] it will be evaluated whether there are any organizational instructions or messages
[00:43:27] in the published episodes of the series. Within the scope of the investigation,
[00:43:31] the screenwriters of the Kurtlar Vadisi series, Raci Şaşmaz, Bahadır Özener, and
[00:43:34] Cüneyt Aysan, gave statements as witnesses.
[00:43:37] vermişti.
[00:43:45] issues between Turkey and Greece for years,
[00:43:48] despite being clearly stated in international agreements,
[00:43:51] in the agreements signed by both sides,
[00:43:55] was the issue of Greece's militarization of the Aegean islands.
[00:43:58] As you know, this has been on the agenda of the Turkish press
[00:44:02] many times, shown with photographs and videos. The Greek
[00:44:06] side went down the path of armament
[00:44:09] even on these islands, even on islands almost right
[00:44:13] under Turkey's nose. Turkey had also made a new
[00:44:17] decision last year. The number of commando
[00:44:20] units in Turkey was being increased, their locations were being changed. One of these commando
[00:44:23] units, one of the most elite units
[00:44:27] of the Turkish Armed Forces, stationed in Tunceli,
[00:44:30] the 51st Brigade Command, was deployed
[00:44:33] to Söke, across from Samos Island. Greece
[00:44:37] was shaken to its core. Dear viewers, the Greek press
[00:44:40] raised a huge fuss yesterday, not only about Söke,
[00:44:44] but also by referring to the units stationed along the Aegean coast, saying that these are being deployed against Greece.
[00:44:48] Almost all of the headlines in the Greek national press
[00:44:51] yesterday were about this issue.
[00:44:54] This news is reported under the headline "Mitsotakis's
[00:44:57] Söke Message" on the first page of Nefes
[00:45:01] Newspaper, dear viewers. Oh, by the way,
[00:45:04] let's also convey the latest development. We said that the islands
[00:45:07] are being militarized with weapons, right? In the last year or two,
[00:45:11] the Greek islands in the Aegean have also started to be equipped
[00:45:14] with weapons coming from Israel within the scope of agreements between Greece
[00:45:17] and Israel. Let's move on
[00:45:28] Kadir İnanır, the master of Turkish cinema who passed away in June,
[00:45:32] allegedly left his assets to Jülide Kural, his life partner
[00:45:35] of 27 years, the newspaper says.
[00:45:38] Jülide Kural
[00:45:41] herself prepared a will, and we must respect it, she said. Kadir İnanır, who prepared his first will in 2015,
[00:45:45] prepared two
[00:45:48] more wills in 2022.
[00:45:52] We see these headlines on the first page of Hürriyet
[00:45:55] Newspaper
[00:46:04] asks. Why does it ask? Gaza. Gaza is indeed
[00:46:08] a bleeding wound.
[00:46:10] The genocide in Gaza by Israel, which is considered a terrorist state
[00:46:14] in the conscience of humanity, does not
[00:46:17] stop, it continues. Perhaps it is not covered as much as before
[00:46:20] in news bulletins with those intense conflict images, but
[00:46:24] Israel's oppression there continues almost every day.
[00:46:27] A building damaged in Israeli attacks in Gaza
[00:46:31] collapsed. At least 21 people, 11 of them children, died.
[00:46:35] More than 100 people, 50 of them children, are reported
[00:46:38] to be under the rubble. "Cries of war are rising from Israel,
[00:46:41] which the US continues to arm," it says. Meanwhile,
[00:46:44] let's also remind that the US administration is preparing for a huge
[00:46:48] arms sale worth a total of 2.8
[00:46:51] billion dollars to Israel. There is such an allegation,
[00:46:54] dear viewers. Israel is killing, continues to kill,
[00:46:58] and commit genocide. The US does not
[00:47:00] say a word. Far from speaking up, by selling weapons,
[00:47:04] it supports this genocide by standing by Israel
[00:47:07] in every condition,
[00:47:27] Jihadi training in the middle of Ankara. What happened to the 70
[00:47:31] children four years ago? It was determined that jihadi training was given to approximately 70 children in a basement in Başpınar revealed by Kısa Dalga in
[00:47:34] 2022. The address
[00:47:37] was sealed within the scope of the ISIS investigation. The state
[00:47:41] announced that the children
[00:47:44] would be enrolled in formal education.
[00:47:47] Four years later, the same door is open
[00:47:50] again, and there are children in front of it, says Gönültaş in her special report. Five mothers
[00:47:54] who reached Kısa Dalga say that their children
[00:47:57] are not sent to public schools, but are taken to
[00:48:01] private educational institutions nearby.
[00:48:04] This is in a social media message, dear viewers. The news
[00:48:07] is on kısadalga.net. My friend Celal Küçüker, as a data analyst who has been trading on Nasdaq for 20 years,
[00:48:11] says, "Let me explain the circuit breaker panic experienced in BIST today
[00:48:14] from the perspective of someone looking from 10,000 kilometers away,
[00:48:18] in its simplest form. We are used to these things on Nasdaq, but Turkey is still new."
[00:48:25] He summarizes, "Imagine you ate a meal at a restaurant, the bill came to 100 liras, you have a 5,000 lira
[00:48:29] Sodexo meal card in your pocket, but the waiter comes and says the system is down,
[00:48:33] we don't accept meal cards. The 5,000 lira meal card in your hand is worthless at that moment.
[00:48:36] Imagine that those illiquid stocks that are locked, cannot be sold,
[00:48:40] or have no buyers even if sold, are that meal card.
[00:48:43] Since you have to pay the bill, you reluctantly take out
[00:48:47] the solid real cash from your other pocket and pay.
[00:48:51] In other words, you sell the liquid, giant
[00:48:54] stocks on BIST 30," says Celal Küçüker in this
[00:48:58] social media message. "The problem, he says, would actually remain in that stock,
[00:49:02] but due to these sales, that is, having to sell others
[00:49:05] to find money, it affects the system."
[00:49:09] From Medyascop, dear viewers, a news headline:
[00:49:13] "Orhan Ünggan, nicknamed Ghost, is before the judge.
[00:49:15] There is a MIT report about who brought tons of cocaine
[00:49:19] to Turkey," it says. Medyascop
[00:49:23] reports this news via its social media account,
[00:49:26] dear viewers. Let's continue.
[00:49:29] ediyoruz, ntv'den bir haberi sizlere aktaralım. Yeni araştırma
[00:49:45] Tiranozorus'un insanla ortak özelliği keşfedildi.
[00:49:49] Ama öyle çok da büyük bir ortak özellik değilmiş, onu da söyleyeyim. efendim
[00:49:53] vücut ısılarımız 36-36,5
[00:49:55] derecede aynıymiş insanla Trex'in, onu bir bilim haberi
[00:49:59] olarak aktarıyor efendim. Aziz Yıldırım'dan bir açıklama
[00:50:02] var. Aziz Yıldırım'dan spor yazarı Emre Bol'a tepki gelmiş.
[00:50:06] Kripto Fetöcüler yine ortaya çıkmış, kızımı kirli
[00:50:09] tartışmalarına alet etme diyor Aziz
[00:50:13] Yıldırım yapmış olduğu
[00:50:49] There is a statement from Aziz Yıldırım. Aziz Yıldırım
[00:51:22] If we wanted, they would increase the price of barley.
[00:57:00] Good morning, dear viewers, welcome to Gün Doğarkene (As the Day Dawns). It's almost
[00:57:03] 8 o'clock.
[00:57:07] September, Thursday. We will bring you the developments on Turkey's and the world's agenda.
[00:57:10] Unfortunately, Turkey's agenda
[00:57:13] is dominated by the economy. We will start with the diesel price hike, which will be our first topic.
[00:57:17] Our hashtag today, as you know, has exceeded 100 liras with the latest increase.
[00:57:21] Our hashtag today is also
[00:57:24] related to that, with the title "We have exceeded a hundred." Now,
[00:57:27] let's read a few more headlines with you. One of our viewers got angry 8 minutes ago,
[00:57:31] saying, "Why are you sharing a hashtag that you haven't read?"
[00:57:34] We are reading it, why wouldn't we read it, Ms. Leyla Tatar?
[00:57:37] We are saying we reached 100, but we have actually hit rock bottom in terms of shamelessness. The country
[00:57:41] cannot be governed, it's drifting, said İsmail
[00:57:44] Berber and Mustafa Bozbey. They reported
[00:57:48] on a public restaurant, a city
[00:57:51] restaurant. Prices were 80
[00:57:54] liras, now they are 100 liras, but we thank the mayors who opened and
[00:57:58] continued it, they say. Messages about phased retirement
[00:58:01] continue to come. Mustafa Bey said: "We found shamelessness,
[00:58:05] we found what we didn't want, we found broken promises, we found eyes that don't see us.
[00:58:09] We've become so distant from ourselves, what kind of society have we become?" said Süleyman
[00:58:12] Demirsoy. Mr. Süleyman was angry that I didn't read this, but we did.
[00:58:16] Mr. Süleyman, don't be angry, we had news, but those headlines were important,
[00:58:19] we needed to convey them to inform
[00:58:23] you.
[00:58:25] "Hopefully, by God's will, thank God, we've reached 100, what's left
[00:58:28] until 200?" asked Can
[00:58:32] Kaynardağ. "Good morning, we've reached 100 at the pump, but some people have also gotten too complacent
[00:58:36] in some matters, it seems," he said in his message
[00:58:39] to our hashtag. What are today's headlines? Well,
[00:58:43] the inevitable first headline is the diesel price hike,
[00:58:46] which has exceeded 100 liras. Yesterday was indeed a very volatile day
[00:58:50] on the stock market. The circuit breaker was triggered after a 6% drop,
[00:58:54] and the day closed with a 5.54% drop for the BIST 100
[00:58:57] index. In the US, the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates
[00:59:01] by 25 basis points after three years. This is important for us too.
[00:59:05] When the interest rate on the dollar increases, demand for the dollar will increase,
[00:59:08] and the price of the dollar can be expected to rise. If the price of the dollar rises,
[00:59:12] of course, we are speaking in technical terms. None of this is investment advice, let's underline that
[00:59:16] first and foremost for you. "But this is what is expected
[00:59:20] in the economy. If it provides more returns, there might be a shift towards it,
[00:59:22] it's expected to happen. If something like that happens,
[00:59:26] since the price of everything in our country is determined by the dollar, it would mean a little more inflation,
[00:59:30] a little more cost of living, a little more decrease in our income
[00:59:34] and purchasing power. Unfortunately, it comes down to that, let's mention
[00:59:37] that and continue, sir. Özgür Özel made a statement
[00:59:40] about the process. We conveyed the headlines from his interview
[00:59:44] with Murat Aksoy. We'll look at them again in the coming minutes. But
[00:59:47] while discussing the issue of the house given to Öcalan, he said
[00:59:50] that instead of discussing Öcalan's house, we should discuss
[00:59:53] Demirtaş's return home. Baby Büşra,
[00:59:57] 11-month-old Baby Büşra is missing. Her whereabouts are unknown. Her mother gave contradictory statements
[01:00:00] for three consecutive days. Within the scope of that investigation,
[01:00:04] the mother and father were arrested. Meanwhile, an attack
[01:00:07] by Yemeni Houthis with a drone
[01:00:11] occurred in the Holy City of Mecca, dear viewers. And in response,
[01:00:15] condemnation messages came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara
[01:00:18] and from Ömer Çelik and Efkan Ala of the AK Party. Let's convey
[01:00:21] these to you, let's quickly move
[01:00:23] on to the agenda.
[01:00:32] One of the important topics that unfortunately constitutes Turkey's agenda
[01:00:36] is the judiciary's schedule, dear viewers. The criminal case concerning the 38th
[01:00:39] convention of the CHP, in which 22 (12) people,
[01:00:43] I apologize, were tried, including Ekrem İmamoğlu.
[01:00:46] The 7th hearing was held in Ankara,
[01:00:49] dear viewers. The case was heard, and
[01:00:53] the next hearing
[01:00:55] was postponed to October 21st.
[01:00:58] Witnesses did not come. The 38th convention case of the CHP
[01:01:02] was postponed to October 21st.
[01:01:06] The 7th hearing of the criminal case, filed on the grounds of irregularities
[01:01:09] at the CHP's 38th convention, for which the Ankara Regional Court of Justice
[01:01:13] had issued a decision of absolute nullity, was held.
[01:01:16] Within the scope of the case, 12 people, including Ekrem İmamoğlu,
[01:01:19] are being tried and face imprisonment sentences ranging
[01:01:23] from one to three years. A decision has not yet been reached
[01:01:27] in the case heard at the Ankara 26th Criminal Court of First Instance.
[01:01:30] For the prosecutor to announce his opinion, deficiencies in the Convention Criminal Case
[01:01:33] need to be addressed, and witness statements need to be completed.
[01:01:37] Our party's new General Chairman
[01:01:41] has become Mr. Özgür Özel. At the 7th hearing,
[01:01:44] the presiding judge stated that the witnesses
[01:01:48] did not attend the hearing. Hüseyin Yaşar's lawyer, İbrahim Karaca,
[01:01:52] stated that Çetin Kızılbulut, one of the requested witnesses,
[01:01:55] resides in Ankara and requested that a summons
[01:01:58] be issued for him. Ekrem İmamoğlu's lawyer, Çağlar
[01:02:00] Çağlıyan, requested that the statements of Nezahat Kurt,
[01:02:04] who was tried in the IMM case heard in Istanbul, be added to the transcript file.
[01:02:08] The presiding judge accepted all these requests from the lawyers.
[01:02:11] In the interim decision, it was requested that the transcript
[01:02:14] of Nezahat Kurt's statement from the Istanbul
[01:02:18] 33rd High Criminal Court be added to the file and that the witnesses
[01:02:21] be present at the next hearing. The next hearing
[01:02:24] was adjourned to October 21st.
[01:02:29] Sir. Devlet Bahçeli, Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party,
[01:02:33] made a statement on his social media account yesterday, or rather,
[01:02:36] he gave an interview. We had conveyed the headlines
[01:02:39] from that interview to you. The topic continues a little more. This time,
[01:02:43] the statements are on the front page of Türkgün Newspaper. MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli
[01:02:47] clarified the allegations that a villa was being built for Öcalan
[01:02:50] in İmralı. Bahçeli, stating that there was no villa,
[01:02:53] said that a 250-square-meter residence was built.
[01:02:57] He said that our candidate
[01:03:00] in the election is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
[01:03:03] The headline of the news given with the spot
[01:03:05] is "There is no such thing as a villa in İmralı." It was given with this headline
[01:03:09] in the newspaper, and Devlet Bahçeli's statements
[01:03:12] are included, both his comment on that villa and
[01:03:16] the status issue that was being discussed. He says that the "Peace Process
[01:03:19] and Politicization Coordinator" proposals he made earlier
[01:03:22] are still valid and continue. He also states
[01:03:25] that the candidate of the People's Alliance in the upcoming elections
[01:03:28] is President Erdoğan. He expresses this by saying
[01:03:32] that two of the three crescents have been completed,
[01:03:35] and the third one is next. This was stated by
[01:03:38] Devlet Bahçeli, Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party. Now, these statements
[01:03:42] were widely discussed and debated. We will look at the details again,
[01:03:46] but while Devlet Bahçeli, Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party,
[01:03:49] continued his statements, a video titled
[01:03:53] "For Sale Bahçeli Villa" was published
[01:03:57] from the İyi Party. The MHP also reacted
[01:04:00] strongly to that video, dear viewers.
[01:04:04] To end these discussions,
[01:04:08] I suggest that it be named the "Peace Process
[01:04:12] and Politicization Coordinator." While discussions continued
[01:04:15] about whether Öcalan would be given a status for the process,
[01:04:18] MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli said that the "Peace Process
[01:04:22] and Politicization Coordinator" proposal for Öcalan
[01:04:25] is still valid. "Am I a negotiator?"
[01:04:29] he asks.
[01:04:32] "What is my capacity? What am I?" Our proposal is still
[01:04:35] valid. We had made a proposal for a peace process
[01:04:38] and politicization coordination. This proposal of ours is valid.
[01:04:42] If there is a status gap for Abdullah Öcalan,
[01:04:45] this gap should be addressed in favor
[01:04:48] of the Republic of Turkey, in a way that serves the success
[01:04:51] of the goal of a Turkey free of terrorism. In recent days,
[01:04:55] Bahçeli's statements have been reported to the public after his meetings
[01:04:58] with journalists. Bahçeli first announced to Nagihan Alçı
[01:05:02] that a residence would be built for Öcalan on İmralı Island.
[01:05:06] While the villa discussions about that residence continued,
[01:05:09] Bahçeli spoke to journalist Ceyhun Bozkurt on the New Day.
[01:05:12] He explained the details and functioning of that house.
[01:05:16] "There is no such thing as a villa. A 250-square-meter
[01:05:19] residence was built. This residence is already within the prison complex.
[01:05:23] It is an island surrounded by water on all four sides. Abdullah Öcalan has already been
[01:05:26] in prison for 26 years. He is getting old.
[01:05:30] In this process, his disbanding the organization is important.
[01:05:34] A residence was built there. He is getting old,
[01:05:37] so that he can hold his meetings there, convey his messages.
[01:05:40] Journalists should also meet with him when the time comes.
[01:05:43] These opportunities should be provided, and they will be.
[01:05:47] Immediately after Bahçeli's statement about the residence, a reaction video came from the İyi Party.
[01:05:50] A post titled "For Sale Bahçeli Villa" was shared on the İyi Party's
[01:05:54] social media account."
[01:05:54] It says.
[01:06:01] It was stated on social media that the video in question targeted Bahçeli with wordplay.
[01:06:05] The reaction from the MHP was not delayed. MHP's social media manager,
[01:06:08] Hüseyin Özkan, replied, "For some reason,
[01:06:11] the opponents of a Turkey free of terrorism are again the same Western nightingales,
[01:06:15] Zionist opportunists. If you are looking for a 'for sale'
[01:06:18] sign, you can look in the mirror and at your shattered,
[01:06:21] restless deputies." This was his response.
[01:06:24] Meanwhile, there is a new debate,
[01:06:27] dear viewers. This debate
[01:06:30] started with a statement from Devlet Bahçeli, Chairman
[01:06:33] of the Nationalist Movement Party. Bahçeli made an interesting request
[01:06:37] about Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Mansur Yavaş. He stated
[01:06:41] that Yavaş was being featured too much on television channels,
[01:06:44] and for this reason, he had assigned a person to follow the broadcasts.
[01:06:47] Karar Newspaper reports this news with the headline "How many times was Mansur Yavaş mentioned?"
[01:06:51] He says that there is no need to look for an extraordinary
[01:06:55] meaning in Yavaş's visit
[01:06:58] to President Erdoğan, but he draws attention
[01:07:02] to the fact that the main problem is the interest shown by television channels
[01:07:06] in Mansur Yavaş. "While 3-4 channels should be explaining
[01:07:09] the terror-free Turkey process, they were saying Ekrem İmamoğlu
[01:07:13] all day long, and now they are saying Mansur Yavaş.
[01:07:16] They are literally doing PR, public relations, for him," he said.
[01:07:20] "I told them to watch those channels and note how many times Mansur Yavaş
[01:07:23] was mentioned. I assigned one person,"
[01:07:27] says Devlet Bahçeli. Karar Newspaper also featured his statement
[01:07:30] on its front page. Let's move on to another news.
[01:07:34] Journalist Selahattin Günday, who was arrested within the scope
[01:07:37] of the Kaşif Kozinoğlu investigation, was first arrested on charges
[01:07:40] of exposing a MIT member. His lawyer Hüseyin Ersöz stated
[01:07:44] in his statement that the alleged crime he committed
[01:07:47] was based on a law that did not exist at the time
[01:07:50] it was committed, a law that came into force later,
[01:07:54] and that he was arrested based on it. He then listed
[01:07:57] the other legal irregularities one by one. Selahattin Günday, you know,
[01:08:01] Deniz Göktaş says that he was re-arrested
[01:08:05] in prison while walking down the corridor. The same thing
[01:08:08] happened to Selahattin Günday, dear viewers.
[01:08:11] Journalist Selahattin Günday was arrested again
[01:08:14] on charges of forming an organization. According to his lawyer,
[01:08:18] this second arrest means a backup. He had said
[01:08:21] that there was illegality in the first one. If a release decision
[01:08:25] comes from there, this is a backup arrest to keep him inside.
[01:08:29] Journalist
[01:08:34] Selahattin Günday was arrested for the second time
[01:08:37] while waiting for his appeal against his arrest
[01:08:40] to be evaluated. He was also accused
[01:08:44] of forming an organization.
[01:08:47] Kaşif Kozinoğlu, the former Chief Advisor
[01:08:50] for Central Asia of the National Intelligence Organization, died in Silivri Prison
[01:08:54] in 2011 while being tried in the Ergenekon case.
[01:08:57] His cause of death was announced as a heart attack.
[01:09:00] A decision of non-prosecution was issued in the investigation.
[01:09:04] However, the file was reopened years later.
[01:09:07] Among those arrested in the new investigation
[01:09:10] was journalist Selahattin Günday.
[01:09:20] and documents related to intelligence activities,
[01:09:23] and unlawfully obtaining or disseminating
[01:09:27] personal data. However, Günday was
[01:09:30] the first journalist to write
[01:09:32] that Kozinoğlu's death was suspicious.
[01:09:36] On the third day of his detention, his lawyers objected.
[01:09:39] A petition was submitted to the duty criminal court of first instance.
[01:09:43] While the court was evaluating the objection, and even while his lawyers
[01:09:46] were expecting his release, Günday was brought before the judge
[01:09:50] for the second time via SEGBİS, without his own lawyers.
[01:09:53] Günday was assigned a lawyer by the bar association. Both
[01:09:57] the assigned lawyer and Günday objected.
[01:10:01] Following these objections, Günday's lawyer attended the statement.
[01:10:04] Journalist Günday was arrested for the second time
[01:10:07] on charges of forming an organization, which were not brought up
[01:10:10] when he was first arrested. However, neither the name of the organization
[01:10:13] nor its members are known, nor are its actions.
[01:10:16] It was alleged in the arrest warrant that Günday was a flight risk
[01:10:20] and that he could exert pressure on other individuals if released.
[01:10:23] Selahattin Günday's lawyer, Hüseyin Ersöz, considered the second arrest
[01:10:27] to be a backup arrest. Even if the objection
[01:10:30] to Günday's arrest is accepted, he will not be
[01:10:33] released due to the second arrest decision.
[01:10:35] Now, dear viewers,
[01:10:37] let's take you back to yesterday. Because yesterday was truly
[01:10:41] a very volatile day in the markets. And one of the most important
[01:10:45] parts of that volatile day we saw in the stock market.
[01:10:48] Due to news about a fund,
[01:10:52] we saw a sharp decline in the BIST 100 index
[01:10:55] on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. There were rapid sales in many
[01:10:58] stocks. When the decline reached up to 6%
[01:11:01] in large stocks with depth, such as bank
[01:11:05] and holding company stocks,
[01:11:07] the circuit breaker system was applied
[01:11:11] on the stock market. The circuit breaker was triggered, and trading was suspended
[01:11:14] for a while. Then,
[01:11:15] when it resumed,
[01:11:19] the day closed with a 5.54%
[01:11:22] drop. Of course, other instruments in the markets
[01:11:25] were also affected by this development.
[01:11:28] Let's first see what happened,
[01:11:31] and then
[01:11:35] we will look
[01:11:36] at what will happen today in this regard.
[01:11:42] Istanbul Stock Exchange crashed hard. BIST 100 losses
[01:11:45] approached 6%. A circuit breaker
[01:11:49] was implemented for a while. The panic created accelerated
[01:11:52] sales across the stock market. Markets are volatile.
[01:11:56] Investors on Borsa Istanbul started the day with a sharp decline.
[01:11:59] The fund crisis that started with Pusula Portföy
[01:12:03] spread to Borsa Istanbul.
[01:12:05] With the sales pressure linked to Tera also coming into play,
[01:12:09] the BIST 100 losses approached 6%, and the circuit breaker was activated.
[01:12:45] trading resumed at 16:24. The panic
[01:12:47] created after the developments in the funds
[01:12:50] accelerated sales across the stock market.
[01:12:53] The gold market started the day with an increase,
[01:12:57] contrary to expectations. Ounce gold
[01:13:00] is trading at 4,345 dollars. In the Grand Bazaar,
[01:13:04] gram gold
[01:13:14] Nuray Babacan also brought to the agenda in her article
[01:13:18] the claims that new plans would be made to challenge
[01:13:21] the party leadership after the increase in the new party's
[01:13:25] electoral potential. It was stated that these plans
[01:13:28] also include steps
[01:13:29] such as new processes
[01:13:35] and the lifting of immunities against the new party. Now, dear viewers,
[01:13:38] let's take you back to yesterday. Because yesterday was truly
[01:13:42] a very volatile day in the markets, and we saw one of the most important
[01:13:46] parts of that volatile day on the stock exchange.
[01:13:49] Due to news related to a fund, we saw a rapid decline
[01:13:53] in the BIST 100 index in Istanbul. There were rapid sales in many stocks.
[01:13:57] In large, liquid bank and holding company stocks,
[01:14:00] when the decline reached up to 6%,
[01:14:03] the circuit breaker system was implemented on the stock exchange,
[01:14:07] and trading was temporarily suspended. Then, when it resumed,
[01:14:10] the day closed with a 5.54%
[01:14:14] decrease. Of course, other instruments in the markets
[01:14:17] were also affected by this development. Let's first see what happened,
[01:14:21] and then we'll see what will happen today regarding this issue.
[01:14:26] Borsa Istanbul crashed hard. BIST 100 losses approached
[01:14:30] 6%. A circuit breaker was implemented for a while. The panic
[01:14:33] created accelerated sales
[01:14:35] across the stock market.
[01:14:38] Markets are volatile. Borsa Istanbul investors started the day
[01:14:42] with a sharp decline. The fund crisis that started with Pusula Portföy
[01:14:46] spread to Borsa Istanbul. With the sales pressure
[01:14:49] linked to Tera also coming into play, the BIST 100 losses approached 6%,
[01:14:53] and the circuit breaker was activated. Trading resumed
[01:14:56] at 16:24. The panic created
[01:15:00] after the developments in the funds accelerated
[01:15:03] sales across the stock market. The gold market
[01:15:06] started the day with an increase, contrary to expectations.
[01:15:10] Ounce gold is trading at 4,345 dollars. In the Grand Bazaar, gram gold
[01:15:13] is sold at 6,794 liras. When you look in TL terms,
[01:15:17] The time is currently 6.76, close to 6.80, we see it,
[01:15:20] but 6.600, 6.500 is still a strong short-term support.
[01:15:24] The economy's progress.
[01:15:32] I think it will reach 8 again. The stock market crashed, oil prices rose,
[01:15:34] gold continues its fluctuating course.
[01:15:38] Citizens have stopped investing and are trying to make ends meet.
[01:15:41] The market is negative, so I prefer to wait for cash.
[01:15:45] It's very expensive. Do we have a year-end expectation? Yes, 700,
[01:15:48] 7,500.
[01:15:51] We are waiting for the interest rate indices in America. It will change according to that.
[01:16:25] He waits
[01:16:25] for years.
[01:16:29] Following these developments, the public quickly took action and issued a press release
[01:16:33] in the evening. The Ministry of Treasury and Finance of the Republic of Turkey
[01:16:36] stated in that press release: The Financial Stability
[01:16:39] Committee, chaired by our Minister of Treasury
[01:16:42] and Finance, Mr. Mehmet Şimşek,
[01:16:45] will meet tomorrow, meaning today, September 17,
[01:16:49] 2026, at 08:00.
[01:16:52] It is announced to the public with respect,
[01:16:55] which means if the meeting started on time,
[01:16:58] it has been 20 minutes since it started. So, what can be discussed at the meeting?
[01:17:02] Licensed company compilation expert, member of the Turkish Association of Accounting Experts,
[01:17:06] member of the Gazi Economics Foundation, and Istanbul Commerce University
[01:17:09] Advisory Board Member Dr. Mete Akyol says that in this meeting,
[01:17:13] what can be discussed is about
[01:17:15] the need for cash returns for investment funds, and the review of liquidity and concentration
[01:17:19] rules for compulsory sale cycle instruments. A transition schedule can be arranged.
[01:17:23] The monitoring of implementation results
[01:17:26] for the impact of new calculations on the market for the FTO regulation
[01:17:30] and technical regulation processes can be discussed.
[01:17:34] Central Bank liquidity instruments may be in question for funding and money market
[01:17:37] conditions to ensure TL liquidity, that is, the flow of money.
[01:17:41] Measures to prevent the spread of a problem in an institution
[01:17:45] or fund to others in terms of systemic risk
[01:17:48] can be brought to the agenda within the framework of the relevant institutions.
[01:17:51] And debt. And in terms of the CMB,
[01:17:55] excessive volatility, thin stocks,
[01:17:58] futures, short selling,
[01:18:01] leveraged transaction regulations and collateral parameters can be reviewed.
[01:18:05] We are following these.
[01:18:07] These are very important for the health of capital markets, financial markets,
[01:18:11] and the real economy, as much as they are for investors.
[01:18:14] We are following them with great importance because any disruption in the real economy directly affects our pockets.
[01:18:22] in the February 6 earthquake in front of the Ministry of Justice continue.
[01:18:26] We are also conveying this to you. As their search for justice continues on the 6th day,
[01:18:30] photographs of President Erdoğan with the defendants in the Manolya Site
[01:18:33] and Ezgi Apartment case caused tension between
[01:18:36] the police and the earthquake victims. Those photographs were
[01:18:39] removed by police officers on the grounds that they
[01:18:42] damaged the President's reputation. removed.
[01:18:44] kaldırıldı.
[01:18:50] Following the release of the defendants in the Ezgi Apartment case,
[01:18:53] earthquake-affected families, stating that they wanted to meet with Justice Minister Akın Gürlek,
[01:18:57] continue their search for justice. continues.
[01:18:59] sürüyor.
[01:19:04] You see, the reputation is damaged.
[01:19:07] On the 5th day of their vigil, the earthquake victims faced police intervention.
[01:19:11] You see, you see, the reputation
[01:19:14] is damaged. When the earthquake-affected families
[01:19:18] displaying Erdoğan's photos with the defendants in front of the ministry refused
[01:19:21] to remove the photos, police teams collected
[01:19:24] the photos on the grounds that they damaged the President's reputation.
[01:19:27] The reputation of 53,000 people who died on February 6
[01:19:31] is not damaged.
[01:19:37] In the site.
[01:19:44] Members of the Families in Pursuit of Justice platform, who spent the night in front of the ministry, also reported that security forces
[01:19:47] did not allow them to bring sleeping bags
[01:19:49] or chairs to the area. They were not allowed.
[01:19:53] verilmediğini bildirdi.
[01:19:55] In the investigations carried out after the earthquake in Manolya
[01:19:59] and Ezgi apartments, which became the grave of 70 people, it was revealed that the columns
[01:20:03] were cut by businesses under the buildings.
[01:20:06] As a result of this intervention, experts determined that the structural integrity
[01:20:10] of the buildings was compromised. However, despite this,
[01:20:13] the defendants in both cases were released. The owner of Mado
[01:20:17] is being tried as a defendant at the Manolya site in Kahramanmaraş.
[01:20:21] His name appears as a defendant in the file. At the NATO summit,
[01:20:24] he offered Maraş ice cream to the guests.
[01:20:28] Following the releases, Dönekaya, spokesperson for the Families in Pursuit of Justice Platform,
[01:20:31] drew attention to the loss of life due to negligence in the earthquake
[01:20:34] and called on judges and prosecutors. I am now expecting a conscientious decision,
[01:20:38] because Article 138 of the Constitution is also clear.
[01:20:41] The laws that judges and prosecutors are subject to
[01:20:44] are also clear. In the end, it tells the judge and prosecutor
[01:20:48] to make a decision based on their conscience. Now, 53,000 people
[01:20:51] died. A conscientious decision must be made.
[01:20:55] but there were those who died struggling. We waited for AFAD to come and rescue them for 3 days.
[01:20:58] Those who died on the third day, this is not an earthquake, this is now
[01:21:02] torture and murder.
[01:21:03] Let's
[01:21:06] also quickly convey the headlines of our press to you.
[01:21:10] The newspaper Güne Bakış from the Black Sea says "Vazelon leaves its mark on the tourism meeting".
[01:21:14] Let's also convey the headline "Let's save Vazelon". The rebellion of the highlanders against garbage
[01:21:17] has truly become a huge problem in the Black Sea plateaus.
[01:21:20] With the increase in visitors to that area,
[01:21:24] the local people show great sensitivity regarding
[01:21:27] this issue and do their best, but unfortunately, the guests
[01:21:31] sensitivity.
[01:21:34] But please, we say, both Trabzon and
[01:21:38] Termize, this is a big problem. Don't do it. Those places are national wealth.
[01:21:41] Also, those places are where people live their lives.
[01:21:44] Plateaus are not just recreational areas.
[01:21:47] What is it to leave garbage? New Agenda Newspaper Director
[01:21:51] Gültaş's visit to the nursing home and social services. Unity, solidarity,
[01:21:54] and loyalty in Soma during the Ahi Week. Let's also remind you that it is Ahi Week.
[01:21:58] It is a very important historical and cultural value
[01:22:02] of ours. It is necessary to remind
[01:22:05] that. We see the headline "loyalty meeting"
[01:22:08] in Ordu Yorum Newspaper. We see the headline "the gap is open in hazelnuts"
[01:22:12] dear viewers. Arslan Soy, a member of the Board of Directors
[01:22:16] of the Union of Chambers of Agriculture, stated that the price of 170 liras
[01:22:19] formed in the free market, where the Soil Products Office
[01:22:22] buys hazelnuts for 250 liras, is not acceptable
[01:22:26] as there is an 80 lira difference, and said that everyone
[01:22:29] who has the means should give their hazelnuts to TMO.
[01:22:33] Those who went also say that the queue at TMO is getting longer and longer.
[01:22:36] "When we go, we can only take 4-5 people, and no one there sees
[01:22:40] hazelnuts with 50 yield. It stays at 45 at most," they say.
[01:22:44] So, let's also convey this problem of the hazelnut producers to you,
[01:22:47] and let's continue, ladies and gentlemen.
[01:22:51] The newspaper 5 Ocak continues its series of articles.
[01:22:54] In this news, titled "Adana's Past, Present and Future Special File,"
[01:22:58] we see the headline "Will the sleeping giant awaken?" In the İmece newspaper,
[01:23:01] it says "price hike, engines shut down". Diesel price increases
[01:23:05] have infuriated transporters. It says that the tradesmen shut down their engines,
[01:23:09] saying "we can no longer bring bread home". Let's also convey the headline "diesel price increases broke the tradesmen's back".
[01:23:12] We see the headlines "no storage, no profit for tradesmen, heavy burden, expensive diesel"
[01:23:16] in the İmece newspaper,
[01:23:19] on its first page, and
[01:23:22] from Antalya, the Akdeniz Gerçek newspaper has the headline "Retirees are not sitting ducks".
[01:23:26] In its main news, Hilmi Kanca, Chairman of the Antalya Branch
[01:23:29] of the United Pensioners' Union, addressed the economic problems faced by retirees.
[01:23:33] Stating that the pension funds will hold a joint protest in Ankara
[01:23:37] on Friday, September 25, Chairman Kancı stated that retirees
[01:23:40] are not a storage of votes and said, "We want it to be known
[01:23:44] that retirees are not sitting ducks." the newspaper says.
[01:23:47] Now, let's look at the situation of rents in Turkey.
[01:23:50] All these increases, developments, inflation figures after the medium-term program.
[01:23:54] We are talking about Turkey in general. Look, the average house rent
[01:23:57] was announced as 28,040 liras. The minimum wage, however,
[01:24:01] is only 35 liras
[01:24:04] more than the average house rent. You know, Nasrettin Hodja's
[01:24:08] famous anecdote: "If the cat is here, where is the liver? If the liver is here,
[01:24:11] where is the cat?" He weighs the cat. This is similar.
[01:24:15] If the salary is here, where is the rent? If the rent is here, where is the salary?
[01:24:19] Will you give this salary to rent,
[01:24:22] spend it on kitchen expenses, or
[01:24:26] on other expenses? Kids are going to school.
[01:24:30] Besides that, there's electricity, water, whatever. Let's take a look
[01:24:33] at the details. In Turkey,
[01:24:36] in 2026,
[01:24:40] the minimum wage is 28,075 liras,
[01:24:44] is 23,552 liras.
[01:24:47] The announced average house rent
[01:24:50] is 28,040 liras. It's very difficult to live with
[01:24:53] 23,500 liras. I mean, you can't pay
[01:24:56] your rent with 23,000 liras. Life is very difficult.
[01:25:00] Emlakjet and Endeksa data announced
[01:25:03] that the average house rent in Turkey in August 2026
[01:25:07] was 28,040 liras. In Istanbul,
[01:25:11] the situation is much more. It was announced as 45,510 liras,
[01:25:14] 62% above the average rent. I retired in 2017.
[01:25:18] I retired in 2017. Now I work
[01:25:21] in a small market 4 days a week.
[01:25:25] I have rent to pay. I don't have a house.
[01:25:29] It's impossible to make a living if I don't work.
[01:25:32] According to the report, rents across Turkey increased
[01:25:36] by 22% nominally on an annual basis,
[01:25:40] while decreasing by 7% in real terms. Istanbul was outside
[01:25:43] this picture. While the nominal increase was determined
[01:25:46] as 44%, the real increase was 9%.
[01:25:59] Following Istanbul, Muğla came with 34,000, while the average rent in İzmir
[01:26:02] was 33.
[01:26:05] In Antalya, it was 29,000 liras, and in Bursa,
[01:26:08] it was calculated as 24,000. So,
[01:26:11] a retired person cannot pay their house rent
[01:26:15] with the salary they receive, excuse me. They will struggle.
[01:26:19] Announced by Türk.
[01:26:27] Yesterday, there was a great deal of activity in the Turkish markets.
[01:26:30] A circuit breaker was implemented in the stock market. There were decreases of almost 6%.
[01:26:34] We saw the share prices of large companies in IMKB
[01:26:37] go down one after another. At the end of the day,
[01:26:40] we saw that 60 companies closed the day with a loss.
[01:26:43] Again, we followed this. After a decrease of up to 6%,
[01:26:47] a circuit breaker was used, but the BIST 100 index
[01:26:51] closed the day with a 5.54%
[01:26:54] decrease. Let's remind you of that.
[01:26:57] But of course, the issue was not limited to that.
[01:27:01] There are statements that came after this. A fund announced
[01:27:05] that it defaulted, meaning it could not pay
[01:27:09] its investors immediately. The Financial
[01:27:12] Stability Committee will meet.
[01:27:15] There are some detentions, investigations,
[01:27:18] etc. Everything is intertwined.
[01:27:21] The small investor is confused. The big ones know the issue,
[01:27:25] they follow it, they watch it. But for the small investor,
[01:27:29] for the citizen to understand this issue, we asked our economist, Professor Oğuz Demir,
[01:27:32] yesterday evening, and he kindly accepted.
[01:27:36] He came to our studio to explain the Turkish version of such a complex issue,
[01:27:39] what happened,
[01:27:43] bittiğini bizlere anlatmak üzere,
[01:27:53] ben de gazeteciliğe finans
[01:27:56] gazeteci ile başladım ama o zaman enstrüman sayısı da
[01:27:59] azdı o zaman sermaye piyasası kanunu da
[01:28:02] nispeten bugüne kıyasla baktığımızda daha anlaşılır bir
[01:28:06] kanundu eee şimdi döndüğünüzde
[01:28:09] baktığınızda piyasa çok gelişti enstrümanlar çok
[01:28:12] farklılaştı o enstrümanlarla ilgili olarak yapılan
[01:28:16] düzenlemeler de yani.
[01:28:20] yaptıkları günden bugüne baktığımızda enstrümanlarla ilgili
[01:28:23] düzenlemeler kendi içinde çok değişmiş hem de tarih içerisindeki
[01:28:26] sürece baktığımızda çok değişmiş o yüzden yani açık söyleyeyim
[01:28:41] aslında sizin söylediğiniz o tarihsel süreç var ya bize ne
[01:28:44] öğretti dedi ki finans piyasası
[01:28:47] finansal araçlar yani yatırım araçları işte eskiden ne vardı
[01:28:51] bankaya paranızı koyuyordunuz vadeli mevduat vardı değil mi bir
[01:28:55] ay 32 gün vadede paramı tuttum en kısa vadesi buydu 32 gün
[01:28:59] sonra bana bir faiz veriyor ben bu faizle tasarrufumu.
[01:29:02] değerlendirmiş oluyordum değil mi bu ya da ne vardı işte
[01:29:05] borsa vardı gidiyordunuz borsada bir hisse senedi alıyordunuz
[01:29:09] o hissenin ait olduğu şirket iyi performans
[01:29:12] gösterirse insanlar o şirkete ortak olmak istiyordu dolayısıyla
[01:29:16] şirketin değeri artıyordu sizinız değerleniyordu ya da
[01:29:20] tam tersi olabiliyordu o şirket zaman zaman kötü
[01:29:23] yönetiliyor ya işte başarısız oluyor satışları iyi gitmiyor piyasa
[01:29:26] durgun şirketin değeri düşüyor sizin elinizdeki paranın değeri düşebiliyordu
[01:29:30] bakın bir tarafta risksiz bir enst'.
[01:29:33] var, bir tarafta riskli bir enstrüman var, buna yatırım yapan yani borsaya
[01:29:36] yatırım yapan bu riski biliyordu, işte mevduata
[01:29:39] koyan da diyordu ki benim riskim yok ama getirim düşük, burada siz çok
[01:29:43] yüksek getiri alabiliyordunuz, burada kabul
[01:29:45] edeceğiniz bir getiri var ama risk yok, risk ve getiri
[01:29:48] arasındaki o ilişkiyi kurabiliyordunuz azından siz
[01:29:51] kendiz şimdi kadar çok araç var ki Deniz bey, yani teknoloji
[01:29:55] gelişti, bu teknolojik araçlarla beraber finansal yeni
[01:29:58] araçlar geliştirildi, denildi ki mesela bu yaşadığımız şey.
[01:30:02] gelirsek şu son iki gündür, şimdi dedi, denildi ki, ya
[01:30:06] bazı kurumlar gitti, şimdi ben alamıyorum
[01:30:09] gidip hazine tahvilini değil mi doğrudan, ben
[01:30:11] alabiliyorum, hazine tahvili alayım, biraz borsadan
[01:30:15] hisse senedi alayım, biraz işte mevduata koyayım, yani tabii ki yok
[01:30:18] mevduat içinde de hani örnek olarak anlaşılsın diye söylüyorum bu
[01:30:22] do not show the same
[01:30:25] bunlar koştuğumuz fonlardaki konu şu eee
[01:30:29] yani klasik yatırım fonlarından şöyle farklı buralarda. piyasası fonu
[01:30:33] diyoruz, son dönemde çok öne çıktı, aslında
[01:30:36] vadeli mevduata para koymak istemiyorum, bu fona
[01:30:39] parayı koyuyorum, riski düşük, yani görece riski düşük
[01:30:43] alanlara yatırım yapan likiditesi yüksek, yani ne demek
[01:30:47] likidite, istediğim zaman çıkabiliyorum, eee
[01:30:50] araçlara yatırım yapan fonlardı bunlar, özellikle hisse senedi piyasasına
[01:30:53] yatırım yapıyordu, yani ben daha çok hisse senedi piyasasından
[01:30:57] oluşmuş bir fon oluşturuyorum, o orada
[01:31:00] oluşan parayla gidiyorum belirli. hisse senetlerini alıyorum, yine
[01:31:04] riski düşürmek için başka araçlara yatırım yapabiliyorum,
[01:31:07] ama oransal olarak hisse senedinin yükü ağır, benim
[01:31:11] yatırım yaptığım hisseler arttığında benim fonumun değeri artıyordu ister
[01:31:14] istemez, şimdi dün şöyle oldu, yani her az önce oraya
[01:31:18] geçmeden düne gene bu fonları anlamak açısından eskiden
[01:31:21] genem hatırladığım dönemde yaşlandık artık o te
[01:31:25] eskilerden diye bahsederler ya böyle ben de artık öyle de
[01:31:28] söylemeye başladım bu fonların kuruluşları bir hayli
[01:31:31] zordu. teminatlar gösteriliyordu, efendime söyleyeyim,
[01:31:35] izinlerin alınması, zamanlar vesairer işte başlarındaki
[01:31:38] yöneticiler filan gibi böyle çok sıkı denetim mekanizması vardı, aynı
[01:31:41] sıkılıkta denetim mekanizması ve izinler el an söz konusu mu?
[01:31:45] tam oraya geleceğim, şimdi bu hızlı evrime aslında biz dünyada
[01:31:49] gördük ki zaman zaman kamu otoriteleri yetişemedi, yani
[01:31:52] çok hızlı ilermesi 2008'deki işte Amerika'daki subprime
[01:31:56] mortgage krizi vardı hatırlayın mortgage krizi oldu dediler mortgage'dan niye kriz oluyor
[01:32:00] ki insanlar kredi çekiyorlar ev alıyorlar. dedik oysa ki o
[01:32:04] kredinin sözleşmesinin mesela bakın bir ürün olarak o
[01:32:08] sözleşmeyi satmışlar evet yani demişler
[01:32:11] ki he borcu satmış o borcu satan dat çek kırdırma gibi bir
[01:32:15] şey da başka bir yere satmış falan bmış ama son
[01:32:18] alıcı parayı ödemeyince hop iş bitmiş mesela 2008 böyleydi mesela
[01:32:22] what happened yesterday.
[01:32:25] Thank you very much for coming. Welcome. Welcome.
[01:32:28] Thank you. Good morning. Thank you very much.
[01:32:32] This thing I said is really important. Now, I also started
[01:32:36] journalism with financial journalism.
[01:32:39] But back then, the number of instruments was small.
[01:32:43] At that time, the capital market law was relatively
[01:32:46] more understandable compared to today.
[01:32:49] Now, if you look back, the market has developed a lot.
[01:32:53] The instruments have become very different. The regulations made regarding
[01:32:57] those instruments also
[01:33:01] changed a lot within themselves when we look at them from the day they were made
[01:33:04] until today, and also changed a lot when we look at the historical process.
[01:33:08] That's why, honestly, I had a lot of difficulty understanding it.
[01:33:12] So, my request to you is, please explain
[01:33:16] to our citizens what happened. First of all, let's start with yesterday.
[01:33:19] Yes, let's start from here. First of all, that historical process you mentioned,
[01:33:23] what did it teach us? It said that
[01:33:26] financial markets, financial instruments,
[01:33:29] investment instruments... What was there before?
[01:33:33] You would put your money in the bank. There were time deposits, right?
[01:33:37] I kept my money for one month, 32 days. This was the shortest term.
[01:33:40] After 32 days, it would give me interest.
[01:33:43] I would evaluate my savings with this interest, right?
[01:33:47] Or what was there? There was the stock market.
[01:33:51] You would go and buy a share in the stock market.
[01:33:54] If the company whose share it belonged to
[01:33:58] performed well, people wanted to be partners in that company.
[01:34:01] Therefore, the value of the company increased,
[01:34:05] your value increased, or the opposite could happen.
[01:34:08] That company was sometimes poorly managed, or it was unsuccessful,
[01:34:11] its sales were not good, the market was stagnant, the value of the company decreased,
[01:34:15] the value of your money could decrease. Look, there is a risk-free instrument on one side,
[01:34:18] and a risky instrument on the other side. Those who invested in the stock market
[01:34:21] knew this risk. Those who put it in a deposit would say, "I have no risk,
[01:34:25] but my return is low." Here you could get very high returns.
[01:34:28] Here you have an acceptable return, but no risk.
[01:34:32] You could establish that relationship between risk and return.
[01:34:36] Now there are so many tools, Deniz Bey, that technology has developed.
[01:34:38] With these technological tools, new financial
[01:34:42] tools have been developed. It was said, for example,
[01:34:46] if we come to what we are experiencing in the last two days,
[01:34:49] it was said that some institutions went, now I cannot
[01:34:52] directly buy treasury bonds, right?
[01:34:56] I can buy treasury bonds,
[01:35:00] I can buy some shares from the stock market, I can put some in deposits.
[01:35:03] I mean, of course, I am saying this as an example for deposits
[01:35:06] to be understood. This has evolved. Yes, what is the difference?
[01:35:09] These are the funds we are talking about now. The issue with these funds
[01:35:12] is that they differ from classic investment funds
[01:35:16] in that we call them money market funds. They have become very prominent recently.
[01:35:19] Actually, I don't want to put money in time deposits.
[01:35:23] I put money in this fund. The risk is low.
[01:35:26] I mean, these were funds that invested in areas with relatively low risk
[01:35:30] and high liquidity, meaning I can withdraw my money
[01:35:33] whenever I want. They invested in instruments.
[01:35:37] They especially invested in the stock market. So, I was creating a fund
[01:35:40] that mostly consisted of stock market investments. With the money
[01:35:44] generated there, I would go and buy certain stocks.
[01:35:48] I could also invest in other instruments to reduce risk,
[01:35:51] but proportionally, the weight of stocks was heavy.
[01:35:55] When the stocks I invested in increased, the value of my fund
[01:35:59] inevitably increased. Now, what happened yesterday...
[01:36:02] I mean, before I get to that, let's go back to yesterday.
[01:36:05] To understand these funds, in the period I remember,
[01:36:09] we got old, you know, they talk about "the old days",
[01:36:12] I've started saying that too. Establishing these funds
[01:36:16] was quite difficult. Collateral was provided,
[01:36:20] and obtaining permits, and time,
[01:36:23] etc. There was a very strict inspection mechanism,
[01:36:27] with the managers in charge and so on. Is the same strict inspection mechanism
[01:36:31] and permits still in place? I'm about to get there.
[01:36:34] Now, we saw this rapid evolution in the world, and sometimes
[01:36:38] public authorities couldn't keep up. The rapid progress in 2008,
[01:36:42] you remember the subprime mortgage crisis in America? There was a mortgage crisis,
[01:36:45] and people said, "Why is there a crisis from mortgages? People take out loans and buy houses."
[01:36:49] We said that, but they had sold the loan contract
[01:36:53] as a product, you know.
[01:36:56] Yes, they had said, "They sold the debt."
[01:37:00] It was like cashing a check. They sold it to another place,
[01:37:04] but when the final buyer didn't pay, it was over.
[01:37:08] For example, 2008 was like this. For example, you remember that?
[01:37:11] Now, at the point we have reached, there is such rapid progress
[01:37:15] in the money market or capital market.
[01:37:18] Derivative instruments have emerged, other instruments have emerged.
[01:37:21] It is impossible for small investors to follow this anymore.
[01:37:25] Portfolio investment companies consisting of professionals who follow it
[01:37:29] have emerged. They are also subject to capital market regulations.
[01:37:32] However, since this area is a newly developed area,
[01:37:36] the institutions responsible for overseeing the audit mechanism
[01:37:39] or auditing these companies implemented these regulations
[01:37:42] with a delay. How much of a delay?
[01:37:46] About a year ago, Mehmet Şimşek, the Minister of Treasury
[01:37:50] and Finance, said that "we see a very serious interest in these funds.
[01:37:53] Our citizens are going there. We also need to take a look at it."
[01:37:57] Approximately 10 months later, in fact, at the end of August,
[01:38:01] a much stricter regulation regarding this was created.
[01:38:04] So, when it was small, two or three weeks ago,
[01:38:07] yes, yes, when it was very small, when there weren't many transactions there,
[01:38:10] it could proceed within the framework of certain standards because there were
[01:38:14] already certain standards. However, in Turkey, especially
[01:38:17] with high inflation, in an environment where the value of money
[01:38:21] was rapidly disappearing and purchasing power was rapidly eroding,
[01:38:25] small investors with a few liras of savings or large investors with millions of liras
[01:38:28] said, "Wait a minute, I want liquid assets,
[01:38:32] assets that I can convert to cash faster. it's not currently, I'll
[01:38:36] tell you that. So we are not talking about a risk to the health of our financial
[01:38:40] market, to the health of the financial market. We are not talking about
[01:38:43] a risk. News related to one or two funds that
[01:38:46] we have mentioned, investors quickly moving there,
[01:38:50] them falling into certain payment
[01:38:53] difficulties, and others seeing them taking advantage of the opportunity.
[01:39:27] says, "Wait a minute, you need to calm down." Because in such
[01:39:30] periods, those who control these
[01:39:33] markets with large transactions, those who coordinate and speculate,
[01:39:36] sniff out these good atmospheres, unlike you. You need to calm
[01:39:40] down. We are ordinary citizens, we go to our jobs, we do our
[01:39:43] work. There are civil servants, pensioners, workers, they have
[01:39:47] their own jobs. The people we are talking about, their job is already
[01:39:51] this. Yes, so it's very much like that.
[01:39:53] As they say, a wolf loves cloudy weather, yes.
[01:40:05] Now, what can be discussed, what will be debated? So, what are the main topics
[01:40:09] related to these? What happened yesterday, what could it be? I will ask
[01:40:13] that, but after these,
[01:40:16] statements also came from a fund. So,
[01:40:20] that the valuation will be done for a month, and the payment will be
[01:40:24] made within 10 days, such a statement.
[01:40:28] This came to mean, what does this mean? Tell us this and what does it mean to default
[01:40:32] from the fund's perspective? You actually explained it, but I'm saying it so that
[01:40:35] our viewers understand what the term means. Aren't very fast daily instant
[01:40:39] transactions made in these markets? But in the end, as a small investor
[01:40:43] who has invested there, at the end of the day, how much is my fund worth?
[01:40:47] Maybe I'll want to sell it, and sell it at that moment. Because
[01:40:50] its liquidity, that is, its ability to be quickly converted into cash, its
[01:40:54] value comes from there. Otherwise, you hold it to maturity. Of course,
[01:40:57] of course, I mean, if the child needs something tomorrow or the day after, or something else happens, I'll
[01:41:01] immediately do it. If an unexpected illness comes up, God forbid, or a debt, I'll immediately
[01:41:05] withdraw it and pay it, but I don't want it to stay in my hand, I want it to continue to appreciate
[01:41:09] there. If you put it there, if you have to withdraw
[01:41:11] the money before the maturity period, you cannot get the interest
[01:41:15] return you want. Now, the issue here is this:
[01:41:18] the value of this fund has instant transactions,
[01:41:22] there are thousands of transactions, and it needs to have a value, yes.
[01:41:26] It says about your value, I will give this value,
[01:41:29] within a certain period, I mean, I cannot give you
[01:41:33] the value instantly anymore, because the market is very
[01:41:36] complex right now. I will give it to you with this
[01:41:39] routine. In a way, it's like
[01:41:43] converting the fund you invested in because it's liquid,
[01:41:47] into a kind of time deposit.
[01:41:50] So, I will value it every 15 days, and I will pay
[01:41:53] your money within 10 days accordingly, because it says this... But
[01:41:57] it's a temporary measure. Oh, I was going to ask that. This is the most important part, Mr. Oğuz,
[01:42:01] I mean, will this always be the case from now on, or
[01:42:04] is it a temporary measure taken until this turbulence, this storm, passes?
[01:42:08] These are very large portfolio management companies,
[01:42:11] Mr. Deniz, so even a very small drop in value in portfolio companies
[01:42:15] of this size can cause very large losses for the company. Now, these
[01:42:19] companies, it's probably what they mean when they say
[01:42:22] "little by little and much by much." But on the other hand,
[01:42:26] they also have an investor base that they are protecting.
[01:42:30] They say, "There is a cloudy atmosphere right now. In this
[01:42:34] cloudy atmosphere, let's not all incur very large losses. You
[01:42:37] entered a fund that you knew was liquid, it is still liquid, but
[01:42:41] let my portfolio managers manage this
[01:42:44] process, and in the end, until this atmosphere
[01:42:48] clears, let's protect each other." Because the system is built on trust,
[01:42:52] we say regulation and supervision are built on this, right? Well,
[01:42:55] the main point we should perhaps criticize
[01:42:59] here is the delay of the public
[01:43:03] authority in making these regulations. That is, if they
[01:43:06] had brought these regulations, these
[01:43:10] rules, before they
[01:43:13] grew so large, before they reached these magnitudes,
[01:43:17] perhaps we wouldn't have experienced such things today. Can there
[01:43:20] be people who do wrong, who try to gain unfair profit
[01:43:24] from this system within every system? Crime
[01:43:27] committed, or rather, those who have a tendency to commit
[01:43:30] crimes, or who have made an attempt in that regard, the law will already
[01:43:34] pursue and find them on the other side, and conduct its investigation. That exists in every system.
[01:43:37] Does it not exist in cheese production? It exists there too. Does it not exist
[01:43:41] in America? It exists everywhere. But when the system is very large,
[01:43:45] inevitably, the extent of the injustice
[01:43:47] here can be very large and
[01:43:50] can harm people. Therefore, the need
[01:43:54] for regulation and supervision of the system arises from this.
[01:43:57] "It says, 'Do not gain illegal, unfair profit through other people's
[01:44:01] savings.' Therefore, at the point
[01:44:05] we have reached, what actually
[01:44:07] needs to be criticized is the Capital Markets Board's
[01:44:11] delay in making these regulations, leaving them until night,
[01:44:14] this much delay, and we still cannot
[01:44:18] know what the consequences of this delay will be in today's conditions. Well,
[01:44:22] then, today, immediately after all this, I think it was an important
[01:44:26] thing, I mean, the public showed a quick reaction.
[01:44:30] In some cases, especially in the money market, I mean,
[01:44:33] what will happen and so on, when things started to happen, the Central Bank
[01:44:37] would do nothing, but it would make a statement before. Now,
[01:44:40] but that would be enough. It would say we are monitoring the developments,
[01:44:44] and suddenly the rapid movements there would calm down, saying, "Oh, Central
[01:44:47] Bank, I am here." Because the main mission of the state
[01:44:51] here is the news that the Financial Stability Committee
[01:44:55] will convene. Even that alone is a very important step in terms of
[01:44:58] giving confidence to investors, I think. First of all, I need to
[01:45:01] say that we are monitoring what is happening here,
[01:45:05] and we are aware of it. On one hand, there are some investigations
[01:45:09] going on in the legal side, but on the other hand,
[01:45:12] when you look back, we are responsible for ensuring the security of this system.
[01:45:15] Look, everything can be criticized, every mistake
[01:45:18] can be criticized, because people's savings are at stake here.
[01:45:22] Therefore, the state's ability to quickly resolve
[01:45:25] this problem, any problem that may arise regarding trust,
[01:45:29] and to take steps in that direction, is actually important for all of us
[01:45:33] in terms of the system's security. Look, it's very
[01:45:36] easy to say this, Mr. Deniz. People are writing on social media,
[01:45:40] here and there, "Oh, it's going to be like this." I mean, such absurd
[01:45:43] things are circulating. As I said,
[01:45:46] these can be on one hand for some people to gain
[01:45:49] more unfair profit, or
[01:45:52] on the other hand, the system can ultimately
[01:45:55] emerge as something bad for all of us. Many things are bad in Turkey today.
[01:45:59] You are giving the news right now. The economic management is bad. Yes, we are all in
[01:46:03] trouble. Yes, in this country, people are struggling to make
[01:46:06] ends meet. Saving has already become a miracle.
[01:46:10] There is a group of people who have savings. If these
[01:46:13] people lose what they have due to such manipulative rumors, or
[01:46:17] "look, it will be like this, look, it will be like that," it will not benefit
[01:46:20] any of us. Therefore, what is right and what needs to be
[01:46:24] done is for the state to realize once again that it is the state and
[01:46:28] that it has a regulatory and supervisory role.
[01:46:31] Without delay, look, for example, what are we talking about? We are saying
[01:46:34] that the Capital Markets Board made a regulation very late, and that it has an important
[01:46:38] role at the point we have reached today. But on the other hand,
[01:46:40] if this has reached this point today, you will convene in the morning,
[01:46:44] and it is convening, because the markets open at 10.
[01:46:47] Before it opens, the meeting started after a two-hour
[01:46:50] break at 8. Of course, we are following
[01:46:54] it from here. Let's make such a call to the Ministry of
[01:46:57] Finance officials. Our screens are always open to them. If they want to make
[01:47:00] a statement about this, if they want to announce it, we
[01:47:04] will gladly convey this statement.
[01:47:07] So, in summary, in a couple of sentences, Mr. Oğuz, what will be discussed
[01:47:10] today? I mean, what topics can the Financial
[01:47:13] Stability Committee discuss? We don't
[01:47:16] know anything, just predictions. I mean, we can't really go into
[01:47:20] the technical details. We don't know what kind
[01:47:23] of decisions will be made, but I can say this: can they take
[01:47:26] some measures to ensure liquidity? Yes, they can, of course.
[01:47:30] They have these tools at hand to ensure that it functions. The main problem arises
[01:47:34] from this. As I was explaining where the story began, you are selling, but
[01:47:37] if you can't sell, you can't get money. You can't get money, you can't give money. Now, it will
[01:47:41] use all these tools within a regulatory framework,
[01:47:45] within a legal framework, to eliminate a potential
[01:47:48] trust issue here. So, it will confirm
[01:47:51] that there is no distrust here.
[01:47:54] Therefore, providing liquidity
[01:47:57] can be included in this, other measures can also be included.
[01:48:00] Nothing will happen here. As I said, the main story here is to make
[01:48:04] moves that can restore and confirm trust.
[01:48:07] And it needs to do this. Look, let me say it one more time.
[01:48:11] Oh, they met, it's great and so on. Yes, their meeting
[01:48:15] is important. Second, such a message. Because
[01:48:18] I mean, let's not say "what did you cut, what did you eat?" Because we are experiencing
[01:48:22] something, Mr. Deniz, from time to time, the public authority, I'm
[01:48:26] not talking about this specific issue, but in many general issues, we have
[01:48:30] seen examples where their priorities
[01:48:32] were actually outside of our desired priorities.
[01:48:36] Many times. So that's why
[01:48:39] the results of this meeting, this is a very technical
[01:48:42] area. In this technical area, just like it has been until today,
[01:48:45] and before this, I mean, the relevant authority will draw a roadmap
[01:48:49] to say, "Stop, I am here." There is
[01:48:52] no such thing. Yes, there is an investigation. Yes, there are small investors. Yes, there are large
[01:48:55] investors. I think it will protect the interests of
[01:49:04] it very well. Thank you, you are welcome. I hope
[01:49:07] the question marks in the minds of our viewers are gone. I think
[01:49:11] they are gone, because as I said, they were very clear, very precise, very eloquent explanations. Thank you,
[01:49:33] relax a little bit. Let's finish this second part by saying "Where
[01:49:36] are you?" from Neşet Ertaş, the Great Minstrel.
[01:56:54] and access the news immediately whenever you want. Good morning, dear viewers, welcome to Gun Dogarken. I am Deniz Bayramoğlu,
[01:56:58] today is Tuesday, September 17th. We will convey to you the agenda of Turkey
[01:57:01] and the world in the next hour, but...
[01:57:05] We have a guest today. First of all, I would like
[01:57:08] to proudly introduce Ms. Arzu Çerkezoğlu, the President
[01:57:11] of the Revolutionary Trade Unions Confederation (DİSK), is with us.
[01:57:15] Welcome to our broadcast. For the next few minutes,
[01:57:18] until 10 o'clock, in this part of our program, we will discuss the current
[01:57:22] issues on Turkey's agenda, starting with education, which
[01:57:26] seems to be one of the hottest topics. But we will also talk about
[01:57:29] the health sector, employment, youth labor, the situation in MESEMs,
[01:57:33] child labor. I never like to use these two words together, but
[01:57:36] unfortunately, it is one of the words we use. We will discuss these issues
[01:57:40] in detail. First of all, thank you very much for
[01:57:44] coming, for not breaking our hearts. I know you have a busy schedule,
[01:57:54] our viewers about the important developments on today's agenda.
[01:57:58] We will start our conversation from there.
[01:58:02] Once again, diesel has increased, dear viewers. With the second
[01:58:05] increase in a very short period, in the last 10 days, the price has
[01:58:09] exceeded 100 liras. The triple-digit era
[01:58:12] has begun for diesel. There was a very serious movement
[01:58:16] in the stock market yesterday. We saw a very serious drop, and a circuit
[01:58:20] breaker was triggered. It closed the day with a 5.54%
[01:58:23] drop. We just talked about its details with Professor Oğuz Demir.
[01:58:26] The US Central Bank, the Fed, raised interest
[01:58:30] rates after 3 years. With an increase of 0.25
[01:58:33] points, the interest rates
[01:58:35] reached the range of 3.75-4. New Party General
[01:58:38] President Özgür Özel gave an interview to Murat Aksoy.
[01:58:42] In that interview, he talks about different topics, but one of
[01:58:45] the important headlines was the ongoing
[01:58:48] "Turkey Without Terror" process and Abdullah Öcalan's move to a house
[01:58:52] built for him in İmralı. For us, what is important is not that Öcalan
[01:58:56] goes to his place, it is not that. He said we should talk about
[01:58:59] Demirtaş reuniting with his home. The Büşra Baby investigation continues.
[01:59:03] 11-month-old Büşra Baby is missing. It is not known where she is. The mother
[01:59:07] gave conflicting statements repeatedly, and the latest development
[01:59:10] is that the mother and father were arrested within
[01:59:13] the scope of this investigation. An attempt was made to attack the holy
[01:59:17] city of Mecca with a drone by Yemeni Houthis. It received a strong
[01:59:20] reaction from Ankara, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and statements
[01:59:24] came from the AK Party. We also conveyed those, and we will look at them again in the coming minutes.
[01:59:27] We determined our hashtag
[01:59:30] today as "We Found." Your messages regarding
[01:59:33] it continue to come, dear viewers. I want to quickly
[01:59:36] convey a few of them to you. Let me quickly check.
[01:59:40] The tea and simit account: We found those who get votes
[01:59:43] by talking about the justice of Prophet Omar and those who say "we found"
[01:59:46] their salaries, retired member of parliament, retired member of parliament,
[01:59:50] member of parliament, and those who are retired. He also added the minimum wage below.
[01:59:54] We will talk about the minimum wage, right, Ms. Arzu, what
[01:59:57] it means. DİSK has a very valuable
[02:00:01] research unit that has been like that for years, throughout its history.
[02:00:04] DİSKAR truly presents
[02:00:08] a very clear picture of the labor world, of the situation of workers
[02:00:11] and laborers. They have carried
[02:00:14] out very serious research, Ms. Arza will also convey those to us.
[02:00:18] In another headline, Mücahit Yıldız says, "We found
[02:00:21] Nahs. If they feed the interest lobbies, ignore the retirees, ask for patience,
[02:00:25] experience hunger at the same table, and hopelessness
[02:00:28] in the same market, if they are overturning the common destiny of different
[02:00:31] lives with unfair shares, the government
[02:00:34] has many excuses. They are tormenting retirees," he says.
[02:00:38] I read some of the social media messages
[02:00:41] that came to our headline
[02:00:51] because the education issue,
[02:00:54] as a journalist, is one of the most important issues for us.
[02:00:58] Because when we talk about education, we are not only talking about today,
[02:01:02] but actually about our future, where the country will go,
[02:01:05] what kind of country we will face in 10 or 20 years. That's
[02:01:09] why it's a fundamental issue. Moreover,
[02:01:12] the economic situation of families, where a significant
[02:01:16] portion of nearly 18 million students'
[02:01:19] families are wage earners,
[02:01:23] at low to middle-income levels,
[02:01:26] and the money they can spend on education, the amount they can
[02:01:29] allocate from their budgets, is limited, especially under today's
[02:01:33] inflation and high cost of living conditions, knowing that it's very difficult,
[02:01:37] we are talking about this. And that's why, every time
[02:01:40] I open the topic of education, allow me to say once again that the common
[02:01:43] demand of citizens is for every student to receive
[02:01:46] at least one free meal and water at school.
[02:01:50] When we look at this, Turkey is actually capable
[02:01:53] of doing it. That's why we expect it to do so.
[02:01:57] As Eğitim-Sen, within this week,
[02:02:01] wasn't it on Monday, a demonstration was organized.
[02:02:04] Let's start from there. What was said in that demonstration, what was
[02:02:08] expressed, and when we start to take a picture of
[02:02:18] I also thank you very much for being on a broadcast with you
[02:02:21] again.
[02:02:24] Yes, of course, when we talk about education, as you said,
[02:02:27] we are not really talking about today, we are talking about the future of the country.
[02:02:31] That's why education policies in all their dimensions are extremely
[02:02:34] important. So, we have been fighting for
[02:02:38] all kinds of problems, difficulties, and what needs to be done in the field of education for years,
[02:02:41] especially as education unions. Education, just like health,
[02:02:45] is a fundamental right for everyone, for all citizens.
[02:02:48] And it is the duty and responsibility of the state
[02:02:52] to provide this right equally, accessibly, and free
[02:02:55] of charge to all our children. But unfortunately, for years in Turkey,
[02:02:59] let's also say why it is its responsibility. The second article of our constitution
[02:03:02] clearly states that the Republic of Turkey
[02:03:05] is a secular, democratic, social state governed by the rule of law.
[02:03:09] This is one of the fundamental requirements of being a social
[02:03:12] state. It must provide
[02:03:14] this.
[02:03:18] The second article of the Constitution is so important that it actually
[02:03:21] sheds light on everything we talk about, it defines
[02:03:25] its framework. That is, from education to health, from social
[02:03:29] security to the minimum wage we will talk about later,
[02:03:32] all these lie in the sentence in the second article of the Constitution
[02:03:36] that says "The Republic of Turkey is a democratic, secular, social state governed by the rule of law."
[02:03:40] You underlined something very important. That is, talking about these
[02:03:43] is also a constitutional duty. Therefore,
[02:03:47] education is a right
[02:03:56] for everyone, but unfortunately, with the policies
[02:04:00] implemented in Turkey, education has been commercialized. When we send
[02:04:03] our children to public schools, we have to pay for many
[02:04:07] things, etc. Therefore, as you just stated, one
[02:04:11] free meal and water is a right for every child.
[02:04:15] All these are fundamental problems of education.
[02:04:18] From the curriculum, from the content, to the precarious employment
[02:04:21] of education workers, to the problem of paid teachers,
[02:04:25] all these are fundamental problems of education, and we are in a process
[02:04:28] where education unions and others are drawing attention to these, discussing
[02:04:32] solutions, and fighting for them. We, as DİSK,
[02:04:35] as a labor organization, as a workers' confederation,
[02:04:39] why were we in front of the Ministry of National Education on Monday? We were there to draw
[02:04:42] attention to a specific point in the process.
[02:04:45] Our research
[02:04:48] department, as you also said, had prepared a report to explain
[02:04:52] the concept of child labor, which we never want to
[02:04:55] use together, and the extent it has reached in Turkey. That's why we were
[02:04:58] in front of the Ministry of National Education. There is a very serious
[02:05:02] child labor problem in Turkey. Now, our banner read "No child is a worker." Children's
[02:05:06] place is not workplaces, not factories, not workshops,
[02:05:10] not fields. Children's place is schools. Children
[02:05:13] should go to school, get an education, play, dream, and
[02:05:17] grow up. We were in front of the Ministry of National Education
[02:05:20] to express our children's right to grow up. But unfortunately,
[02:05:24] due to the economic policies implemented in Turkey, MESEMs (Vocational
[02:05:28] Education Centers) Vocational In-service training is a separate
[02:05:32] heading, but along with it, when the school bell rang
[02:05:34] on Monday, millions of our children started school,
[02:05:38] but hundreds of thousands of our children our child did not go to school, but to work,
[02:05:41] to the workshop, to the factory, to the field. Now we were there to draw attention to this,
[02:05:44] to correctly determine the reasons for this,
[02:05:48] and we were there to explain what needs to be done
[02:05:51] regarding solutions. Now, Turkey has entered such an economic
[02:05:55] policy that for years, when we said "poor",
[02:05:58] who did we call poor in our childhood, for example?
[02:06:02] Someone who has no income, someone who has no livelihood income is unemployed,
[02:06:05] therefore poor, for example. But now
[02:06:09] we are talking about poverty in very, very different dimensions, we are talking about
[02:06:12] types of poverty, we say deep poverty, women's poverty,
[02:06:16] retired poverty, working poverty, we work but we are still
[02:06:20] poor, we can't even be poor. That is, today, within those definitions,
[02:06:23] people who have a salary or income from a place
[02:06:27] have also started to be counted as poor. The concept of working poverty
[02:06:30] has entered our dictionary. Now, can such a thing happen? If you are working,
[02:06:34] you are putting in a certain effort,
[02:06:36] you are sweating, and in return, you should have an income
[02:06:40] that is enough to live humanely, that will at least bring you to the poverty line,
[02:06:44] that will take you above it, that is, that will save you from being poor.
[02:06:47] But in Turkey, the wage policy is so bad,
[02:06:50] the distribution is so bad, we will talk about the details later,
[02:06:54] there is a terrible poverty, and unfortunately, child poverty has also
[02:06:57] been added to this. One out of every three children
[02:07:00] in Turkey is poor and has to work.
[02:07:03] The reason for so many working children,
[02:07:07] for child labor being so widespread in Turkey,
[02:07:10] is the deep poverty experienced, that is, because the income of parents
[02:07:13] is not enough for the family to live,
[02:07:16] children are forced to work
[02:07:20] in this country. That is, no one willingly sends their child to work,
[02:07:23] to a workshop, instead of school. A very large part
[02:07:27] of working children work because they have to contribute to the family budget.
[02:07:31] Therefore, we were in front of the Ministry of National Education to put all these facts forward
[02:07:34] and to tell the political power that governs the country
[02:07:38] to abandon these policies, these economic
[02:07:41] policies, that all parents
[02:07:44] should receive a wage that allows them to live humanely, and
[02:07:48] that children should be rescued from working. That is, child labor
[02:07:51] cannot be prevented by telling children not to work, it can be prevented by eliminating
[02:07:54] the conditions that force children to work. child labor.
[02:07:58] has suffered a child work accident,
[02:08:09] these are the registered ones, that is, children over 15 registered in the SSI.
[02:08:13] The situation is even worse for unregistered workers.
[02:08:16] In the last 9 years, we have lost
[02:08:19] 646 of our children
[02:08:21] while working. That is, child and work
[02:08:25] murders, child labor, all of these are truly
[02:08:28] Turkey's darkest
[02:08:32] face of life. Therefore, we explained what needs to be done
[02:08:35] to draw attention to all of these, to explain all of these, and
[02:08:38] so that on the day schools open, all our children's right
[02:08:42] to go to school, to receive education, to play,
[02:08:44] to spend time with their friends, and to grow up,
[02:08:48] that is, so that they do not face such a terrible situation
[02:08:52] as losing their lives before growing up.
[02:08:55] and said that we would fight for this.
[02:08:59] You said 95,000 work accidents.
[02:09:02] The number of children
[02:09:05] who have had work accidents. Really, when one says it, one feels so
[02:09:09] alienated, "What am I saying?" one thinks. If I am not mistaken,
[02:09:12] I had also seen the figures for 2026.
[02:09:15] A figure like 35-40 children lost their lives.
[02:09:19] Is it the first 8 months? If you remember those statistics, please
[02:09:22] share them with us. Of course, I cannot remember the exact figures
[02:09:26] one by one right now, but as you said,
[02:09:30] I remember a figure close to 40 in the first 8 months. Now, every year,
[02:09:33] in the first 8 months of 2026, now we have a health and work
[02:09:37] safety council, they also announce monthly reports. 40
[02:09:40] of our children lost their lives while working. In 9
[02:09:43] years, the number that could be determined is 646
[02:09:47] of our children lost their lives while working.
[02:09:50] I'm thinking about the number 646. It's like a school. I mean, there are that many children in a school.
[02:09:54] Imagine a school bell ringing, the schoolyard is bustling. There are 646
[02:09:57] children. We have lost this many
[02:10:01] children in just the last 9 years, Mr. Deniz. This is really
[02:10:04] terrible. I mean, I immediately remember
[02:10:08] how much our hearts burned, how much we talked,
[02:10:11] debated, when a school was hit
[02:10:14] during America's attacks on Iran and girls lost their lives.
[02:10:18] We are talking about a number
[02:10:20] several times that size,
[02:10:23] and we are talking about this as
[02:10:26] a figure. We are talking about it as a figure. Each one is a
[02:10:30] world, each one is a life, each one is the child of a family, of parents.
[02:10:34] The difficulty we have when talking about it as a figure
[02:10:37] is unfortunately Turkey's reality. But this
[02:10:41] reality did not emerge by chance. Everyone
[02:10:44] really needs to see this now, and the political power that governs the country
[02:10:48] also needs to take responsibility for this. I mean, if you suppress wages
[02:10:51] so much, the minimum wage, which has become an average wage
[02:10:54] today, was 28,000 liras, it fell to 21,000 liras in terms of purchasing power.
[02:10:58] If you make this an average wage,
[02:11:01] the hunger line in this country exceeded 37,000 liras. That is,
[02:11:05] a mother and father in a home, the poverty line exceeded 120,000 liras. If a mother
[02:11:09] and father and two children work in a home, they cannot reach the poverty line.
[02:11:20] We looked at the student part,
[02:11:23] the child part of the education world, but there is also the teacher part.
[02:11:27] The situation is not bright there either. Currently, if I'm not mistaken,
[02:11:30] over 1 million, approximately 1.2 million university graduates,
[02:11:34] graduates of various education faculties, or those who have graduated from other
[02:11:37] faculties and received their pedagogical formation, are waiting for appointment as teacher
[02:11:41] candidates. "Appointment This is indeed
[02:11:45] a painful figure. In addition, the Ministry of National Education
[02:11:48] continues to hire contract teachers.
[02:11:51] We reported this on Halk TV, it was just two days ago, if I'm not mistaken.
[02:11:55] Moreover, people from completely unrelated
[02:11:59] branches and
[02:12:03] unrelated fields of education are being hired.
[02:12:05] They are being employed in a field
[02:12:08] that has no connection to their expertise, they are being employed on a contract basis.
[02:12:12] Moreover, the main criterion in that sense is not scientific,
[02:12:15] cognitive competence, but rather having worked in the Ministry of National Education
[02:12:18] before, having established a connection with it.
[02:12:21] Such a criterion has been set. Frankly, I, for my part,
[02:12:25] could not make sense of it. But
[02:12:29] the number of teachers and the conditions in which teachers
[02:12:32] find themselves truly deserve to be discussed in this context, in my opinion.
[02:12:36] Undoubtedly, undoubtedly, this is a result of the educational
[02:12:39] policies and choices being implemented. While students are experiencing this situation,
[02:12:42] thousands of teachers are unemployed, waiting for appointment.
[02:12:46] They are forced to work for very low wages in the private sector,
[02:12:49] in private tutoring centers, in private schools.
[02:12:52] The issue of paid teaching, as you know, is very much on the agenda,
[02:12:56] and education unions are waging great struggles in this regard,
[02:13:00] and significant gains can be achieved from time to time. But imagine a teacher
[02:13:03] working as a paid teacher within the Ministry of National Education,
[02:13:06] and there are times when they cannot even reach the minimum wage. That is,
[02:13:10] they are paid hourly. Whereas today in Turkey,
[02:13:14] the number of schools, the number of teachers, the number of students,
[02:13:18] a planning suitable for this, and all teachers
[02:13:21] and educators working as permanent staff with job security,
[02:13:25] with their personal rights ensured, unionized,
[02:13:28] and receiving a humane wage in return for the work they do
[02:13:31] and the service they provide. It is essential to establish such an education system.
[02:13:35] Really, the issues in education, with a holistic perspective,
[02:13:38] need to be approached with the social state understanding in the constitution, as we said at the very beginning,
[02:13:41] and it is a process that needs to be re-designed
[02:13:45] from scratch based on this. That is, from the solution of the problems
[02:13:49] experienced by teachers to child labor,
[02:13:52] to children losing their lives while working, to the issue of vocational training,
[02:13:56] for example, another very current issue is the vocational training issue.
[02:13:59] Every year, many children lose their lives while working in vocational training centers.
[02:14:03] Vocational education has been turned into a tool for directly transferring
[02:14:07] cheap labor to capital in Turkey.
[02:14:10] The number of children working in vocational training centers is increasing
[02:14:14] more and more every year. Therefore, we are not against vocational education, of course,
[02:14:18] but while it should be public, with all occupational health and safety
[02:14:21] measures taken for children, etc., they are sent as cheap labor to capital.
[02:14:25] Our children studying in vocational high schools.
[02:14:28] Therefore, all of these are a whole, that is,
[02:14:32] from the personal rights of teachers, from their secure employment,
[02:14:35] to the prevention of child labor, to the content of education,
[02:14:39] to its being free, it is essential to re-establish education
[02:14:43] with a holistic policy in Turkey. Yes, at the head of all these
[02:14:46] is, of course, wage policy, which is one of the most important
[02:14:50] issues, not the only issue, of course, but one of the most important
[02:14:58] our wage earners need to achieve humane living conditions.
[02:15:01] When we look at the world of labor, when we look at the world of work,
[02:15:05] we see that a significant
[02:15:08] part of it consists of fixed-income earners,
[02:15:11] consists of minimum wage earners, or let's put it that way.
[02:15:15] That is, we are talking about a non-negligible amount.
[02:15:18] Let's look at the minimum wage assessment you started earlier.
[02:15:21] All together,
[02:15:25] because day by day, the share of the minimum wage
[02:15:28] in the national income is eroding,
[02:15:31] and it continues to erode, and it seems like it will continue to erode.
[02:15:34] Let me also share this note first. There is also a statement
[02:15:38] from the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Treasury and Finance,
[02:15:42] Mehmet Şimşek, which needs to be remembered.
[02:15:45] He says that the salaries of all public employees and retirees
[02:15:48] will be increased by at least the inflation rate.
[02:15:52] At the beginning, he evaluates this MTP, which
[02:16:03] also emphasizes that "the cost of living is the biggest priority of the economic management." But he emphasized that salaries will be increased
[02:16:07] by at least the inflation rate.
[02:16:10] Let's note this down. Of course, we will need to analyze this,
[02:16:14] but first, let's take a snapshot of our current situation. Our current situation is that today,
[02:16:18] Turkey's fundamental
[02:16:27] we have been fighting for justice in income and justice in taxation.
[02:16:31] That is, it is truly the fundamental
[02:16:34] issue because it is the issue of distribution. We all work, we all produce.
[02:16:38] We have a very young population. 85 million people live in this country.
[02:16:42] We have 66 million employable population.
[02:16:45] We have a very young working, productive population that works long
[02:16:48] hours. And we all produce a total value
[02:16:52] in Turkey. The whole issue is the injustice in the distribution of this value.
[02:16:55] Turkey is experiencing one of the worst periods in its republican history
[02:16:59] right now. In the process we are going through,
[02:17:02] when we look at the 100-year history of the republic, there are two periods
[02:17:05] when distribution was at its worst. That is, there are two periods
[02:17:09] when the share of labor and workers in the value we produced,
[02:17:12] in the national income, was the lowest. One of them
[02:17:16] is the period of the September 12 military coup that occurred in this country 46 years ago.
[02:17:20] In the September 12
[02:17:23] period, the share of labor in the national income had fallen so low,
[02:17:27] it had dropped below 40%. And now, since
[02:17:30] 2018 until today, workers were smiling,
[02:17:34] after that day, employers
[02:17:37] and the September 12 military coup was carried out for this reason,
[02:17:40] and today, 46 years later, we are still experiencing September 12 in many ways,
[02:17:44] regarding unionization and fundamental rights, perhaps even worse. And for this reason,
[02:17:48] with the transition to the presidential government system after 2018
[02:17:51] in Turkey, with the transition to the partisan presidency system,
[02:17:55] the elimination of fundamental rights. Imagine that people currently
[02:17:59] cannot even elect their own mayor, or the mayor they elected
[02:18:02] can be simply dismissed.
[02:18:06] That is, in this period when our fundamental
[02:18:10] rights have been abolished, the share of labor in the national income
[02:18:14] has also fallen to the lowest level. We are experiencing the second period
[02:18:17] when distribution relations are at their worst. I am saying this
[02:18:21] because if you ask why we go back 46 years ago, as a risk, we are fighting
[02:18:25] for labor, for bread, on one hand,
[02:18:29] and for democracy on the other hand, because if there is no democracy, there is no bread.
[02:18:32] That is, when we look at 100 years, if the share of labor in the national income
[02:18:36] has fallen so much, if the ratio of the minimum wage to the national income
[02:18:39] has fallen to 45% from 80%,
[02:18:43] look, there was also 40% in 1980, 37% in 1990,
[02:18:46] then it goes up to 50%, 58% in the mid-2000s,
[02:18:49] then look, there is a rapid decrease after 2010-2020.
[02:18:53] What happened in Turkey
[02:18:55] in that period? What happened in September 12, 1980, and what happened in 2020?
[02:18:58] When we look at this, we see that bread also shrinks
[02:19:02] in periods when Turkey moves away from democracy.
[02:19:04] That is, if there is no democracy, there is no bread. Therefore,
[02:19:08] we are fighting for labor, for bread on one hand,
[02:19:11] and for democracy at the same time.
[02:19:13] There is no bread for millions, there is no bread for the people,
[02:19:17] there is no bread for the worker, for the producer, for the laborer,
[02:19:21] for the unemployed, for the youth,
[02:19:24] for women, for retirees. Let's consider that the minimum wage
[02:19:28] in Turkey today is an average wage, and when it was determined
[02:19:31] at the beginning of this year, we are talking about a minimum wage that was below the hunger line.
[02:19:34] Currently, the minimum wage in Turkey is 28,000 liras, the hunger line has exceeded 37,000
[02:19:38] liras, the poverty line has exceeded 120,000 liras,
[02:19:42] but the minimum wage is 28,000 liras. So what happened to this minimum wage?
[02:19:46] Over the months, due to taxes and deductions, etc.,
[02:19:50] it lost more than 6,000 liras, 6,1996
[02:19:53] liras. That is, currently, the minimum wage in Turkey
[02:19:57] is 21,000 liras, and with this amount,
[02:19:59] with this wage, millions are trying to work and survive
[02:20:03] in this country. Therefore, today, Turkey's fundamental issue is the issue of distribution.
[02:20:06] Turkey's fundamental issue is the distribution crisis.
[02:20:10] That is why we, as Disk, are fighting for justice in income and justice in taxation,
[02:20:14] and we are trying to expand this throughout Turkey
[02:20:17] with all our class comrades. So, the minimum
[02:20:20] wage is really important in showing many things.
[02:20:24] That is, if you deem a minimum wage below the hunger line appropriate for millions,
[02:20:27] then those children will also have to work because their parents cannot make ends meet.
[02:20:31] At the root of many things lies this distribution crisis itself.
[02:20:35] Today, this is the situation
[02:20:37] of those who work,
[02:20:47] Let me quickly make a note here. The Turkish Statistical
[02:20:51] Institute announces unemployment figures month
[02:20:54] by month, we follow it from there, but there is a very important
[02:20:58] point here. When these statistics are made,
[02:21:02] when they are prepared, if I'm not mistaken, it's still the same,
[02:21:05] the question asked is this: If you are looking for a job,
[02:21:09] you are considered unemployed.
[02:21:10] If
[02:21:13] in the last 4 weeks, yes, in the last 4 weeks, this is also written, but if someone says "I'm not looking for a job, I don't have anything,"
[02:21:16] meaning they are not looking for a job,
[02:21:20] they are not included in that statistic. That is,
[02:21:24] we are actually talking about a larger number than the figure
[02:21:27] mentioned here when we look at the number of unemployed. I hope I am not mistaken.
[02:21:30] Right now, the Turkish Statistical Institute announces unemployment figures every month,
[02:21:34] what we call narrowly defined unemployment, that is, as you said, the question.
[02:21:38] They conduct a survey: Do you have a job? No. Have you looked for a job in the last 4 weeks? That is, have you gone to the employment agency
[02:21:42] or looked for a job in any other way? If they say no, they are not considered unemployed.
[02:21:45] This narrowly defined unemployment figure is 2 million
[02:21:49] 700 something, when we give it as a percentage, it is 7.9%.
[02:21:52] Shall we also look at its graph, friends? However, we, as Disk,
[02:21:55] for over 10 years, have been using what we call broadly defined unemployment,
[02:21:59] because this narrowly defined unemployment is only the visible tip of the iceberg.
[02:22:02] But there is also the whole iceberg, that is, those who are underemployed due to time,
[02:22:06] that is, part-time workers, those who have lost hope of finding a job,
[02:22:10] those who are unemployed but want to work but are unemployed.
[02:22:14] When we include all these, that is, the hopeless unemployed
[02:22:17] who have lost hope of finding a job, we see the real
[02:22:21] picture. We call this broadly defined unemployment. For years,
[02:22:24] we, as Disk, calculated this, and we shared it with the entire public.
[02:22:28] Finally, during the pandemic, the government also had to accept this.
[02:22:32] We still calculate broadly defined unemployment figures using TurkStat's raw data.
[02:22:35] We don't just make them up. TurkStat also had to accept this,
[02:22:39] and they define it as idle unemployment, idle workforce.
[02:22:43] So it's very clear here. Please explain it.
[02:22:46] So that our viewers can also see it clearly.
[02:22:50] There is data, first of all, the official narrowly defined unemployment announced by TurkStat.
[02:22:54] TurkStat says that
[02:22:56] 2,799,000 people are unemployed in Turkey. The rate for this
[02:23:00] is 7.9. This only considers those who are unemployed
[02:23:03] and have looked for a job in the last 4 weeks as unemployed. This figure
[02:23:07] is the visible tip of the iceberg, yes.
[02:23:10] But when we talk about broadly defined unemployment, this figure goes up to over 12
[02:23:14] million. Who are included here? There are those who are narrowly defined as unemployed,
[02:23:18] those 2,799,000 people. Besides them,
[02:23:21] for example, if you work 3 hours somewhere per week, they don't consider you unemployed.
[02:23:25] That is, they don't consider those who are underemployed due to time, meaning part-time workers who have worked 3 hours, 5 hours somewhere,
[02:23:29] as unemployed. There are those, and secondly, there are
[02:23:33] millions of people who say "I want to work but I can't find a job.
[02:23:36] I am unemployed." And there are those
[02:23:40] who have even lost hope of finding a job. There are the unemployed who want to work
[02:23:43] but are hopeless unemployed, meaning those who have given up even looking for a job.
[02:23:46] When we include all these, we see the real
[02:23:50] unemployment picture, and we call this broadly defined
[02:23:53] unemployment. The number of these in Turkey has exceeded 12 million.
[02:23:57] This is an extremely high figure. Especially when we look at its other, sub-categories,
[02:24:00] for example, broadly defined female unemployment is over 40%
[02:24:04] in Turkey today. There are two more figures below,
[02:24:07] which are also TurkStat's employment figures: who is working,
[02:24:11] how many people are working within the existing labor force?
[02:24:14] In Turkey, the employment rate is 48.8%. So,
[02:24:17] when you look at it, it doesn't seem like a bad figure, over 32 million
[02:24:21] people. But when we look at these working 32 million people,
[02:24:24] when we look at how these 32 million people work,
[02:24:28] do they work in a registered, full-time,
[02:24:31] secure manner, or do they work in a part-time,
[02:24:35] flexible, home-based, fragile,
[02:24:45] 22 million, and the rate is 34%.
[02:24:49] A little while ago, I mentioned a figure. I said that we have a young population,
[02:24:52] we always boast about this. In Turkey, we have 66
[02:24:56] million (I'm skipping the decimals, Mr. Deniz) employable population. This is a very
[02:24:59] important power. But as we see here, only 22
[02:25:03] million of these 66 million are employed in a registered, full-time,
[02:25:06] genuinely employed manner.
[02:25:09] Whereas, if there were an economy
[02:25:13] policy based on production that we could really involve in production in this country,
[02:25:16] an economy policy based on production that creates permanent, secure employment,
[02:25:20] then the solution to many problems would already
[02:25:23] be here. We could employ not 22 million, but 66 million
[02:25:26] of our people in a registered, full-time, secure, unionized,
[02:25:29] insured manner. The possibilities for this exist,
[02:25:33] but because the fundamental economic policy in the country is not based on production,
[02:25:36] it is dependent on foreign countries, fragile. Yesterday's stock market collapse,
[02:25:40] this morning's extraordinary meeting of the financial
[02:25:43] stability institution, etc., we are talking about these.
[02:25:46] That is, an economic policy, an economic management
[02:25:50] that is not based on its own dynamics, unfortunately makes us
[02:25:53] experience such a situation. Ms. Arzu, we will continue.
[02:25:56] I need a short break from you, but
[02:25:59] we need to turn to Ankara, let's remind the Ankara agenda.
[02:26:03] We will look at that. But on the other hand,
[02:26:07] there are ongoing political debates in Turkey.
[02:26:11] We unfortunately reported on the stock market
[02:26:14] debate earlier. What happened there.
[02:26:17] It was really a troubled day
[02:26:20] for small investors yesterday. On the other hand,
[02:26:23] the diesel fuel price hike, which concerns millions of us,
[02:26:27] exceeded 100 liras. From inflation to all
[02:26:31] expenses, from transportation to food,
[02:26:34] to school fees, etc., the Fed raised interest rates,
[02:26:38] and the dollar is expected to gain some value
[02:26:42] as a result, which is another issue
[02:26:45] because we are dependent on the dollar in every field.
[02:26:48] We looked at these, but there are also political debates.
[02:26:52] And at the center of these political debates is another point,
[02:26:55] which is the issue of the house prepared for Abdullah Öcalan
[02:26:59] in İmralı. We will have a couple of headlines about that,
[02:27:02] I want to quickly convey them. To our dear
[02:27:06] viewers, Özgür Özel
[02:27:09] spoke to Murat Aksoy on "Yeni Arayış,"
[02:27:13] an internet platform where political developments
[02:27:16] are followed and monitored. He said that instead of discussing
[02:27:20] Öcalan moving to a house, we should discuss Demirtaş
[02:27:23] moving to his house, returning to his home.
[02:27:26] Özgür Özel had other messages as well, let's remember that, then we will go to Ankara,
[02:27:29] then we will continue. Our fourth
[02:27:32] promise to our nation is a strong and
[02:27:36] secure Turkey. Instead of talking about
[02:27:39] some people moving to a house, we would like to talk about Demirtaş
[02:27:43] being reunited with his home. We would like to talk about the release of our friends
[02:27:47] who have been subjected to rights violations in well-type prisons for 18 months,
[02:27:50] who are imprisoned under difficult conditions, because the democratization of a country depends on these,
[02:27:54] and what will provide social contribution to the process is Demirtaş being reunited with his home,
[02:27:57] rather than Öcalan getting a new residence. That is, in this discussion,
[02:28:01] we are concerned with Demirtaş being reunited with his home,
[02:28:04] his wife, and his family.
[02:28:07] The issue is whether a house was built for Öcalan on the island.
[02:28:10] will he go? These are not our agenda. The issue we need to
[02:28:14] deal with is steps towards democratization. He evaluated Öcalan's
[02:28:17] house discussion with these words. The new party leader is on the agenda.
[02:28:21] There was also the withdrawal of the CHP's appeal complaint
[02:28:25] under Butlan's administration. Özel stated that the withdrawn
[02:28:28] application was not made by the CHP, but by Özel and his team.
[02:28:32] Özgür Özel, speaking to Murat Aksoy from Yeni Arayış, said that
[02:28:36] with this move, they are trying to defraud justice and snatch in the
[02:28:39] judiciary. He said, "We applied to the Supreme Court of Appeals
[02:28:43] because the appeal decision was wrong and should be annulled, but they
[02:28:47] are withdrawing our application so that this decision is not reviewed
[02:28:51] by the Supreme Court. They are not withdrawing their own petitions. There is snatching
[02:28:55] here. There is abuse of rights. More precisely, there is exploitation.
[02:28:58] There is defrauding of the judiciary and snatching of a judicial decision.
[02:29:02] What is intended with this move is to try to close the path to the
[02:29:06] Supreme Court. Withdrawal does not invalidate that court, it cannot.
[02:29:09] The path to seeking justice cannot be closed. They know that if the Supreme
[02:29:13] Court reviews it, it will annul it. The Butlan administration knows that
[02:29:16] this decision will be overturned, so they are trying to withdraw the case
[02:29:20] from before the Supreme Court. They want the case to be finalized
[02:29:24] without the Supreme Court reviewing it. We are not behind,
[02:29:27] but that place needs to be cleared of this wrong done by law.
[02:29:31] So, if the Supreme Court annuls the appeal decision, will it return to
[02:29:35] the CHP, or is the CHP chapter closed? Özel underlined that they will
[02:29:39] continue their path with the new party. We will continue our path as a new
[02:29:42] party, but the Republican People's Party also needs to be rescued from
[02:29:46] occupation and plunder. The Butlan administration is currently carrying
[02:29:50] out material and moral plunder in the party. They are plundering
[02:29:53] the political heritage we have accumulated together since Atatürk.
[02:29:56] That's why the Republican People's Party needs to be rescued from
[02:30:00] occupation and plunder. It needs to be rescued from the Butlan mentality.
[02:30:03] We founded the New Party. Whatever the decision, we are continuing
[02:30:07] our march with the New Party. Upon the objection of the New Party,
[02:30:10] the Supreme Court Chief Public Prosecutor's Office received a notice
[02:30:14] with a request for a name change. The new party leader underlined
[02:30:18] that the Constitutional Court will
[02:30:22] make the decision. He said, "Even if it is ruled that there is confusion,
[02:30:26] we do not intend to abandon our new name. The nation gave this name."
[02:30:29] He used the expression "preserving its new name". I'm not going to
[02:30:33] go back there. We are a new party, we will continue on our new path.
[02:30:47] immediately. Dilan, welcome, good morning. By the way,
[02:30:51] I think you have a slight cold or flu? Let's start by wishing you
[02:30:55] to get well soon. It feels a little like that. Of course,
[02:30:59] lütfen.
[02:31:03] we wish all our colleagues in Ankara good luck, through you.
[02:31:06] Could you please briefly tell us what will be on Ankara's agenda
[02:31:10] today? Deniz Bayramoğlu, yes,
[02:31:14] the cold weather has now shown its effect in Ankara,
[02:31:18] and for two days we have been waking up to a rainy Ankara day.
[02:31:22] There was also a downpour today. In fact, the General Directorate
[02:31:25] of Meteorology has a warning for Ankara that the downpour will continue
[02:31:29] throughout the day. We would like to inform the residents of Ankara who are
[02:31:33] watching us that there is rainy weather outside and that the traffic
[02:31:36] is heavy. Let's start with Ankara's agenda. You just mentioned
[02:31:40] Özgür Özel's interview with Yeni Arayış, in which he touched
[02:31:43] upon the Supreme Court process. You reported on it, but of course,
[02:31:47] this was not the only question asked to Özgür Özel. The "My Family
[02:31:50] is Safe" operation was launched by the Ministry of Justice this
[02:31:54] week. It was a much-debated issue, and nearly 80 people were arrested
[02:31:57] as of yesterday. And the operations are continuing. Protests against
[02:32:01] this operation are also continuing in various parts of Ankara, and
[02:32:04] detentions are also ongoing. Of course,
[02:32:08] to this. Özgür Özel also said the following to Yeni Arayış
[02:32:11] newspaper regarding that operation: "The Ministry of Justice's
[02:32:15] process is unconstitutional," he said, thereby clearly stating
[02:32:17] the new party's stance on these operations. A clear reaction had also come
[02:32:21] from the Green Party in recent days. In fact, the Green Party had reacted and while this
[02:32:25] process was ongoing, the Green Party stated that the government's
[02:32:29] launch of such an operation would not contribute to the process,
[02:32:32] and at the same time, it submitted a motion to the parliament. Discussions
[02:32:36] are also being held on how peace and trust will be ensured while the democratic space is being
[02:32:40] narrowed. We can state that political parties will also
[02:32:43] react to this operation today. At the same time,
[02:32:46] diesel prices in Ankara also reached three digits, and
[02:32:49] political parties are reacting
[02:32:51] to the increase in fuel prices. Yesterday evening, Özgür Özel
[02:32:55] made a statement on his social media account regarding this fuel
[02:32:59] price increase, calling on the government to lift the taxes. Of course,
[02:33:02] will this call be answered? This will become clear in the
[02:33:06] coming days. And at the same time, today will be a day of close
[02:33:09] contact in Ankara. The leader of the Motherland Party, Yavuz Aralioğlu,
[02:33:12] will visit Mahmut Arıkan, the leader of the Felicity Party. It is
[02:33:16] stated that there is an alliance search in connection with the calls
[02:33:20] for elections in recent times. Of course, after this meeting,
[02:33:23] will there be signals of a new alliance in the statement to be
[02:33:26] made? Because at the same time, in recent weeks, again, right-wing
[02:33:30] political parties had come together
[02:33:32] again and afterwards, it was stated that there was no alliance search,
[02:33:36] but that there were preparations for the elections. Let's say,
[02:33:39] if we move on to the new party, Özgür Özel has weekend programs
[02:33:42] again. He is expected to be in Bursa tomorrow and in Yalova on Saturday.
[02:33:46] Özgür Özel is also expected to make some visits in Istanbul
[02:33:50] this weekend. We will follow the developments in Ankara throughout
[02:33:53] the day and report them. Dilan, thank you very much
[02:33:56] for the information you have provided. Dilan Altürk, our Ankara reporter,
[02:34:00] reported on Ankara's agenda.
[02:34:02] We are also with the President of Disk, Ms. Arzu Çerkezoğlu, in our
[02:34:06] studio. Now I will remind you of a few figures, Ms. Arzu,
[02:34:08] I was looking for them, I found them. The total known tax
[02:34:12] penalty and debt in 2013, according to the Turkish Lira
[02:34:16] exchange rate of that day, and I'm not talking about the foreign
[02:34:19] currency exchange rate. If we were to make an inflation calculation
[02:34:23] to bring it to today, the number would be much larger. Only the real
[02:34:26] figures realized there. In 2013, 278.9 million, 279 million
[02:34:29] lira of tax debt was written off. In 2014, 345 million
[02:34:32] lira of tax debt was written off. We don't know how much the
[02:34:35] penalty was. This is directly
[02:34:46] off, even 3.1. Let's also mention the decimal. In 2022,
[02:34:50] there is no data on penalties, but the principal tax amount
[02:34:54] written off was 48 million. In 2023, 44...
[02:34:57] 589.7 million principal plus penalty. In 2024,
[02:35:00] 1.4 billion lira. Are you ready for 2025?
[02:35:03] 9.7 billion lira of tax debt was written off. Now, with
[02:35:07] regard to the criticisms about this, that is, from 2013
[02:35:10] to 2025, the total amount written off, at that day's prices,
[02:35:14] if we just added the TL amounts, 18 billion 630 million
[02:35:17] lira of tax debt was written off for companies and real
[02:35:21] persons. Now, when we ask about this, when we criticize it,
[02:35:24] something like this is said, which is relatively reasonable:
[02:35:28] these are companies that create employment, hundreds of thousands
[02:35:31] of workers work in some of these companies, so if we directly levy this tax penalty on them,
[02:35:35] it will not be possible for those companies to survive. Therefore,
[02:35:38] we also make compromises with them, we take a certain amount of it,
[02:35:41] we take the principal, we don't take the penalty, or
[02:35:43] we reduce it to a smaller amount, we make installments,
[02:35:47] therefore, these tax amnesties, or let's say regulations
[02:35:51] in their official form, these tax regulations, tax
[02:35:54] peace, that's another name for it,
[02:35:56] has such a benefit for the employment market, for the wheels
[02:36:00] of the Turkish economy to turn. But now, when we look at the lists,
[02:36:02] we see that the debts of real persons, the tax debts of real
[02:36:06] persons who own capital, are also being written off. That makes no
[02:36:09] sense to me at all. However, I receive a salary, I am an
[02:36:12] insured employee, I am also a worker, but I have been working
[02:36:16] registered for over 30 years, and throughout these 30 years,
[02:36:19] I have paid my taxes from every salary before I even received
[02:36:22] it. I am uncomfortable. How do you, as DİSK, view this situation?
[02:36:25] The figures you mentioned are very important in describing
[02:36:29] the system in Turkey. Such a system has been established in Turkey
[02:36:32] that all the cogs of the system, and tax policy is one of them,
[02:36:35] are based on taking from the worker, from the laborer, from the people,
[02:36:39] and giving to capital. Turkey has unfortunately become a country
[02:36:42] where workers pay more taxes than their employers. And today,
[02:36:46] as you just said, we work for our wages, and before we receive
[02:36:49] our wages for a month, we pay our taxes in advance. That is,
[02:36:53] workers, laborers, employees pay their taxes in advance,
[02:36:55] and we pay them at very high rates. But in this country,
[02:36:58] capital, a handful of capital, pays as much tax as it wants,
[02:37:01] whenever it wants, and moreover, millions of liras, trillions
[02:37:04] of liras, including their personal tax debts, can be written
[02:37:07] off in one stroke. This actually tells us about the preferences,
[02:37:11] the class and political preferences of the political power that governs
[02:37:14] this country, and the summary of the system in Turkey. The
[02:37:17] world's most unfair tax system is in Turkey. I say this persistently,
[02:37:21] I insist on this, the world's most unfair tax system is in
[02:37:23] Turkey. What we call tax is a very important tool for the
[02:37:26] redistribution of income from the perspective of a state, isn't
[02:37:30] it? That's what we know as basic knowledge. Today, Turkey,
[02:37:33] that is, when we discuss the concept of the state and the citizen within
[02:37:37] the framework of philosophy, sociology, and law, the fundamental point
[02:37:40] of the agreement made between the state and the citizen, between
[02:37:44] society, is this strongest bond.
[02:37:51] oluyorum, ne durumda siz nasıl bakıyorsunuz disk olarak bu
[02:37:54] duruma? söylediğiniz rakamlar Türkiye'deki
[02:37:58] düzeni tarif etmesi açısından çok önemli. Türkiye'de öyle bir düzen
[02:38:01] kuruldu ki, düzenin bütün çarkları, vergi politikası da bunun
[02:38:05] bir tanesidir. Düzenin bütün çarkları işçiden,
[02:38:08] emekçiden, halktan alıp sermaye vermek üzerine
[02:38:11] kurulu. Türkiye patronundan daha çok vergi ver.
[02:38:15] işçilerin ülkesi haline getirildi maalesef ve eee
[02:38:18] bugün bizler tam biraz önce siz de söylediniz ücretimi
[02:38:22] çalışıyoruz bir ay boyunca ücretimizi almadan önce
[02:38:25] peşin peşin vergimizi ödüyoruz yani işçiler
[02:38:28] emekçiler çalışanlar vergisini peşin peşin ödüyor ve çok yüksek
[02:38:31] oranlarda ödüyoruz ama bu ülkede sermaye bir avuç
[02:38:35] sermaye canı istediği zaman canı istediği kadar vergi veriyor
[02:38:39] ve üstelik onların kişisel vergi borçları da dahil olmak üzere milyon
[02:38:42] liralar trilyonlar bir kalemde. bilinebiliyor, bu ülkeyi
[02:38:46] yöneten siyasi iktidarın tercihlerini, sınıfsal ve
[02:38:49] siyasal tercihlerini ve Türkiye'deki düzenin özetini
[02:38:52] anlatıyor aslında bize, dünyanın en adaletsiz vergi sistemi
[02:38:56] Türkiye'de, inatla söylüyorum bunu, ısrarla söylüyorum, dünyanın en
[02:39:00] adaletsiz vergi sistemi Türkiye'de, vergi dediğimiz şey bir devlet
[02:39:03] açısından gelirin yeniden bölüşümünde çok önemli bir araçtır, öyle
[02:39:07] değil mi biz öyle biliriz, çok temel bilgi olarak, bugün Türkiye, yani
[02:39:11] vatandaşla şimdi devlet dediğimiz kavramı... o
[02:39:15] felsefe, sosyoloji, hukuk çerçevesinde
[02:39:17] tartıştığımızda devletle vatandaş arasında yapılan
[02:39:21] anlaşmanın, toplum arasında yapılan anlaşmanın
[02:39:24] We transfer some of our
[02:39:27] rights to the state so that the state can do these things on
[02:39:31] our behalf. Now, there is an expression in the constitution
[02:39:35] regarding tax, it says that everyone pays tax according to
[02:39:38] their income. We are citizens of the Republic of Turkey, it
[02:39:41] is all our duty and responsibility to pay tax. Yes, everyone
[02:39:44] should pay tax according to their income, that is, our constitution
[02:39:48] describes a fair tax system where less tax is taken from those who earn
[02:39:52] less, and more tax is taken from those who earn more. But
[02:39:55] today in Turkey, the constitution, that is, the decisions of the Constitutional
[02:39:58] Court are not recognized, the constitution is not complied with,
[02:40:02] our professors describe it as a process of deconstitutionalization.
[02:40:05] This is also the case with tax. Really, the most unfair tax system
[02:40:09] is in Turkey. On the one hand, we pay very high taxes in advance
[02:40:13] before we even receive our wages.
[02:40:15] We cannot receive the wage we received in January in May, and we cannot
[02:40:19] receive the wage we received in May in September. Why? Because
[02:40:22] the income tax we pay is very high, and moreover, due to the low tax
[02:40:26] brackets determined due to tax brackets, we constantly move
[02:40:29] to a higher tax bracket. Currently, in Turkey, we, as millions,
[02:40:32] have to live on very low wages, but we have entered tax brackets
[02:40:36] of 27-35%, and currently, our wage decreases even further
[02:40:39] towards the end of the year due to tax. We pay this tax in
[02:40:43] advance before we even receive our wage. Capital does not
[02:40:46] pay this. The figures are very clear. When we look at the total
[02:40:50] tax pool collected by the state today, Mr. Deniz, 65% of
[02:40:53] it is indirect tax. Now, the higher the rate of indirect
[02:40:57] tax in a country, the greater the tax injustice. Because
[02:41:00] the tax paid by the minimum wage earner, by those who cannot
[02:41:03] even reach the minimum wage, and by the richest is the same
[02:41:07] in indirect tax. I work for a month, and before I receive
[02:41:10] my wage, I pay very high income tax to this state. Then
[02:41:14] I go to the market, I buy 1 kilo of milk, 1 kilo of
[02:41:18] tomatoes, 1 kilo of potatoes, and I pay tax again for that.
[02:41:22] And I pay that tax at the same rate as my employer, a person
[02:41:25] who has many times more income than me. Therefore, tax injustice
[02:41:28] in Turkey is very great. On the one hand, these indirect taxes,
[02:41:32] on the other hand, the high tax cut from wages, but on the other hand,
[02:41:35] the tax taken from wealth, from property, has fallen
[02:41:39] to 1%. You mentioned the rates over the years. Maybe my
[02:41:43] friends will show it later. Here is a comparison in terms
[02:41:46] of income tax bracket rates. Currently, the first tax bracket
[02:41:49] in Turkey is 190,000 lira. That is, when you receive your
[02:41:52] gross salary in January, you pay 15% tax up to 190,000
[02:41:55] lira. When your total income the second tax bracket. Then
[02:41:59] you enter the third tax bracket. These tax brackets are set
[02:42:03] very low by the government every year at the end of December
[02:42:06] and the beginning of January. For example, in 2000, the first
[02:42:09] tax bracket was 20 times the minimum wage, 21 times. Currently,
[02:42:13] it has fallen to 5.7 times. Let me give you a concrete example.
[02:42:17] Currently, the lowest tax bracket is 190. This applies to all
[02:42:20] employees, because we immediately enter a higher tax bracket.
[02:42:24] If these tax brackets had increased by the amount of the
[02:42:28] minimum wage since 2000, the first tax bracket would
[02:42:31] have been 658,000, not 190,000. That is, when our earnings
[02:42:34] reached 190,000 lira from the beginning of the year,
[02:42:38] we would not have entered a higher tax bracket, we would have
[02:42:41] entered it when it reached 658,000. That is, we might have entered
[02:42:45] a higher tax bracket in December or November, instead of April
[02:42:48] or May. They are not increasing it, in order to take more
[02:42:51] tax from workers, laborers, and employees. Now, this shows
[02:42:55] such a simple preference from
[02:42:57] our perspective. Every year, especially for the last 4 years,
[02:43:01] we have been saying "justice in taxation." We have held countless
[02:43:04] events and activities regarding this. We marched from Istanbul
[02:43:08] to Ankara twice. We met with all political parties in the parliament,
[02:43:11] both government and opposition. We said, "We have prepared a five-article
[02:43:15] bill. Five articles are not too many." It will ensure justice
[02:43:18] in taxation, proper determination of tax brackets, reduction of
[02:43:22] rates, and regarding indirect taxes. We struggled for years
[02:43:26] to not tax the minimum wage. They had to do this during the
[02:43:29] pandemic, but since it was applied incorrectly, the tax exemption
[02:43:33] for the minimum wage did not have much meaning for the worker.
[02:43:37] Therefore, ensuring justice in taxation is important both
[02:43:40] from the perspective of the state's responsibility, as we defined
[02:43:43] it earlier, and it is extremely important for correcting the
[02:43:46] severely distorted income distribution injustice. For this reason,
[02:43:50] we say that there can be no justice in income without justice
[02:43:53] in taxation. And now, as we are approaching the end
[02:43:56] of the year, the amount of tax we pay, each of us,
[02:44:00] that is, we receive our wages, it's a little lower than the
[02:44:03] previous month. What happened? Despite so much inflation in the
[02:44:07] middle of the year, minimum wages did not increase, but since the
[02:44:10] tax we pay increased, the money we receive decreased. There is
[02:44:14] no such thing anywhere else in the world. There is no such
[02:44:17] thing anywhere else in the world. Therefore, the writing off
[02:44:20] of millions, trillions of liras on the one hand, the tax
[02:44:24] debts of capital being written off on the one hand, and
[02:44:27] on the other hand, the tax we pay from every kilo of
[02:44:30] tomatoes, potatoes we buy from the worker, the laborer, the people
[02:44:34] on the other hand. Oh, it creates employment, I also want
[02:44:37] to say this, as I said, all the cogs in this country
[02:44:41] are set up to take from the worker and give to capital. We just
[02:44:45] talked about unemployment, there is an unemployment insurance fund
[02:44:49] in this country. It is a fund formed by deductions from workers,
[02:44:52] employers, and the state. This fund was established so that
[02:44:55] when workers are unemployed, they can at least sustain their
[02:44:59] lives for a while. We look at the payments made from the
[02:45:02] unemployment insurance fund. The unemployment insurance fund
[02:45:06] has become a situation where it transfers funds to employers,
[02:45:10] not to the unemployed. In Turkey, only 17% of the unemployed,
[02:45:13] as we discussed, Mr. Deniz, registered unemployed, can receive
[02:45:16] unemployment insurance benefits. Only 17%, because it is
[02:45:20] very difficult to receive unemployment benefits in Turkey, the conditions
[02:45:23] are very harsh, and the expenses of the fund are used for purposes
[02:45:26] other than its intended purpose. A very important part of the
[02:45:36] the employer employs the worker, it is called an on-the-job training
[02:45:39] program, public benefit work, it is transferred to employers
[02:45:43] with many different forms, various incentives, and direct
[02:45:47] and indirect payments. Mesem is another part of this, as
[02:45:49] we discussed at the very beginning. Therefore, it is no longer cheap
[02:45:53] labor, it is free labor. That is, employers create
[02:45:56] employment. What will happen? Let's also write off 3 lira
[02:46:00] of tax debt. This is absolutely unacceptable. That is, the whole
[02:46:03] issue is what the policies and preferences of the government
[02:46:07] are used for. The whole issue is here. Now, the Minister of
[02:46:10] Finance is explaining the Medium-Term
[02:46:19] civil servants." Which inflation target did this Medium-Term
[02:46:22] Program hit? Now they have updated the inflation targets
[02:46:26] for the end of 2026 again. And they call it updating.
[02:46:29] They started with 2026. Now they have reached 28.5.
[02:46:33] Do you know who the best economist is? It's the person who explains
[02:46:37] why their targets were not met in a very detailed and convincing
[02:46:48] way. There was a war, it was frozen, it rained, there was a drought,
[02:46:51] and so on. Now, the whole world is affected by this process.
[02:46:55] Their targets are affected by a maximum of 1%. But we have
[02:46:58] such large deviations, but the main issue here is this. Let
[02:47:02] me finish this sentence. Yes, they never meet the inflation
[02:47:05] targets they set in the Medium-Term Program, but why do they write
[02:47:08] these inflation targets there? To suppress our wages, because
[02:47:12] they condemn us to this poverty by making an increase equal
[02:47:14] to the inflation they targeted for workers, minimum wage earners,
[02:47:18] and retirees. Can you please come closer to this image?
[02:47:22] I want to show it. You mentioned see it very clearly on the phone
[02:47:25] screen, so I'll tell you so it's clearer. Turkey is in first place
[02:47:29] with 31.51%. These are the figures for August 26, dear
[02:47:32] viewers. Behind us is Ukraine, which is under attack from Russia
[02:47:36] and where the war continues. Guess what the inflation figure
[02:47:39] is as of August 26. It appears to be 31% in
[02:47:42] our country, that is, in the graph where this is,
[02:47:46] it's 8.1%, 7-ish. Yes, Kosovo is in third
[02:47:49] place with 7.3%, Moldova with 7%, Russia, the
[02:47:53] other side of the war, with 6.3%, Romania
[02:47:55] with 6.2%, and so on, down to Portugal with
[02:47:58] 3.3%. We see a figure like this. In Greece,
[02:48:02] our neighbor, it's 3.8%. I wanted to emphasize and
[02:48:05] remind you of this particularly. By the way, we have come to the
[02:48:08] end of our program, I think we have about two minutes left.
[02:48:22] This is a very important development, because we need to report it.
[02:48:25] It came from the Ministry of Finance. The Financial Stability Committee
[02:48:29] meeting was held today at 8 o'clock, after yesterday's market
[02:48:33] movements. It says, "The latest developments in capital markets
[02:48:36] were discussed at the meeting." In this context, it was assessed
[02:48:40] that the market movements were caused by a credit and liquidity
[02:48:43] problem experienced in some funds under the responsibility of a
[02:48:47] limited number of portfolio management companies. "There is no fundamental
[02:48:50] or structural risk regarding the functioning of Borsa Istanbul
[02:48:53] and our capital markets. The problem is concentrated in a certain
[02:48:57] section of the fund market and is temporary and manageable.
[02:49:00] In this context, the committee evaluated the measures that can be taken to ensure the healthy
[02:49:04] functioning of the markets and to preserve macrofinancial stability.
[02:49:07] Within this scope, all necessary measures will be promptly implemented
[02:49:10] by our relevant institutions. The decided measures will primarily
[02:49:13] aim to eliminate liquidity squeezes and prevent contagion
[02:49:16] risk. On the other hand, our regulatory and supervisory
[02:49:20] institutions will continue to use their powers decisively
[02:49:24] against those who are determined to have engaged in market
[02:49:27] disrupting actions. In this process, we kindly request
[02:49:31] our citizens to take into account only the statements
[02:49:34] made by official sources. Our committee will closely follow
[02:49:38] the developments and regularly inform the public about them,"
[02:49:48] Indeed, but it needs to be emphasized. There are too many
[02:49:51] rumors and gossip circulating. Social media is really performing
[02:49:55] very poorly in this regard. Please, as stated here,
[02:49:58] we are saying this especially for small investors, big investors
[02:50:02] are already following, but please take official figures, official
[02:50:05] statements into account. Beyond that, those who spread doom
[02:50:08] and gloom are only causing harm. So, it's beneficial
[02:50:12] dolaşıyor, sosyal medya hakikaten bu anlamda çok
[02:50:15] kötü bir sınav veriyor, lütfen burada da söylendiği gibi
[02:50:19] küçük yatırımcı için söylüyoruz bunu özellikle büyükler zaten takip
[02:50:23] ediyor, ama lütfen resmi rakam, resmi açıklamaları dikkate
[02:50:26] alın, onun dışında felaket tellallığı yapanlar sadece
[02:50:30] to look here, it's beneficial
[02:50:34] to look at official statements in this framework. The President
[02:50:37] of Disk, Ms. Arzu Çerkezoğlu, thank you very much. Thank you,
[02:50:41] if you allow me to say this, of course, stay calm,
[02:50:45] an explanation was made, as far as I can see, What was the reason
[02:50:49] issue here is really what the fundamental route of the Turkish
[02:50:52] economy, the economy of a country, is for our country,
[02:50:55] that is, based on production, creating permanent, secure
[02:50:58] employment, an economic policy based on production, where we share
[02:51:02] the value we produce fairly, sitting on strong internal
[02:51:05] dynamics, is needed. It is very
[02:51:09] related to not being affected by these. The solution to all the problems we face,
[02:51:13] from education to health, from wages
[02:51:16] to the issue of distribution, to a fair tax system, lies in
[02:51:20] changing our choices. Today, I see
[02:51:23] a very deep hopelessness in Turkey,
[02:51:27] generally in the whole society,
[02:51:30] this is desired, the system is trying to be run with such hopelessness,
[02:51:33] let's never fall into hopelessness, we, as working,
[02:51:36] producing, and fairly sharing the value we produce,
[02:51:40] will increase our struggle to establish a country
[02:51:43] based on equality, justice, freedom, peace, and brotherhood,
[02:51:47] we call it the Turkey of labor, we will increase our struggle to build this together,
[02:51:51] if we exist, there is hope,
[02:51:59] we are trying to protect our work, our bread, our
[02:52:02] labor, and our country, thank you very much, we are closed sir, see you tomorrow morning at 7.
[02:52:26] Gold belongs to everyone, but the bracelet is precious,
[02:52:30] years of accumulation, the tradition of these lands,
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[02:54:37] The hunger line has reached 38,000 liras, and the poverty line
[02:54:40] has reached 122,000 liras. Citizens are confused
[02:54:43] about what to do to find everything at an affordable price.
[02:54:47] According to research, they even cut back on food
[02:54:50] consumption to keep up with bills. We asked the public:
[02:54:54] Are you more burdened by kitchen expenses or bills?
[02:54:58] Both kitchen expenses and bills are burdensome.
[02:55:01] Since the salaries we receive are not enough,
[02:55:05] we manage. Yesterday, I went to a butcher
[02:55:08] friend. A customer came and asked
[02:55:11] for bones. Currently, the price of bones
[02:55:15] is 100 liras per kilo. The man can't buy
[02:55:17] meat, how can he? And bones don't stay in the butcher's
[02:55:21] shop, they go as soon as they arrive. The price per kilo is 1200-1300 liras.
[02:55:24] Of course, if bills are not paid on time, your electricity
[02:55:28] is cut. If not paid on time, your water. If you don't
[02:55:31] pay your rent on time.
[02:55:34] So what happens? They tell a person
[02:55:37] like me, who lives on a disability pension and minimum wage,
[02:55:40] to pay both their rent and to make ends meet.
[02:55:43] So what are these people supposed to do? We can't keep
[02:55:47] up with kitchen expenses or bills. Now, winter will come
[02:55:51] in two months, and electricity prices have gone up. Now,
[02:55:54] how much will this be, at least 6-7 liras? How much
[02:55:57] is my salary? 23. Okay, the house
[02:56:00] is mine, but when I give 67 liras just for electricity,
[02:56:03] there's also water, I'm not even talking about the kitchen.
[02:56:07] Yesterday, I was at the market and left without buying anything.
[02:56:10] We are below the poverty line. I don't know how
[02:56:14] we make ends meet. Our hope is in God. I can't keep
[02:56:18] up with anything. We have cut down on all expenses,
[02:56:21] it's not that easy anymore. Look, we used to go on
[02:56:24] vacation about 10-15 years ago. Now,
[02:56:27] we don't meet any of our special
[02:56:31] needs. Everything is suppressed, always postponed.
[02:56:35] We are just trying to feed
[02:56:38] ourselves as much as we can.
[02:56:41] There is no old joy at all.
[02:56:45] Both kitchen expenses and bills.
[02:56:48] It's impossible to keep up in such an inflation
[02:56:51] period. There is no price stability.
[02:56:54] There's no need to even discuss the economy. People on the
[02:56:58] street are aware of everything. People go from
[02:57:01] market to market to buy things cheaply.
[02:57:04] If there are three markets, they go into all three
[02:57:08] first for a tour. On the second tour,
[02:57:11] if they have decided to buy, they go for the cheaper
[02:57:15] one. I paid 1 million for electricity, 1 million for water,
[02:57:18] natural gas is low now, but it comes in big bills
[02:57:22] in winter, so 3 million to 4 million goes to bills.
[02:57:25] We have phones, we can't not use them.
[02:57:28] The president comes out with good news, good news,
[02:57:32] we are tired of hearing good news, they are not
[02:57:36] tired of giving good news. We don't want good news, we want
[02:57:40] a raise in salaries.
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[02:59:38] We are on Halk TV, it's 10 o'clock on Money and Politics,
[02:59:41] we will be with you until 13:00. There are many hot
[02:59:44] developments that have emerged from yesterday to this morning,
[02:59:47] I will give you a summary of the consecutive developments,
[02:59:51] then detailed comments will follow, as you know,
[02:59:54] as of yesterday, there was a 5.4%
[02:59:56] decrease in the stock market, during the day, decreases
[03:00:00] exceeded 7%, around 16:00,
[03:00:03] the circuit breaker was applied.
[03:00:06] And we saw a sharp decrease of
[03:00:09] 5.54% in the stock market, closing
[03:00:13] at 13,122 points. There were decreases
[03:00:16] exceeding 6% in banking stocks, and 6% in holding stocks.
[03:00:20] for this?