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[00:00:00] after being submitted, he made a statement on his social media account and conveyed his thanks
[00:00:04] to MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli for his contribution
[00:00:07] to the completion of the bill and the successful
[00:00:10] conclusion of the process. In fact, it became a state
[00:00:14] project with MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli's historical
[00:00:16] initiative, his historical call, and President Erdoğan's
[00:00:20] will. The process of a Turkey
[00:00:23] free of terrorism. Many stages have been passed so far, and yesterday,
[00:00:27] with the submission of the bill to the Parliament
[00:00:30] Speaker, another important
[00:00:34] threshold has been crossed. So far,
[00:00:37] the leaders, the two leaders
[00:00:40] of the People's Alliance, have held many meetings
[00:00:42] to ensure the success of the process. We foresee
[00:00:46] that in the ongoing meeting in Beştepe,
[00:00:49] comprehensive evaluations are being made regarding
[00:00:52] the next stage to be carried out
[00:00:55] in the process of a Turkey free of terrorism,
[00:00:59] and we were actually expecting this meeting
[00:01:02] to take place before the submission
[00:01:05] of the bill. President Erdoğan's official schedule
[00:01:08] today did not include this meeting,
[00:01:12] so we can describe it as a surprise meeting.
[00:01:15] President Erdoğan and MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli are currently holding
[00:01:18] a meeting at the Presidential
[00:01:21] Complex. Let's state that the main agenda
[00:01:25] item is the developments in the process
[00:01:28] of a Turkey free of terrorism. The leaders are making evaluations
[00:01:32] regarding the current stage, and we can state
[00:01:35] that the work to be carried out
[00:01:39] in the process after the submission
[00:01:42] of the bill to the parliament is being discussed
[00:01:45] under the roof of the People's Alliance. This meeting
[00:01:47] just started. Based on our experience from previous meetings,
[00:01:51] we expect today's meeting to last
[00:01:55] between 45 minutes and 1 hour. Afterwards, a written statement
[00:01:58] will not be made by President Recep Tayyip.
[00:02:14] Yes, dear viewers, we are living through historical days, of course,
[00:02:17] so the agenda is very busy within
[00:02:21] this activity. We received information that this important
[00:02:24] meeting, which was reflected in today's live broadcast,
[00:02:28] has started. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
[00:02:32] is receiving MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli at the Presidential
[00:02:35] Complex. We will discuss this meeting,
[00:02:38] which is very much related to this process,
[00:02:41] and then the point reached in the process
[00:02:45] of a Turkey free of terrorism. Journalist Dr. Murat Özer
[00:02:49] is our guest. Mr. Özer, welcome to our broadcast. Hello,
[00:02:52] good broadcast. Thank you for participating. Also, thank
[00:02:55] you. Now, when we look at the chronology
[00:02:58] of this process of a Turkey free of terrorism,
[00:03:02] we see the moves of MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli at many
[00:03:05] historical and critical moments. It actually started
[00:03:09] with him shaking hands in the parliament
[00:03:13] during the DEM ranks, but of course,
[00:03:17] there is a much earlier period. The rhetoric
[00:03:20] of strengthening the internal front,
[00:03:24] President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's showing his will in this regard,
[00:03:27] everything starts at that moment, and with a catalytic effect,
[00:03:30] with the critical interventions and steps
[00:03:33] of MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli,
[00:03:37] the bill was submitted to the Parliament Speaker.
[00:03:40] How do you interpret this meeting,
[00:03:43] this acceptance visit? Yes, of course,
[00:03:47] Mr. Devlet Bahçeli's stance has played
[00:03:50] a key determining role throughout this process.
[00:03:54] From Mr. Bahçeli's perspective, he has
[00:03:57] truly undertaken one of the most
[00:04:00] important roles in Turkey's fight
[00:04:04] against terrorism and in the process
[00:04:07] of building a Turkey free of terrorism,
[00:04:10] together with our President. Of course, Mr. Bahçeli's
[00:04:13] taking a position and a role
[00:04:17] in this matter is the main factor
[00:04:20] in the process reaching this point.
[00:04:24] If we remember the previous resolution
[00:04:27] process, the Nationalist Movement Party
[00:04:31] was against the process from the beginning.
[00:04:34] Of course, there were many factors in ending
[00:04:37] that resolution process, especially the promise
[00:04:41] of a state to the PKK terrorist organization
[00:04:44] by imperial powers in Syrian territory,
[00:04:47] which played a very significant role in ending
[00:04:50] this process. However, Mr. Devlet Bahçeli's
[00:04:54] and the Nationalist Movement Party's
[00:04:57] previous opposition to this process by diagnosing
[00:05:00] the magnitude of this problem occurring in Syrian territory
[00:05:03] was also effective in ending the resolution
[00:05:07] process. Today, the Nationalist Movement
[00:05:10] Party, which is the headquarters of Turkish nationalism,
[00:05:14] has taken steps in this regard,
[00:05:17] which has enabled the process to reach
[00:05:21] this point. If the leader
[00:05:24] of the Nationalist Movement Party had not
[00:05:27] made such a serious sacrifice and taken
[00:05:31] such a courageous decision, perhaps the process
[00:05:35] would not have reached this point. From this
[00:05:38] perspective, of course, the most important
[00:05:42] architect of the process is Devlet Bahçeli,
[00:05:45] together with our President. Yes, the signing
[00:05:49] of these documents in the process
[00:05:52] reaching this point shows that we are
[00:05:55] at a very historical threshold, because yesterday,
[00:05:59] on the signatures submitted to the Grand
[00:06:02] National Assembly of Turkey, there was the signature
[00:06:06] of the co-chairman of the DEM Party,
[00:06:09] and next to it, the signature of Mr. Devlet
[00:06:12] Bahçeli, and as the first signature,
[00:06:16] the signature of the Speaker of the Grand National
[00:06:19] Assembly of Turkey, Mr. Numan Kurtulmuş. This shows
[00:06:22] that in Turkey, in the real
[00:06:25] fight against terrorism,
[00:06:28] the entire parliament, with its political
[00:06:32] figures, is demonstrating
[00:06:35] a great will. A very strong
[00:06:38] consensus has been achieved in the Grand
[00:06:42] National Assembly of Turkey. This consensus,
[00:06:45] of course, has some names
[00:06:48] behind it, but I would like
[00:06:51] to ask you this: yesterday,
[00:06:54] when Abdullah Güler was explaining
[00:06:58] the details of the bill, he was asked questions
[00:07:01] and he used this expression:
[00:07:05] "We are not claiming that we have prepared
[00:07:08] a perfect, flawless thing,
[00:07:11] we tried our best, but there may be
[00:07:14] shortcomings, and this process is very dynamic, it is an event
[00:07:18] that is affected by regional and global
[00:07:21] issues, and has the potential to be affected,
[00:07:25] so new steps can be taken if needed,
[00:07:28] and the Grand Assembly can be resorted
[00:07:32] to when there is a need for a law,
[00:07:35] meaning this process is an active, living
[00:07:38] process, and new steps can be
[00:07:43] taken if needed." How should we evaluate
[00:07:47] this meeting in this context? When these
[00:07:49] are needed, the unity in this People's
[00:07:53] Alliance will probably be reflected
[00:07:57] in this process, won't it? Now,
[00:08:00] the issue we are discussing is the main problem
[00:08:03] that the Republic of Turkey has faced
[00:08:07] since its establishment, that is,
[00:08:10] for more than 100 years.
[00:08:21] This needs to be emphasized.
[00:08:24] The Republic of Turkey has never
[00:08:27] had a bigger problem in its history than this.
[00:08:31] Because just before the establishment
[00:08:33] of the Republic, even during
[00:08:37] the Battle of Sakarya, the main thing
[00:08:40] that could prevent us from winning
[00:08:44] the Battle of Sakarya and naturally
[00:08:48] ensuring the return of the Turkish state
[00:08:52] and the Turkish nation as an entity
[00:08:55] to the stage of history
[00:08:58] was not the resistance of the Greek army
[00:09:02] or the British army against us,
[00:09:06] but the Koçgiri rebellion. If the rebellion
[00:09:10] had not been suppressed, we would not have
[00:09:13] won such a victory in Sakarya. Later,
[00:09:17] the Şeyh Said rebellion, then the Dersim rebellion.
[00:09:20] Look, all these processes are referred
[00:09:23] to as Kurdish rebellions, the history of Kurdish rebellions
[00:09:27] in Turkey. And the biggest
[00:09:30] problem after the establishment
[00:09:34] of the Republic is the establishment
[00:09:37] of the PKK terrorist organization
[00:09:40] and its causing great damage to our state
[00:09:44] and nation for more than 40 years.
[00:09:47] Naturally, it is impossible
[00:09:51] to solve the biggest problem of the Republic
[00:09:54] of Turkey in a few sentences and in a short
[00:09:58] time. In Syria, the December
[00:10:01] 2024 revolution took place. During
[00:10:04] this process, Mr. Devlet Bahçeli
[00:10:07] already made this move,
[00:10:11] as you know. If there had been
[00:10:13] no revolution in Syria,
[00:10:17] and the YPG terrorist organization had not
[00:10:21] been dissolved, ceased to exist,
[00:10:25] and integrated into the Syrian
[00:10:28] state, the revolutionary government, and if the United
[00:10:32] States had not recognized the reality
[00:10:35] and come to the point of saying,
[00:10:38] "Yes, now cooperation with the Republic
[00:10:42] of Turkey is needed, the only way
[00:10:46] to establish peace in this region
[00:10:49] is to strengthen relations with the Turkish
[00:10:52] state and strengthen the legitimate government
[00:10:56] in Syria," if it had not
[00:11:00] been faced with such a necessity,
[00:11:03] we would not be able to talk about
[00:11:07] a terror-free region and a terror-free
[00:11:11] Turkey. All these stem from the very
[00:11:14] long history of operations
[00:11:18] of the Turkish Armed Forces. They stem
[00:11:22] from the Syrian revolution. They stem
[00:11:25] from the strong will of the Turkish
[00:11:29] state and the new Syrian Government to find
[00:11:32] a peaceful, truly democratic
[00:11:35] solution to the Kurdish problem.
[00:11:38] In terms of these processes,
[00:11:41] we have now reached the point of eliminating
[00:11:45] terrorism. From this perspective,
[00:11:48] those who stand against this process
[00:11:52] are actually making small calculations.
[00:11:55] Unfortunately, they are missing
[00:11:59] the reality. I don't think they are acting
[00:12:02] in a way that is in the interests
[00:12:05] of the Republic of Turkey and the peoples
[00:12:09] of the region, not just Turkey,
[00:12:13] but also the peoples of the region in Syria
[00:12:16] and Iraq. If they had acted in their
[00:12:20] interests, they would have supported
[00:12:24] the current administration in Syria and stood
[00:12:28] behind Turkey's will to create
[00:12:32] a terror-free Turkey. Nobody in the region
[00:12:35] wants bloodshed anymore, and by nobody, I am not talking
[00:12:39] about those with imperial interests,
[00:12:43] I am talking about the Turkish state
[00:12:46] and the Syrian state. So,
[00:12:49] this whole process was resolved
[00:12:53] in this way. It didn't happen
[00:12:57] by saying, "There's an organization
[00:13:00] called the PKK, let's confront
[00:13:03] it, negotiate with it, come on, give up
[00:13:07] this business, give up establishing
[00:13:11] a Kurdistan state in Turkish territory
[00:13:15] or northern Syria." The Turkish state
[00:13:18] carried out four major operations in Syria.
[00:13:22] After that, the Syrian Revolution
[00:13:25] took place. If we ignore
[00:13:28] this process, this historical
[00:13:32] reality, we cannot understand
[00:13:36] how today's process reached this point.
[00:13:39] What is being done in the Grand
[00:13:43] National Assembly of Turkey today is this
[00:13:45] bill. Why is it a historical
[00:13:49] bill? Because the will that established
[00:13:53] the PKK terrorist organization says,
[00:13:57] "I have dissolved this organization,
[00:14:01] and the reason for dissolving
[00:14:04] it is not just my defeat,
[00:14:08] not just the military defeat I suffered
[00:14:11] against the Turkish state, but also
[00:14:15] that we have given up the idea
[00:14:18] of establishing a separate and independent
[00:14:21] state in Turkish territory." All of Abdullah
[00:14:25] Öcalan's statements are in this direction.
[00:14:29] This is what he said when he told
[00:14:33] the PKK terrorist organization
[00:14:36] to hold its congress and dissolve the PKK.
[00:14:39] He says, "We are no longer
[00:14:42] at this point ideologically." The Turkish
[00:14:46] state and the current government in Turkey
[00:14:49] have made very serious efforts both
[00:14:53] in the field, in terms of diplomacy,
[00:14:55] in terms of meeting
[00:14:57] with the people, and in terms of
[00:15:01] a democratic solution to the Kurdish problem,
[00:15:03] such as opening a Kurdish television
[00:15:07] channel in Turkey. They have a number
[00:15:11] of practices spanning 20 years.
[00:15:14] From this point on, there is
[00:15:18] this: the organization
[00:15:21] has dissolved itself, the leaders of the organization,
[00:15:24] the founding leaders of the organization,
[00:15:28] have said, "We will no longer
[00:15:31] have such an effort or activity."
[00:15:35] Militarily, those in Syria
[00:15:38] have been integrated into the Syrian
[00:15:42] Army, and there are almost
[00:15:45] no PKK terrorists left in Turkish
[00:15:49] territory. The rest are in Syrian
[00:15:52] and Iraqi territories, not knowing what to do,
[00:15:56] meaning they have no ideology,
[00:15:59] no military structure. The Turkish Army
[00:16:02] is constantly conducting operations in Iraqi
[00:16:06] territories, and the final
[00:16:09] point has been reached. After
[00:16:12] this, the Turkish state
[00:16:15] is showing generosity towards
[00:16:19] those who have not been involved
[00:16:22] in any crime in a place where
[00:16:26] there is no organization, who have only
[00:16:29] taken part in organizational activities,
[00:16:32] taken part in propaganda activities,
[00:16:34] and received punishment for being
[00:16:38] within the organization due to organizational
[00:16:41] discipline. It says, "If you have not
[00:16:45] committed a crime, if you have not
[00:16:48] fired a bullet, if you have not
[00:16:52] committed a murder against the Turkish
[00:16:56] soldier, come and surrender
[00:16:59] your weapon. If you have received
[00:17:03] a sentence of less than 15 years,
[00:17:06] I will defer this sentence
[00:17:10] for 5 years, and if I see
[00:17:13] that you have not committed
[00:17:16] another crime, you will not
[00:17:19] serve this sentence. If you have been
[00:17:23] sentenced to more than 15 years,
[00:17:26] I will monitor you for 10 years, and if you
[00:17:30] do not engage
[00:17:33] in any new terrorist activity
[00:17:37] during this period of 10 years,
[00:17:39] then I will completely remove your sentence,
[00:17:43] your execution." This was already
[00:17:47] the final stage that the process
[00:17:50] needed to complete. The organization
[00:17:53] would not disappear otherwise. After
[00:17:56] dissolving the organization, the mothers and fathers
[00:18:00] of the young people who went to the mountains
[00:18:03] as members of the organization, who were taken,
[00:18:06] kidnapped, or went there
[00:18:10] themselves by the PKK terrorist organization,
[00:18:13] have been protesting for years,
[00:18:17] as you know, the Diyarbakır Mothers
[00:18:20] are demanding their children back,
[00:18:23] and many of them have succeeded in this.
[00:18:27] Now, the duty of the state
[00:18:30] was this: to defer
[00:18:34] the sentences and executions
[00:18:37] of all other elements who declared
[00:18:41] that they gave up this work
[00:18:44] if they had not committed any
[00:18:47] crime until today. This is the current
[00:18:51] situation. That's why I don't think
[00:18:54] those who stand against this process
[00:18:58] are in the right and beneficial
[00:19:01] place at this
[00:19:02] historical turning
[00:19:06] point for Turkey or the peoples
[00:19:10] of the region. We say that
[00:19:13] it is a super-political issue, but we still
[00:19:17] get the impression that some political
[00:19:21] calculations are being made, given
[00:19:24] the current situation and attitude.
[00:19:27] Now, I actually want to add
[00:19:31] this here: when we evaluate
[00:19:34] the balance sheet of Turkey's fight
[00:19:38] against terrorism, of course,
[00:19:42] the lives we lost are a very
[00:19:44] separate issue.
[00:19:49] Our greatest sensitivity in this process
[00:19:52] is this, but on the other hand,
[00:19:55] there is a cost. If Turkey had invested
[00:19:59] these costs in other issues
[00:20:01] for the welfare
[00:20:05] of society, for example,
[00:20:08] in the defense industry, we see
[00:20:12] how important the defense industry
[00:20:15] is due to the global situation,
[00:20:18] what would have happened,
[00:20:22] I want to put this question
[00:20:26] on the table starting from today. Mr. Özer,
[00:20:30] will we see a very rapid
[00:20:33] acceleration, a transformation,
[00:20:37] a change? Look, I stated that
[00:20:41] the basis of this issue in Turkey
[00:20:43] needs to be traced back
[00:20:46] to the Koçgiri rebellion,
[00:20:50] back to 1921. It was an existential
[00:20:53] problem for us. If we had lost
[00:20:57] that war, the Battle of Sakarya,
[00:21:00] which, according to historians,
[00:21:03] was the battle where the 250-year
[00:21:06] Turkish retreat was stopped
[00:21:09] and the Turks on these lands
[00:21:12] said, "We exist
[00:21:16] and we will not disappear."
[00:21:19] This rebellion took place
[00:21:22] before that war. We are talking
[00:21:25] about more than 100 years
[00:21:28] that have passed. For these more
[00:21:32] than 100 years, Turkey has been
[00:21:35] fighting terrorism, not just losing
[00:21:39] people, as you said, we are setting
[00:21:43] aside those, their compensation
[00:21:46] is impossible, but we had to
[00:21:50] dedicate hundreds of billions
[00:21:53] of dollars of our great
[00:21:56] treasury to this. If this had
[00:22:00] not happened, Turkey would have
[00:22:03] an economic power 10 times greater
[00:22:07] than its current power. Turkey
[00:22:10] would not be in such a situation.
[00:22:13] Turkey's relations with its neighbors
[00:22:17] would be very strong. There would
[00:22:20] be a Turkey strengthened with
[00:22:24] its neighbors. Imagine a strong
[00:22:27] Syria, a strong Lebanon.
[00:22:30] This PKK terrorist organization and
[00:22:34] its affiliated structures not only in Turkish
[00:22:38] territory,
[00:22:44] but also in the valley
[00:22:48] where they were trained,
[00:23:20] they were the biggest factor in the destabilization
[00:23:23] of Lebanon and Syria.
[00:23:26] Terrorism has
[00:23:27] always been
[00:23:31] an apparatus used by imperial
[00:23:33] powers since the beginning
[00:23:37] of the War of Independence. The complete removal
[00:23:41] of this from our lands, its cleansing
[00:23:44] from our region,
[00:23:48] will lead to a Turkey
[00:23:52] strengthened with all our
[00:23:56] neighbors in the region. Yes, let's
[00:23:59] pause for a moment, with your permission,
[00:24:03] I will take your last sentences,
[00:24:06] yes, but we had
[00:24:10] also received your will not be taken. However,
[00:24:12] a service fee will be deducted due to security and personnel
[00:24:16] expenses. The income obtained will be for Iran and...
[00:25:20] we shared what happened, how do all these developments and
[00:25:23] geopolitical events affect the markets? To get
[00:25:26] the answer to this question, we go to Istanbul, to the Grand
[00:25:29] Bazaar. Merve Sarıkaya is
[00:25:31] waiting for us.
[00:25:34] You can also check under the chart. Yes, gold prices continue
[00:25:38] to rise on the 4th trading day of the week. In fact,
[00:25:41] with decreasing geopolitical risks, we also saw a slight easing of
[00:25:45] inflation concerns, and this supported the demand
[00:25:48] for precious metals, and we continued to follow
[00:25:51] the upward momentum in gold prices on the
[00:25:55] 4th trading day of the week. Looking at today,
[00:25:59] we actually saw an acceleration in the upward momentum of gold prices...
[00:26:02] We are tracking an ounce of gold that has reached its 7-week
[00:26:06] peak. We are currently observing
[00:26:08] the highest level in the last 7 weeks for the price of an ounce
[00:26:12] of gold. When we look at the ounce of gold, we were actually tracking
[00:26:15] an ounce of gold in the range of 4000 and 4200
[00:26:19] dollars in the last 6 weeks, but as of today,
[00:26:22] we saw an ounce of gold rising towards the highest level
[00:26:26] in the last 7 weeks because it tested 4300 dollars
[00:26:29] at its peak. We had seen it.
[00:26:33] When we arrived
[00:26:37] today, we saw that this
[00:26:40] region was tested again. Developments on the geopolitical side are very effective
[00:26:44] on gold prices, especially hopes for an agreement
[00:26:47] on the US-Iran line, the negotiation
[00:26:50] agenda, and there are also expectations that the upward
[00:26:53] momentum in the gold sector will accelerate further with
[00:26:56] possible news flow from here. Gold has found support
[00:27:00] in this process from geopolitical developments
[00:27:03] and the hope of an agreement here. Since the beginning of the week, we have seen a significant pullback in the oil
[00:27:07] sector. The oil price also fell below $80. Of course, the decline
[00:27:11] in oil prices also eased inflation concerns, which
[00:27:14] supported the upward momentum in precious metals, and
[00:27:18] we have been tracking the highest levels of gold prices in
[00:27:22] approximately the last two months. Of course, its reflection
[00:27:25] domestically was also positive, it was upward. We also tracked
[00:27:29] levels of 6,500
[00:27:31] liras in gram gold. We observed a gram of gold
[00:27:35] priced above 6,500 liras. Gold last saw these levels at the
[00:27:39] beginning of June, approximately 2 months ago.
[00:27:42] As of today, with the rise in
[00:27:45] ounce gold, we tracked levels above 6,500
[00:27:49] liras in the price of gram gold. Looking at the current
[00:27:52] selling price, we are tracking 6,540 in gram gold, 10,680
[00:27:56] liras in quarter
[00:27:59] gold, and we are observing buyers at these
[00:28:02] prices. We touched upon geopolitical developments in gold, but on the other
[00:28:06] hand, expectations of interest rate hikes by the Fed also affect
[00:28:09] the direction of gold. Tomorrow, non-farm payroll data will be released
[00:28:12] in the US, and this data will also be very decisive
[00:28:16] for the direction of gold in the coming
[00:28:19] period. Experts say that the upward momentum in gold
[00:28:22] is strong with the easing of geopolitical developments
[00:28:26] and geopolitical risks. Let's return to
[00:28:28] Ankara.
[00:28:35] The Deputy Mayor Rüzgar Sönmez, who was wanted as a fugitive
[00:28:39] within the scope of the bribery and extortion investigation
[00:28:43] targeting Menderes Municipality in Izmir, has also been
[00:28:46] apprehended. Thus, the number of detainees in the investigation
[00:28:50] has reached 16. We will learn the current situation, the latest
[00:28:53] information in the investigation. We are in Izmir. Bülent Güler
[00:28:55] will give the details.
[00:29:03] Within the scope of the investigation launched by the Izmir Public
[00:29:07] Prosecutor's Office, simultaneous operations
[00:29:10] were carried out in homes in Karabağlar, Menderes,
[00:29:13] and Konak. At the same time,
[00:29:16] around 5:30 and 6
[00:29:19] o'clock, an operation was also carried out at Menderes
[00:29:22] Municipality, and the computer and flash drives of Mayor
[00:29:26] İlkay Çiçek were seized,
[00:29:29] and investigations were carried out at his residence.
[00:29:33] An arrest warrant was issued for 16 people, and 15
[00:29:36] of these people were apprehended,
[00:29:39] and then they were brought here, to the gendarmerie
[00:29:42] command, and their statements are still being taken.
[00:29:46] Among these people, as I just mentioned,
[00:29:49] is Menderes Mayor İlkay Çiçek.
[00:29:53] Yes, one person could not be reached, Deputy
[00:29:56] Mayor Rüzgar Sönmez
[00:29:58] could not be reached.
[00:30:02] As a result of police intelligence cooperation,
[00:30:06] Rüzgar Sönmez was found
[00:30:09] in a house yesterday around
[00:30:13] 5 p.m. and brought here.
[00:30:16] His statement is also being taken here.
[00:30:19] So, what is at the center of the accusations, what is
[00:30:22] the focus of the accusations? There are serious allegations,
[00:30:25] especially regarding zoning.
[00:30:29] Related to irregularities in zoning.
[00:30:32] There is extortion, and these 16 people are also accused
[00:30:36] of forming a criminal organization to carry
[00:30:40] out this bribery, extortion, and
[00:30:43] irregularities. They are accused of forming a criminal
[00:30:46] organization. Their statements are still being taken here,
[00:30:50] and most likely,
[00:30:53] they will be referred to the courthouse tomorrow
[00:30:57] morning. These people are accused of making
[00:31:00] irregularities in matters such as issuing occupancy
[00:31:04] permits, construction licenses, and zoning changes for
[00:31:06] illegal gains. Let's
[00:31:10] leave the floor to the center again.
[00:31:13] We shared the photo
[00:31:17] frames from one of today's important meetings, the meeting
[00:31:21] between President Erdoğan and MHP Chairman Devlet
[00:31:25] Bahçeli, with you just a moment ago. We are
[00:31:28] now showing you the images shared regarding that
[00:31:32] meeting, the first moments when the reception
[00:31:35] took place, after the photo frames.
[00:31:38] Approximately 30 minutes, half an hour, has passed in this
[00:31:42] meeting. It is taking place in an important period,
[00:31:45] on an important day. This week, in the process of a Turkey
[00:31:49] free of terrorism, it is also critical and important
[00:31:53] for the meeting as it takes place
[00:31:56] at a time when the target is very close, dear viewers. As you
[00:32:00] know, the draft law was submitted to the Parliament Speaker yesterday.
[00:32:03] The details of the draft law were shared. There were
[00:32:06] busy days in the Parliament. Before that, we are talking
[00:32:10] about a process of approximately 2 years, the process
[00:32:13] where ideas and steps regarding the "Turkey without Terror"
[00:32:16] process began to be realized. Almost two years have passed
[00:32:19] since then. The parliamentary commission also started its
[00:32:22] work on August 5, 2025, and a year later, a consensus
[00:32:26] was reached on the draft law with intense agreement,
[00:32:29] dear viewers, and the text and the draft law were submitted
[00:32:33] to the Parliament Speaker yesterday, and immediately afterwards,
[00:32:36] President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is receiving MHP Chairman
[00:32:40] Devlet Bahçeli today. This reception also lasted
[00:32:44] approximately half an hour.
[00:32:54] Esteemed viewers, the moment a four-story building collapsed
[00:32:57] in Istanbul was captured by security cameras. You can
[00:33:00] actually see the effect of a large explosion in the vicinity.
[00:33:03] Look, you can see a citizen who had just done some shopping
[00:33:07] at a market nearby quickly
[00:33:10] moving away and fleeing. Thankfully,
[00:33:13] dear viewers, precautions were taken
[00:33:17] in advance due to the attention of the residents of the building.
[00:33:21] A controlled demolition operation also started
[00:33:25] in the risky building
[00:33:26] next to the collapsed building.
[00:33:31] The building collapsed suddenly, and a cloud of dust covered
[00:33:35] the surroundings. Those moments were captured by security cameras.
[00:33:39] A citizen narrowly escaped death.
[00:33:43] I was sitting in the office and
[00:33:45] it came like that, I thought it was an earthquake, but it was my first
[00:33:49] time experiencing such an earthquake, like a sound from below,
[00:33:52] I went outside
[00:33:55] and it was full of dust. The evacuated building
[00:33:59] collapsed here, it could have fallen on a child or something.
[00:34:02] We had a narrow escape. I was at the
[00:34:05] entrance of the park. Then suddenly,
[00:34:08] I heard a sister's voice. Then I looked back
[00:34:11] and the building had collapsed. I was very scared then, I thought it was an earthquake.
[00:34:15] A four-story building in Bahçelievler, Istanbul,
[00:34:19] was evacuated due to sounds coming from the columns. The structure,
[00:34:23] which contained 22 apartments
[00:34:24] and 3 workplaces, collapsed
[00:34:28] shortly after the evacuation. The building next to the collapsed
[00:34:31] building was also damaged. Municipal teams started
[00:34:34] controlled demolition work on the damaged building.
[00:34:37] Extensive security measures were taken in the area. Police, fire department, AFAD, UMKE,
[00:34:41] health, and municipal police
[00:34:45] teams were present. Due to the demolition work, some
[00:34:48] streets in the area were closed to pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
[00:34:52] Some buildings in the vicinity were also evacuated
[00:34:54] as a precaution
[00:34:58] during the demolition. We will continue with images
[00:35:01] from Bursa. A traffic accident in the Beşyol
[00:35:04] area of Osmangazi district and those moments captured
[00:35:07] by security cameras, dear viewers. You are watching. Look,
[00:35:11] a motorcyclist and a pedestrian narrowly escaped an accident.
[00:35:15] The motorcyclist loses control of the handlebars,
[00:35:18] and passes by the pedestrian on the sidewalk to avoid hitting
[00:35:22] them. There is caution there, but he crashes into
[00:35:26] the wall by the side of the road at high speed, dear
[00:35:29] viewers. As you can see, the pedestrian narrowly
[00:35:32] escaped the accident, but the motorcyclist was seriously injured.
[00:35:36] Look, we see a part of the motorcycle that fell to the
[00:35:39] ground due to the impact. The driver was also
[00:35:43] thrown by the impact, which is not fully visible
[00:35:46] in the footage, but he was seriously
[00:35:49] injured in this accident, dear viewers.
[00:35:52] The motorcyclist narrowly missed the pedestrian
[00:35:56] walking on the sidewalk, but
[00:35:57] as we said, the motorcyclist
[00:36:03] was seriously injured. Ladies and gentlemen, in Kadirli
[00:36:07] district of Osmaniye, while repairing a mobile
[00:36:10] phone at a technical service, smoke suddenly started
[00:36:13] to rise from the battery. We experience this situation very often, as you know.
[00:36:17] Especially when it happens during
[00:36:20] repairs, it is also captured by the security
[00:36:24] cameras of the workplaces. The owner, İsmail Şen,
[00:36:27] noticed the situation, placed the phone on the workbench,
[00:36:31] and moved away. As the phone fell onto the table, the battery
[00:36:35] suddenly exploded and then caught fire. Thankfully,
[00:36:38] İsmail Şen quickly extinguished the flames
[00:36:41] with a fire extinguisher.
[00:36:47] Those moments were recorded by the workplace's security
[00:36:50] camera. In California, USA, hundreds of hectares
[00:36:54] of land turned to ash due to forest fires.
[00:36:58] European countries are also battling fires. Hundreds
[00:37:01] of thousands of hectares of forest land have been destroyed
[00:37:04] by fires this summer. In Greece, the moments when flames engulfed
[00:37:07] a neighborhood in minutes due to strong winds were also
[00:37:11] captured by security cameras.
[00:37:15] California, USA, is battling forest
[00:37:19] fires. The forest fire that broke out in the Calaveras
[00:37:22] region spread over a large area due to strong winds.
[00:37:26] While dense smoke covered the sky, approximately
[00:37:29] 700 hectares of land turned to ash.
[00:37:33] Evacuation decisions were made in some regions
[00:37:36] as the flames approached
[00:37:37] residential areas.
[00:37:41] In Greece, the progression of the forest fire
[00:37:44] was captured second by second by security cameras.
[00:37:48] The images are from the Porto Germeno region. In the images
[00:37:51] recorded by a camera on a house balcony, it is seen that
[00:37:54] the flames, growing under the influence of strong
[00:37:58] winds, gradually enveloped the neighborhood. The flames
[00:38:01] reach the house where the camera is located. In the Attica
[00:38:05] region, where the fire was effective, more than
[00:38:08] 13,000 hectares of land turned to ash in one week.
[00:38:11] Officials continue damage assessment studies to determine
[00:38:15] the extent of the damage
[00:38:19] caused by the fire. The forest fire that broke
[00:38:22] out in the Lower Austria province of Austria
[00:38:26] rapidly grew due to extreme heat and drought.
[00:38:29] Dense smoke covered the sky. While the fire
[00:38:33] was intervened at the highest
[00:38:34] alarm level, more than 500
[00:38:37] firefighters participated in the efforts. In Europe,
[00:38:41] thousands of hectares of land turned to ash in forest
[00:38:45] fires this summer. According to the report prepared
[00:38:48] by the World Wide Fund for Nature on fires,
[00:38:51] 70,000 hectares of forest land burned in Italy,
[00:38:55] 219 hectares in Spain,
[00:38:58] and 91 hectares in France. In the last 20 years,
[00:39:01] the amount of forest land destroyed
[00:39:04] by fires has increased
[00:39:08] by 133%. We shared the fires and images
[00:39:11] that caused thousands of hectares of land outside our borders
[00:39:15] to turn to ash. Let's return to our country. A wheat field
[00:39:18] in Havsa district of Edirne caught fire. We will get
[00:39:22] the latest situation and information about that fire. Yavuz Demir
[00:39:25] is waiting for us right there. "Get
[00:39:28] ready.
[00:39:31] A fire broke out in a harvested wheat field in Abalar village,
[00:39:34] Havsa district of Edirne. According to what we learned
[00:39:37] from the locals, the cause of the fire
[00:39:40] was said to be from electrical wires.
[00:39:43] A bird landing on the electrical wires
[00:39:46] caused a short circuit, and the
[00:39:49] flames somehow spread to the ground.
[00:39:53] After that, as you can see, the scene
[00:39:56] is horrifying. Approximately
[00:40:00] 20 football fields
[00:40:02] worth of land burned. Of course,
[00:40:05] the wheat field has been harvested, but
[00:40:09] the remaining straw is useful, a valuable
[00:40:13] thing. As you can see, there is a straw bale.
[00:40:16] My cameraman friend, TRT cameraman Doğukan Vurgun,
[00:40:20] is showing it on screen. The area is very windy.
[00:40:24] However, we can say that it has almost been brought
[00:40:27] under control. This is a surface fire, a stubble fire.
[00:40:31] Let's go slowly towards that direction. Let's try
[00:40:34] to show why such black, dense smoke is coming
[00:40:37] out, dear viewers. This is Abalar Village,
[00:40:41] Kuzucu Village is right ahead at the point my cameraman
[00:40:44] friend is showing. Look, there is a flare-up there.
[00:40:48] Teams from the Regional Directorate of Forestry are intervening
[00:40:51] in the flames so that they don't spread to another
[00:40:55] And right next to it,
[00:40:58] there is an unharvested sunflower field.
[00:41:01] Fruit farming is very common in this region.
[00:41:05] There are also fruit fields, or rather, fruit orchards.
[00:41:08] Let's not get into that smoke, please. Now it will spray
[00:41:12] water towards us, so it doesn't splash on us.
[00:41:16] Come back a little. Yes, dear viewers,
[00:41:19] as you can see, there are grassy
[00:41:23] areas right by the side of the road.
[00:41:26] When the fire spread to those grassy areas,
[00:41:29] the flames also spread to the other side
[00:41:32] of the road. In fact, the flames start at
[00:41:35] the point that comes into view, and then, with
[00:41:39] the intensity of the wind, they jumped
[00:41:42] to this area, meaning
[00:41:45] they crossed the road. Look, it's coming into
[00:41:48] view now, the fire department is also
[00:41:52] intervening, but it's a road of approximately
[00:41:55] 5-10 meters. The flames have also entered
[00:41:58] the harvested wheat field on the opposite side.
[00:42:02] So how does this happen? Look, even pressurized
[00:42:06] water hasn't reached the smoke yet
[00:42:10] due to the wind. Look, there is an incredible
[00:42:13] wind in the region, but since it is
[00:42:17] a surface fire, we can say that the
[00:42:20] teams have made it easier now. Of course,
[00:42:23] there are many
[00:42:25] journalists in the region,
[00:42:29] and they are also trying to film it, but we saw
[00:42:33] some people behind the smoke down there.
[00:42:35] Now,
[00:42:38] we have turned right a little.
[00:42:42] Look, as the smoke thins out,
[00:42:45] we can see how dense and large
[00:42:49] an area it has covered or how large
[00:42:52] an area has burned. The fire engine is coming.
[00:42:56] Come forward a little.
[00:42:59] I think the fire department
[00:43:03] will intervene from another point.
[00:43:06] Look, there is a fruit tree right behind me, and it has
[00:43:10] also unfortunately been affected by the
[00:43:13] flames. It's as if it was held
[00:43:17] here. The teams were successful, it doesn't
[00:43:21] seem like it will go further from this point.
[00:43:24] Should we go down a little? Look, dear viewers,
[00:43:28] this area is a harvested wheat field,
[00:43:32] the wheat has been removed, but the straw
[00:43:35] bales came into view a moment ago.
[00:43:38] Look, to the right of
[00:43:40] this point,
[00:43:43] there is also an unharvested, unripe sunflower
[00:43:46] field. The road we are walking on
[00:43:50] is actually a harvested wheat field, a grain
[00:43:53] field, a harvested wheat field. The remaining
[00:43:57] straw, because it is dry, ignites with a tiny
[00:44:01] spark. Such flames grow,
[00:44:04] and you can't stop
[00:44:05] them when
[00:44:08] the wind comes.
[00:44:11] The number of teams has also increased, and the wind
[00:44:14] has started to scatter the ashes. There is an unburned
[00:44:18] spot below,
[00:44:19] I think they are straw
[00:44:23] bales. Should we walk towards them to show
[00:44:26] them to our viewers? It's a bit more stable.
[00:44:30] Without too much shaking.
[00:44:33] Now, right behind those green fields
[00:44:37] is Kuzucu village, to the left
[00:44:40] is where the fire came from, Abalar village.
[00:44:44] The area behind us is where the wind
[00:44:47] is blowing from, that's Şerbetdar village.
[00:44:51] God forbid, behind this ridge is
[00:44:55] Şerbetdar. Straw bales
[00:44:58] are burning there.
[00:45:03] Look, dear viewers, since there is nothing
[00:45:06] left to burn and with the intervention of the
[00:45:10] teams, it is gradually being extinguished.
[00:45:12] Let's continue downwards a
[00:45:15] little more.
[00:45:19] Pardon me, look, this
[00:45:22] is an area of approximately
[00:45:26] 20 football fields.
[00:45:29] Of course, many of them
[00:45:33] are harvested wheat fields,
[00:45:36] but right next to them are
[00:45:40] fruit orchards, and those
[00:45:43] that have not been harvested
[00:45:47] have unfortunately been damaged.
[00:45:49] Look, the teams, look, I see straw bales
[00:45:53] in the direction
[00:45:56] of the construction machine.
[00:45:59] Straw bales are burning here on the ground
[00:46:03] so they don't spread further. The construction machine
[00:46:06] is also intervening to contain the flames
[00:46:10] by digging
[00:46:12] the soil.
[00:46:17] There are also teams from the Regional Directorate
[00:46:20] of Forestry there. I hope the flames
[00:46:24] will eventually die out there,
[00:46:27] as they can't find a point to spread
[00:46:30] further, but look, on the right here,
[00:46:34] a small wooded area has formed
[00:46:36] between the two fields,
[00:46:40] and there is a flare-up there.
[00:46:42] Let's inform the teams here
[00:46:46] immediately; perhaps they will see it
[00:46:50] and intervene here too, because the adjacent
[00:46:54] sunflower field must not be
[00:46:57] reached by the flames,
[00:47:01] as it would cause great damage to
[00:47:04] the producers. This is a field
[00:47:08] that has not yet ripened and has
[00:47:11] not been harvested. Let's slowly
[00:47:15] walk towards that direction
[00:47:18] if you wish. Oh, the flames
[00:47:22] have started to rise
[00:47:25] a lot. It's time to hand
[00:47:29] it over to you. The teams are intervening.
[00:47:33] We can say it's getting easier,
[00:47:36] but there is also an incredible heat coming
[00:47:40] with the wind and smoke.
[00:47:43] We will continue to update you
[00:47:47] as new developments
[00:47:49] occur in the region.
[00:47:59] Extreme heat is affecting our country. We are experiencing
[00:48:02] a situation where thermometers show 40 degrees Celsius,
[00:48:06] and even higher in some places. Kahramanmaraş
[00:48:09] is one of the leading cities in this regard.
[00:48:12] Our reporter Asilhan Yılmaz is in the region. We mentioned
[00:48:16] the temperature shown by the thermometers, but
[00:48:19] Asilhan, the felt temperature might be different. What measures?
[00:48:31] Of course, you said 40 degrees in Kahramanmaraş, but we are
[00:48:34] here with you with an air temperature much
[00:48:37] higher than 40 degrees. Especially the rise
[00:48:41] in air temperature above 40 degrees
[00:48:44] inevitably affected life in Kahramanmaraş
[00:48:47] negatively. Traffic eased considerably
[00:48:51] in the busy areas of the city, and
[00:48:54] there was also a significant silence.
[00:48:58] We are in Ali İzzet Begoviç Park, one of the
[00:49:01] park areas highly preferred by cameras. The silence
[00:49:05] here is also one of the biggest indicators
[00:49:09] of how high the temperature is. Of course. Scorching
[00:49:13] temperatures inevitably affect daily life negatively.
[00:49:17] Of course, during the hours when the temperature
[00:49:20] is felt most intensely, a remarkable calmness
[00:49:24] is experienced in parks as well as on streets
[00:49:27] and avenues. Normally, green areas heavily
[00:49:31] used by citizens remain largely empty,
[00:49:34] while those who have to go out prefer
[00:49:38] shaded and covered rest areas in parks to protect themselves
[00:49:42] from the sun. Especially, experts advise against
[00:49:45] going out between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
[00:49:49] when the sun's warnings, of course. Meteorologist.
[00:49:52] According to forecasts, high temperatures are expected to continue
[00:49:56] in the coming days, so citizens need
[00:49:59] to take the necessary precautions against the hot
[00:50:03] weather. The temperature here right now is really
[00:50:06] stifling, and there is a significant
[00:50:10] silence
[00:50:11] in our park.
[00:50:14] We will bring a magnificent view from the Bosphorus to your screens.
[00:50:18] The world's third largest semi- submersible crane and pipe laying
[00:50:22] vessel, Saipem 7000, passed through the Istanbul
[00:50:25] Bosphorus. To pass under the Bosphorus bridges,
[00:50:28] the 197-meter-long giant ship, which
[00:50:31] lowered its crane towers by filling its ballast tanks with water,
[00:50:34] completed its passage through the Bosphorus with extensive security measures.
[00:50:38] The platform, which has a height of 135 meters,
[00:50:42] lowered its height to 57 meters by laying down its towers
[00:50:46] to pass under the bridges. The vessel, which has a twin crane
[00:50:49] system capable of lifting 14,000 tons of cargo
[00:50:52] in a single operation, also attracts attention with its width
[00:50:56] of 87 meters. We are talking about a giant
[00:51:00] ship. In the past, this ship, which worked in the Black Sea
[00:51:03] within the scope of the Blue Stream project, which carried natural gas
[00:51:07] from Russia to Turkey, broke a record by laying a pipeline
[00:51:09] at a depth of 2150 meters. The ship, which has the ability to lay
[00:51:13] derin sularda boru döşeme kabiliyeti bulunan ve
[00:51:16] 725 kişiye kadar personel barındırma
[00:51:19] kapasitesine sahip olan gemi uluslararası.
[00:51:22] Denizcilik faaliyetlerini
[00:51:24] sürdürüyor.
[00:51:33] Minister of Industry and Technology, Mehmet Fatih Kacır, stated that they
[00:51:37] increased the added value in manufacturing industry to 250 billion dollars
[00:51:40] in 23 years. He said, "We are determined
[00:51:44] to move our country among the most developed countries in the world." Minister Kacır
[00:51:47] spoke in Trabzon.
[00:51:52] konuştu.
[00:52:05] we extracted. We made Turkey
[00:52:08] first in Europe in commercial vehicle, white goods, solar panel,
[00:52:12] and steel production. We have a local and national
[00:52:15] defense industry infrastructure that makes a name for itself
[00:52:19] in the world with its capabilities, technology, and engineering,
[00:52:23] developing, designing, producing, and exporting products in a wide range.
[00:52:26] We are determined to crown the achievements
[00:52:29] we have gained in 23 years with new successes in the Turkish Century
[00:52:33] and to quickly move our country among
[00:52:37] the most developed countries
[00:53:00] preparation process, but we are not saying goodbye. Around the top of the hour,
[00:53:03] we will open a new news agenda together.
[00:53:06] açacağız.
[00:58:12] Welcome back, dear viewers, to TRT News screens.
[00:58:16] We are with you once again with the news agenda segment.
[00:58:19] We are here to bring you the intense agenda. There
[00:58:23] was an important reception that ended a few minutes
[00:58:26] ago at the Presidential Complex. President Erdoğan
[00:58:30] received MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli. The main topic
[00:58:34] of the meeting was undoubtedly the legislative proposal prepared
[00:58:37] for a Turkey without terrorism, the draft law submitted
[00:58:41] to the Parliament. But we want to learn all the details
[00:58:44] about the important meeting. Our reporter,
[00:58:47] Ahmet Yılmaz, is with us at the point where the meeting
[00:58:51] took place. We would like to get the details and
[00:58:54] any statement regarding the content from him,
[00:58:57] Ahmet.
[00:59:02] President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Nationalist Movement
[00:59:05] Party Chairman Devlet Bahçeli held
[00:59:09] their third meeting of the year at the Presidential
[00:59:13] Complex. Like the previous meetings, this meeting
[00:59:16] lasted approximately 45 minutes. So, what
[00:59:20] was the agenda of this important meeting, which was actually
[00:59:23] a surprise meeting not included in President Recep Tayyip
[00:59:27] Erdoğan's official program? Important developments are taking
[00:59:30] place in the process of a Turkey without terrorism. Yesterday,
[00:59:33] the legislative proposal regarding the process was submitted to the Parliament,
[00:59:37] and one of the first signatories of this legislative
[00:59:40] proposal was MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli. Today's
[00:59:44] meeting between President Erdoğan and MHP Chairman Bahçeli.
[00:59:48] We anticipate that comprehensive evaluations were made regarding
[00:59:52] this legislative proposal. Yesterday, President Recep Tayyip
[00:59:55] Erdoğan made a statement on his social media
[00:59:58] account, expressing his gratitude to MHP Chairman
[01:00:01] Devlet Bahçeli for his contributions to the successful completion
[01:00:04] of this legislative proposal and the process after
[01:00:07] its submission to the Parliament. Similarly, on Tuesday,
[01:00:11] a similar thank you came from Devlet Bahçeli,
[01:00:15] the MHP Chairman, to President
[01:00:17] Erdoğan. The goal of a Turkey without terrorism,
[01:00:21] which started with MHP Chairman Bahçeli's historical call
[01:00:24] and was actually materialized by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's
[01:00:28] will, has become a state project. At this
[01:00:31] point, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and MHP
[01:00:35] Chairman Devlet Bahçeli have held many meetings
[01:00:39] so far. But today's meeting is undoubtedly
[01:00:42] very important. As we know, the legislative
[01:00:46] proposal was submitted to the Parliament yesterday. We expect
[01:00:50] that both the stage reached within the scope of the process
[01:00:53] so far and the path to be followed after the legislative proposal
[01:00:57] is submitted and becomes law in the Parliament will be discussed.