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00:00:39be discussed for the whole world, of course its
00:00:43reflections are also happening in Turkey, those who were
00:00:46evacuated, those who were arrested, detentions, this has
00:00:49also spread to the economy, serious movements in the
00:00:52fund market, in the stock market, when the
00:00:55circuit breakers came into play yesterday, Mehmet Şimşek's meeting
00:01:00announcement emerged this morning, today those who
00:01:03manage the economy in the Republic of Turkey will meet at
00:01:078 o'clock, because steps will be taken so that
00:01:10the stock market crisis in Turkey does not
00:01:14drag on, decisions will be made, and unfortunately
00:01:17this perfect storm has led to the price of
00:01:20diesel fuel, which cannot produce energy or oil,
00:01:24and is completely dependent on foreign sources, reaching 100 liras.
00:01:27It's hot from last night, it's hot from this morning, it's really
00:01:31hot, but the economy seems to be in the first
00:01:35place, let's quickly look at our headlines, of course,
00:01:39it's not just the economy, a perfect storm is
00:01:42coming regarding Turkey's democracy,
00:01:45speaking, not from me, being
00:01:48on the opposing side, criticizing me, it's either
00:01:51you're mine or you're dead, we've been discussing this for a long
00:01:55time, but this cannot be called democracy,
00:01:57they called it elective democracy,
00:02:00is it really possible for a system that
00:02:03determines its candidate, its rival, to be a truly
00:02:07democratic electoral system? This is the biggest discussion,
00:02:10they want controlled opposition, according to Özgür Özel's narrative.
00:02:14The Silivri epic, a tear-jerking question. There
00:02:17are many tears in Silivri. There have been many tears
00:02:20in Silivri since the Ergenekon days. The series
00:02:23called Valley of the Wolves, while
00:02:26preparing this country for these agendas, was a stepping
00:02:30stone for FETÖ. While the felt this in Valley of the
00:02:33Wolves, sir. I specifically say, when Zekeriya Öz
00:02:37and others, judges, came out and announced
00:02:40that document consisting of thousands of pages,
00:02:44called the Ergenekon indictment, in the garden
00:02:47of the High Criminal Court, the public was already convinced.
00:02:51Valley of the Wolves had convinced judged everyone by putting them
00:02:54in the same sack, calling them Ergenekonists, with phrases
00:02:57like "the superior mind" that happened in this country.
00:03:01Since then, the law has not been able to
00:03:05hold together. From Türkiye Gazetesi, we will look
00:03:08at the pyramid scheme of profiteers. From Karar Gazetesi,
00:03:12a dangerous game over the Kaaba, we are being
00:03:15dragged into something. You know that famous Russian
00:03:19proverb, if a rifle is hung
00:03:21on the wall in a theater play,
00:03:25it will definitely fire at the end of the play.
00:03:29I hope a big war, a big war anxiety,
00:03:32does not happen in this geography.
00:03:35Our first headline is Pencere Gazetesi. This
00:03:38is it. We have a story where we are experiencing
00:03:42the consequences of the institutions of the Turkish economy not
00:03:45being independent. Of course, there is a crisis in the world.
00:03:48Of course, there are wars in the world. Of
00:03:51course, there is an energy crisis in the
00:03:55world today, but it is as if we are fighting
00:03:58beyond all countries. The first sentence of
00:04:01the food crisis is this. Sir, what is happening
00:04:04to you and me, saying "there is nas, there is nas"
00:04:08in that period when the seats of the Central Bank Governors
00:04:12and then the ministers were changed every two days, whatever
00:04:15the president said was done, and unfortunately, we cannot
00:04:19recover from the phrase "there is nas" at the moment, because
00:04:23we tried to lower interest rates while they were increasing
00:04:26them in the world, the market cannot find its balance despite
00:04:30all those rational steps, but the situation is different
00:04:33in the United States, there is a leader in that country
00:04:37who wants interest rates to fall, you know who that is,
00:04:40Donald Trump. The Fed raised interest rates after
00:04:433 years despite Trump. It has increased
00:04:47it to the 4% band. It keeps long-term
00:04:51fund interest rates even higher and gives a purchase
00:04:53guarantee. The United States Central Bank decided
00:04:57to raise interest rates for the first time since
00:05:122023, despite President Trump's pressure to lower
00:05:15interest rates. Kevin, appointed by Trump, showed
00:05:18his independent stance clearly, you know why? It's
00:05:22a step taken because inflation is going towards
00:05:244%, in the 3.5-4% band,
00:05:28that is, they decide to increase interest rates
00:05:32because the inflation that Turkey produces
00:05:35in a month is produced in a year, whereas
00:05:38in our country, interest rates should be lowered,
00:05:42of course interest is a very bad thing, but unfortunately
00:05:46we cannot get out from under the phrase "nas
00:05:49var" from that first step, let's come, let's also
00:05:53explain the details of our news. The Federal Reserve,
00:05:56the central bank of the United States, raised its policy
00:06:00rate by 25 points to the range of 3.75-4%.
00:06:03Thus, the Fed raised interest rates for the
00:06:07first time after more than 3 years. The Fed
00:06:11raised its policy rate by 25 basis points
00:06:14to the range of 3.75-4%. The interest rate decision
00:06:18was taken unanimously by all 12 members. Due
00:06:21to global economic developments, the American-Iranian war,
00:06:24the rise in oil prices, and inflation
00:06:28showing an upward trend in the US economy, the number of expectations
00:06:31for a Fed interest rate hike had increased.
00:06:34In the meantime, the expectation of another 1.25 basis
00:06:37point interest rate hike has also emerged. In a statement
00:06:40from the Fed, it was stated that inflation continues
00:06:44to remain high, and that the interest rate
00:06:48hike will support inflation returning to the 2%
00:06:51target faster. The statement said, "The committee will ensure
00:06:55price stability." Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh stated that
00:06:58inflation has been high for too long and that
00:07:01the decision to raise interest rates is a correct
00:07:04step towards ensuring price stability. Warsh said,
00:07:08"I am not in the business of forward guidance. I
00:07:11will not make a judgment about our future decisions
00:07:15now." US President Donald Trump, after the Fed's
00:07:18interest rate hike decision, made a very harsh statement
00:07:22on his social media account. Trump reacted
00:07:25to the Fed's decision. He used the phrase,
00:07:27"Think of the interest
00:07:33rate for America and do it quickly."
00:07:35Now, this statement is important.
00:07:38They say they will curb inflation.
00:07:42As I just stated, what they call curbing is inflation in the
00:07:463.5-4% band. To achieve the 2%
00:07:49target, the Fed raised interest rates
00:07:52by 25 basis points. There are repercussions in Turkey.
00:07:55There are repercussions for diesel fuel in Turkey.
00:07:58There are repercussions for other factors in Turkey,
00:08:02but the fund market is in turmoil. Yesterday, the
00:08:06stock market circuit breaker had to be activated.
00:08:09There are stocks that have been trading at their lowest
00:08:13prices for a long time. When problems began to
00:08:16arise in some companies regarding their sales,
00:08:19a crisis, that is, a perfect storm, has emerged.
00:08:23When such a story occurs out of nowhere, today
00:08:27the Ministry of Treasury and Finance of the Republic
00:08:30of Turkey has a press release. Mehmet Şimşek
00:08:34and his team will meet at 8 o'clock. Before the
00:08:36markets open, before the stock market comes into play,
00:08:39the decision from the Fed regarding the gold market,
00:08:43the foreign exchange market, what happened yesterday,
00:08:46and the fund managers detained at midnight, the financial
00:08:50stability committee decided to meet, sir, an important
00:08:52meeting, they will meet at 8 o'clock, our Ministry
00:08:56of Treasury and Finance, under the chairmanship of
00:08:59Mr. Mehmet Şimşek, will meet tomorrow at 8 o'clock
00:09:03to evaluate the developments in the financial markets,
00:09:07it is respectfully announced to the public. Republic
00:09:10of Turkey Ministry of Treasury and Finance. Of
00:09:14course, a liquidity problem is being experienced. Send
00:09:17a message. A liquidity problem is being experienced.
00:09:20Will decisions be made regarding this? Will the problems
00:09:24of the companies be solved regarding this? What decision
00:09:27will be made, we will also follow this. The circuit
00:09:31breaker worked in the stock market, the decline was 5%.
00:09:34While the world's eyes were focused on the Fed's
00:09:38interest rate decision, the sharp fluctuation that
00:09:40started with the capital market board's fund
00:09:44regulation intensified on the third day of the week,
00:09:47activating the circuit breakers in Borsa Istanbul. While
00:09:50the index fell close to 7% during the day,
00:09:53it closed the day with a 5.5% loss at
00:09:5613,122 points. I'm telling you. How did
00:09:59a perfect storm suddenly emerge? The steps taken,
00:10:03the decisions made, correct decisions, wrong decisions.
00:10:06What came from the Fed, the great pressure in
00:10:09the energy market. The meeting at 8 o'clock
00:10:12seems very important.
00:10:15Borsa Istanbul crashed sharply. The loss in Bist was close
00:10:19to 6%. A circuit breaker was applied for a
00:10:22while. The panic atmosphere
00:10:28that arose caused sales across the stock market.
00:10:31Markets are active, investors in Borsa Istanbul started
00:10:34the day with a sharp decline. The fund crisis
00:10:38that started with Pusula Portföy also spread to
00:10:42Borsa Istanbul. With the sales pressure related to
00:10:45Tera also coming into play, the loss in
00:10:49Bist approached 6% and the circuit breaker
00:10:52was activated. Transactions resumed as of 4:24 PM.
00:10:55The panic atmosphere that arose after the developments
00:10:59in the funds accelerated sales across the stock
00:11:02market. The gold market started the day with
00:11:06an increase, contrary to expectations. An ounce
00:11:09of gold is trading at $4,345. In
00:11:13the Grand Bazaar, a gram of gold is
00:11:16sold at 6,794 liras. When we look
00:11:19at it in TL terms, it's currently around
00:11:22676-6.80, but 6,600-6,500 is
00:11:25still strong support in the short term. The
00:11:29course of the economy is changing, sometimes
00:11:32it goes up. This is Turkey. It's normal.
00:11:35How much will it be at the end of the
00:11:38year? I think it will reach eight again.
00:11:41The stock market crashed. Oil rose, while gold
00:11:45continues its volatile course. Citizens have
00:11:48stopped investing, they are trying to save
00:11:51the day. The market is negative, so I
00:11:55prefer to wait for cash. It's very expensive.
00:11:58Do we have an end-of-year expectation? Yes, 7,000-7,500.
00:12:01We are waiting for the interest rate indices
00:12:05in America, it will change accordingly. Is the citizen waiting for
00:12:08interest? The citizen is waiting for interest.
00:12:11The citizen has already become an economist. They
00:12:14cannot lower inflation,
00:12:19no matter what they do, they cannot lower it.
00:12:233.4. When you look
00:13:24something to you with what we learned from
00:13:27what the experts told us, to describe
00:13:31that something is really happening, first of all,
00:13:34let this be our first sentence, this is not
00:13:37investment advice, sir, never get excited,
00:13:41if you have investments, don't get excited, if
00:13:44you are thinking of investing, don't get
00:13:48excited, the Republic of Turkey is a huge,
00:13:52great state, eventually it will get out
00:13:55of the irrational story it is experiencing today
00:13:58with the steps it will take and the
00:14:02decisions it will make, perhaps the reason for
00:14:05all our sentences is this, do not run
00:14:09somewhere and lose the little money you
00:14:13have, in this wave, your money can truly
00:14:16be lost, the stock market, the stock market's
00:14:20compass is broken, they say, there is a
00:14:24fund earthquake in the markets. While discussions
00:14:28about funds that provided high returns recently
00:14:31continued, Borsa Istanbul lost nearly 6%
00:14:35yesterday, falling to its lowest level since
00:14:39April 2nd. The first sign of the tremor
00:14:42in the market, where dozens of stocks hit
00:14:46rock bottom and circuit breakers were activated,
00:14:49came after the restrictions implemented by the Capital
00:14:53Markets Board on August 28th. First, the
00:14:56funds of Pusula Portföy, which were subjected
00:14:59to heavy selling pressure, and yesterday, two
00:15:03funds of Tera Portföy also defaulted, meaning
00:15:06payments could not be made to people who
00:15:09wanted to withdraw their money. When payments
00:15:12could not be made, a big panic atmosphere
00:15:15arose, this time they turned to the stock
00:15:19market, and when the funds increased their transactions
00:15:22in the stock market, a perfect storm, so
00:15:25the decisions Mehmet Şimşek will make and announce
00:15:28at 8 o'clock are very important for this,
00:15:32the market expects steps to prevent this
00:15:35perfect storm from growing even bigger,
00:15:39the chairman of Tera Holding, Emre Tezben,
00:15:43claimed that they were subjected to a planned,
00:15:45deliberate and organized speculative attack, he
00:15:48says that a temporary liquidity shortage is
00:15:52being experienced, but there is also a
00:15:56detention, now before Mehmet Şimşek's meeting,
00:15:59there is an important company, let's see,
00:16:03the chairman of info yatırım and hedef holding,
00:16:06we also put his picture, Mr. Namık Kemal
00:16:10Gökalp, it emerged that Mr. Namık Kemal
00:16:13Gökalp was detained by the financial branch
00:16:17teams by coming to the holding building, after
00:16:21this claim, there is a statement from Hedef
00:16:24Holding. Hedef Holding says, in order
00:16:28to correctly inform our valuable investors, business
00:16:31partners and the public, it has become necessary
00:16:35to make the following statement. Within the
00:16:38scope of an ongoing investigation, our chairman
00:16:42of the board of directors of Hedef Holding,
00:16:45Mr. Namık Kemal Gökalp, has been invited to
00:16:49the police station to provide information. This
00:16:52is the holding's assessment, but the claim is
00:16:55that he was detained. We will convey the
00:16:58official dimension of the matter with the statement
00:17:02that will come from the police and the
00:17:05prosecutor's office during the day. But...
00:17:08things are happening, especially within the market,
00:17:11a huge perfect storm has emerged with the
00:17:14panic sales in the stock market by companies
00:17:18experiencing liquidity, i.e., money problems,
00:17:22payment difficulties, and people who could
00:17:24not get their money. Let's see what happens,
00:17:28Halk TV will also follow this during
00:17:31the day and it's coming, it's not
00:17:35coming, is it? It finally came. In Istanbul,
00:17:39it's now 100 liras and 10 kuruş, 100
00:17:42liras and 30 kuruş, dear Bora shared
00:17:46this, so let's steal this from him,
00:17:50he says if you have 200 liras, you
00:17:53can't buy 2 liters of gasoline, I'm sorry, diesel, not gasoline,
00:18:26to increase fuel prices. The price
00:18:30of a liter of diesel, effective
00:18:33from last night, this is the increase that came overnight.
00:18:37Okay, it passed 100 liras with
00:18:40an increase of 4 liras and 6 kuruş,
00:18:4460 kuruş, 4.5 liras. The price
00:18:48of a liter of diesel is 100
00:18:51liras and 22 kuruş in Istanbul, European
00:18:55side. And 100 liras and 8 kuruş
00:18:58in the Anatolian side. Let's get
00:19:02the picture from the Anatolian side. I
00:19:06also woke up at 3 AM, sir, we
00:19:10come here, we create our flow, we look
00:19:13at our newspapers with dear Ezgi, we look at the
00:19:16heat of the night,
00:19:22here is the heat of the night, I also
00:19:25took this picture, I said, it says Anatolian
00:19:29side, right? Look, the price on the
00:19:32Anatolian side is not 100 liras and 8
00:19:36kuruş, it's 100 liras and 19 kuruş,
00:19:40so if you have 200 liras, we
00:19:43have fallen into a situation where we cannot
00:19:46buy 2 liters of gasoline with the biggest
00:19:50money in Turkey. So, what's important
00:19:53is this: I am, yes. It's
00:19:56also like this in
00:20:11we have the money to buy it or
00:20:14not? The discussion was whether they could
00:20:17write 100 liras. Writing 100 liras
00:20:21is easy, the problem is how I will
00:20:24pay for it. Prices are like
00:20:27a car in neutral, accelerating on their
00:20:31own. Wages are like a car
00:20:33with the handbrake on. This is
00:20:37our situation. So we will either burn
00:20:41the clutch, or get out of the
00:20:44car and run,
00:20:48I don't know, we are progressing very
00:20:52badly, may it be for our
00:20:55good. In cold weather, I used to
00:20:58turn the ignition
00:21:00to warm up the
00:21:03car, but now it's not like
00:21:06that, as soon as I start the car, vroom, they
00:21:10don't hesitate to suck people's blood,
00:21:14honestly, we are
00:21:15not surprised at
00:21:20all anymore, because it's on autopilot.
00:21:23If it drops by 3 liras, it
00:21:26increases by 5 liras. I think
00:21:29it will reach
00:21:31150 by the
00:21:34end of the year. Of course,
00:21:38this will affect everything we do,
00:21:41our kitchen, our pockets. Of course,
00:21:45fixed income earners like us are
00:21:48experiencing the biggest difficulties. Of course,
00:21:52transporters, bus companies, all of
00:21:55them will be affected by this. Our
00:21:59debts are virtual, our incomes are
00:22:02virtual, our payments are virtual, our
00:22:05lives are virtual. Now, we have
00:22:09reached a point where we are
00:22:12losing the reality of what is
00:22:15right, what is wrong, what is
00:22:19too much, and what is too
00:22:22little. I mean, in Turkey, you will buy a
00:22:26tank of gasoline and carry it
00:22:29in a bag. Honestly, there's nothing
00:22:32to say about it. I mean,
00:22:35we used to talk about South American countries
00:22:38like Argentina, etc., going with wheelbarrows.
00:22:42During the Iraq war, you would
00:22:45go with stacks of money, buy
00:22:49a roll of toilet paper, give a
00:22:52bag of money to buy a
00:22:56hamburger, etc. Today, at the
00:22:59point we have reached in Turkey,
00:23:03gradually, perhaps because it was
00:23:06insisted on a little more, when
00:23:10you go with a bag of money for 200 liras,
00:23:14you have a
00:23:18chance to get enough fuel to
00:23:22travel 400 kilometers. The next day,
00:23:25it's the difference from inflation that
00:23:28has taken hold, the headline of Milli
00:23:32Gazete, I love the economy headlines
00:23:36of this newspaper, Milli Gazete, which
00:23:40has the freedom to look from the
00:23:43citizen's perspective, we will say this,
00:23:47now diesel is 101 liras, from
00:23:51needle to thread, you know the rest
00:23:54of the sentence, I don't even need
00:23:57to complete it, but today there
00:24:00is a Ministry of Treasury and Finance,
00:24:04an economic management that lives as
00:24:07if there is no inflation in this
00:24:11country. You will see in a
00:24:14moment, they say it's expensive all
00:24:18over the world, so we will
00:24:22also ask, Mr. Mehmet Şimşek, is
00:24:25the purchasing power so low all
00:24:29over the world? What he means by
00:24:32saying "the difference from inflation has
00:24:36taken hold" is this: He thinks
00:24:39that he manages the economy well
00:24:42because he gives us our legal
00:24:46rights. But ask the citizen
00:24:50in the market. Every day our purchasing
00:24:53power decreases. Every day it is pulled
00:24:56down a bit. I don't know what
00:24:59to do. The pressure of the high cost
00:25:03The game, the
00:25:06dominance of the Iranian-backed Houthis in the strategic
00:25:10Bab al-Mandab Strait, brought tension in the region to a peak.
00:25:13While Washington remained silent regarding Riyadh's concerns
00:25:16about energy routes, the Saudi administration announced yesterday
00:25:20that they had destroyed an armed aerial vehicle
00:25:24targeting Mecca before it reached the holy city.
00:25:27The Houthis denied the accusation. All eyes are on the Mecca Pact.
00:25:31Now the crisis here is, was this UAV
00:25:34over Mecca from the Houthis or the Israeli side?
00:25:37Reasonable suspicion is also at play here. Let's look
00:25:40at the images.
00:25:43There was a strong reaction from Ankara to the Yemeni Houthis'
00:25:46attempted UAV attack on Mecca. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
00:25:50condemned the UAV attack. A written statement from the Ministry
00:25:53of Foreign Affairs said, "We strongly condemn the UAV
00:25:57attack targeting the holy city of Mecca."
00:26:00"We reaffirm our support for Saudi Arabia's sovereignty, territorial integrity,
00:26:04and security. We once again emphasize our solidarity with Saudi
00:26:08Arabia." The statement concluded with, "We reiterate our call
00:26:12for an immediate end to these attacks, which also threaten
00:26:15regional stability and security, and for refraining from all
00:26:19actions intended to further escalate tensions."
00:26:22AK Party spokesperson Ömer Çelik also commented on the attempted
00:26:26drone attack targeting Mecca. "Developments
00:26:29will be transparently
00:26:33announced to the public on this matter, but we absolutely declare
00:26:37our opposition," he stated. This is an assessment.
00:26:39A halo of fire over the holy city.
00:26:42I hope this halo of fire
00:26:45does not reach a point where it burns the geography.
00:26:49Now, Iran, a Shiite violation story, as you know,
00:26:52was being written for this region, until
00:26:55the recent attacks in October
00:26:58started, Lebanon, this region, the Houthis,
00:27:01the entire geography. Philippines
00:27:04all suffered destruction, and finally, it's coming
00:27:08to an end with attacks against Iran, but of course,
00:27:11everyone should tread carefully regarding this Mecca alliance,
00:27:15because I think Turkey should definitely
00:27:19stay out of the fire. Our next news
00:27:23is about those who were arrested, those who were released,
00:27:26and journalists. Journalists are also involved
00:27:29in a major operation, and
00:27:33LGBT. You know, there were arrests
00:27:36during the protests, and there are detentions and releases. Within the scope of the investigation
00:27:40carried out against LGB, LGBTII +
00:27:43associations, 20 people were arrested in Istanbul.
00:27:45Judicial control measures were applied to 14 people.
00:27:49Arrest warrants were issued for 12 people.
00:27:52The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced
00:27:56that the proceedings regarding the individuals referred to the courthouse
00:27:59within the scope of the investigation targeting LGBTI+
00:28:02were completed. In the statement made by the Chief Public
00:28:05Prosecutor's Office, it was reported that 20 people were arrested by the Criminal
00:28:09Judgeship of Peace. The statement indicated that judicial control
00:28:12measures were applied to 10 out of 14 people due to their advanced
00:28:15age, and to 4 people considering the evidence situation.
00:28:19One person was directly released after giving their statement.
00:28:23It was also noted that arrest warrants were issued for
00:28:2713 fugitives.
00:28:32Yes. "The wave of censorship
00:28:35is spreading like wildfire." Look, Sherin Pizon,
00:28:38left, journalists. What did we think?
00:28:42I mean, within what scope are these people's
00:28:45social media being blocked?
00:28:48Pencere Newspaper said, "The wave of censorship is spreading like wildfire."
00:28:51The wave of arrests and digital censorship, which began
00:28:55with the "My Family is Safe" operation targeting LGBTI+ associations
00:28:58and activists, is rapidly spreading. While the number
00:29:01of arrests nationwide exceeds 80, access
00:29:04to the X accounts of İrfan Değirmenci, Shirin Pyzen,
00:29:08Sol Haber, Women's Coalition, and the Federation of Women's
00:29:11Associations of Turkey was also blocked. Political
00:29:14sensitivities also came into play in the censorship.
00:29:17News regarding the company co-owned by the husband of Özlem
00:29:21Çerçioğlu, who joined the AK Party, becoming the new supplier of Tog,
00:29:24was also blocked
00:29:43Nasuh Mahruki
00:29:46is free. For a very long time, Nasuh Mahruki, former head of AKUT,
00:29:50was arrested for inciting hatred and hostility or humiliating
00:29:54the public due to his social media post about July 15.
00:29:57A decision was made at the first hearing, and he was released.
00:30:01Nasuh Mahruki, who was facing up to 4.5 years in prison,
00:30:05appeared before the judge at the Bakırköy 57th Criminal
00:30:09Court of First Instance. Due to the small size of the courtroom,
00:30:11the hearing was moved to the conference hall. When the judge asked
00:30:15him to make a defense, Mahruki said, "I don't know what crime
00:30:19I am accused of. If you specify my crime, I can make a defense.
00:30:23It was initially claimed that I used the term 'theatre' in my social
00:30:26media post regarding the July 15 coup attempt. The word
00:30:30'theatre' was not there. In the next stage, it was stated that
00:30:32I said 'game'." Nasuh Mahruki, who stated
00:30:36that he is a pioneer of search and rescue in Turkey,
00:30:39said, "My actions are clear. It's embarrassing for me
00:30:43to try to explain that I did not incite hatred and hostility.
00:30:46I strongly deny it. I am not that person. I am
00:30:50the person I described." The prosecutor, on the other
00:30:54hand, requested Mahruki's punishment. The judge, who sentenced Mahruki
00:30:57to one year in prison, decided to defer the announcement of the verdict.
00:31:01Nasuh Mahruki was released.
00:31:10Silivri. Now, there isn't much to say about Silivri.
00:31:14Some people who say "I gave bribes" cannot recognize the man
00:31:18in the courtroom when asked who they gave bribes to.
00:31:21They can't recognize the person they gave hundreds of thousands
00:31:24of dollars to, they can't remember his face. This story started
00:31:28like this, especially I went to the first hearing
00:31:31with the suspicion that with so many allegations,
00:31:35some evidence would surely emerge. And after
00:31:38the first hearing, I went 5-6 times, and every
00:31:41time we went, in every statement, believe
00:31:44me, I'm talking about something humane, one struggles not
00:31:47to cry at the reactions of some people,
00:31:50not to cry. Some come out and say, "This investigation,
00:31:54this case is not political, brother," and make such evaluations,
00:31:57but they should not forget that those people are also
00:32:00citizens of the Republic of Turkey, they walked from Ankara to Istanbul
00:32:04for them. I mean, come on, not that much, brother,
00:32:07I feel like saying, "politics and love of power."
00:32:10A question in Silivri made the defendant cry.
00:32:14"If your son hadn't been arrested, would you have given a statement?"
00:32:18The defendant who gave the effective remorse statement couldn't answer.
00:32:22In the IMM case with 51 arrested and 414 defendants,
00:32:2582 days have passed. In the hearing that ended
00:32:28yesterday at 10 PM, Ali Sukas, who was a general manager
00:32:32in the affiliates, asked the unarrested defendant,
00:32:35who gave an effective remorse statement, "If your son hadn't
00:32:38been arrested, would you have given this statement?"
00:32:52can this man say? İbrahim Halil Babacan, accused of bribery
00:32:56in the indictment, said there was no bribery. Cemal Ufuk Karakaya
00:33:00also stated that he did not hear the words "organization" and "system."
00:33:02The IMM case, in which 414 people,
00:33:06including IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlu, are being tried,
00:33:09continues. Since August 17, more than 190 unarrested
00:33:13individuals have made their defense.
00:33:15Businessman İbrahim Halil Babacan is under arrest from another
00:33:19case, not the IMM case. It was alleged in the indictment
00:33:22that he was asked for a bribe. After his defense, Beylikdüzü
00:33:25Mayor Mehmet Murat Çalık took the floor and asked,
00:33:29"During your construction, did I make any demands of you
00:33:32under duress?" İbrahim Halil Babacan said
00:33:35that Çalık had no such demand. Thereupon, Çalık asked about
00:33:38the bribery allegation. İbrahim Halil Babacan
00:33:42said there was no bribery. Former IMM Deputy Secretary
00:33:46General Ufuk Karakaya was also one of the individuals
00:33:49who made a defense. He denied all accusations. He also rejected
00:33:52the allegation of membership in an organization, stating
00:33:56that he only received instructions from his superior officers.
00:33:59After Karakaya's defense, Ekrem İmamoğlu asked if he had heard
00:34:03the terms "organization system"
00:34:05in their meetings. Karakaya replied, "If I had
00:34:08heard the terms organization system, would I still be working
00:34:12here?" The IMM case
00:34:15is expected to continue until the end of September.
00:34:19The unarrested individuals will make their defense. Ekrem
00:34:22İmamoğlu, who could not make his defense in the first
00:34:24hearing, is also expected
00:34:29to be heard in this hearing. When we look at Trump's story,
00:34:32when we look at Putin's story, other
00:34:34authoritarian leaders
00:34:38today, with their governing style,
00:34:41elected people are becoming more assertive,
00:34:45more centralized, more "my opinion
00:34:48is more valuable" kind of understanding, and in the end,
00:34:51it doesn't lead the world to a good place, as you can see,
00:34:55there are wars in the world, the economic crisis is increasing,
00:34:59there was an expectation after the pandemic, but Europe's biggest illness
00:35:02is this, sir, look, we experienced two world wars,
00:35:06and there were huge deaths in both of them, both on European Union
00:35:09territory, which at that time didn't exist, it originated
00:35:13from the economic crisis there. Whenever Europe is in trouble,
00:35:16the world gets into trouble. I hope they don't resort
00:35:20to such a thing again. I hope such a thing doesn't happen.
00:35:24I honestly read the rise of this fascist wave in Germany
00:35:28from here. The French newspaper Le Figaro, which said Europe
00:35:31should not turn its back, wrote about Özgür Özel's demagoguery,
00:35:34how Turkey stands out among these self-centered,
00:35:38authoritarian leaders. Arrests, detentions,
00:35:41closure of X accounts. Now, the United States.
00:35:45What will happen if you accuse it of being a one-man rule?
00:35:48The Fed chair doesn't care, doesn't take what he says
00:35:51seriously, because there's institutional democracy, but not in this country.
00:35:55Özgür Özel says Europe should not tone down
00:35:58its criticisms regarding our course
00:36:01because it is being threatened.
00:36:07Turkey is an important example of how the increasingly
00:36:10complex and sophisticated authoritarianism of the 21st
00:36:14century works. The basic lesson is simple. Democracies
00:36:18rarely disappear overnight; they erode step by step.
00:36:21Turkey showed an example of how authoritarianism
00:36:24works. It said that democracies rarely disappear overnight,
00:36:28but erode step by step. New Party Chairman Özgür Özel
00:36:32argued in an article he wrote for France's respected
00:36:35newspaper Le Figaro, titled "Turkey: A Striking Example
00:36:38of 21st Century Subtle Authoritarianism," that
00:36:41democratic institutions and political competition
00:36:45in Turkey are increasingly eroding. Özgür Özel
00:36:48also made an important warning in his article. He said
00:36:51that democracy in Turkey is being emptied. In the last 20 years,
00:36:55political power in Turkey has
00:36:58increasingly centered around President Erdoğan. Judicial independence
00:37:01has weakened, and a significant portion of the media has
00:37:05come under government control. Journalists faced trials.
00:37:08Demonstrations were restricted, and companies were seized.
00:37:12Municipalities run by the opposition were subjected to increasing
00:37:15pressure. The arrest of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor
00:37:18Ekrem İmamoğlu in March 2025 is one of the most striking
00:37:22examples of this. Özgür Özel also made an important warning
00:37:25in his article. He said that democracy in Turkey is being
00:37:29emptied. However, the conditions of political competition change
00:37:32so much over time in favor of the government that institutions
00:37:36established to limit the government eventually turn into tools
00:37:39that protect it. Turkey is an inseparable part of Europe's
00:37:43democratic history. The current direction serves as a serious
00:37:46warning about how democracy can be hollowed out while
00:37:50seemingly remaining intact. Özel stated that after İmamoğlu's
00:37:53detention, access to some social media platforms was
00:37:56slowed down, and access was blocked to hundreds of accounts
00:37:59belonging to journalists, students,
00:38:03and politicians. Özel reminded in his article
00:38:06that İmamoğlu's social media account was also blocked,
00:38:09that the use of İmamoğlu's images was banned, that
00:38:13his family company was seized, and that the book he wrote
00:38:16in prison was censored. He reminded that more than
00:38:2030 opposition mayors were arrested or removed
00:38:23from office. Elections continue to be held, courts
00:38:26remain open, parties continue to exist, and parliament
00:38:30continues to work. There is no need for democracy
00:38:33to be imposed on Turkey from outside. The people
00:38:37already believe in democracy. The main question today
00:38:40is whether citizens' democratic preferences are still
00:38:43allowed to turn into
00:38:44political power.
00:38:58behind democratically, a picture clearly
00:39:01shows that democracy is bread, that
00:39:03democracy is predictability, that without democracy,
00:39:07bread also diminishes. With a free market economy
00:39:11and an undemocratic free market economy,
00:39:14"what I say goes" and the free market
00:39:18economy leads to operations against middlemen,
00:39:21operations against chicken farmers, operations against
00:39:24them, and now operations against holdings. Let's see
00:39:27where this will end. Now, there's also this situation,
00:39:31when we talk about democracy, 15.5 million people
00:39:34went and signed for him to be a presidential candidate,
00:39:38so your signature is under that document. I'm talking
00:39:41about Ekrem İmamoğlu, and he's inviting him to a new
00:39:45party, because there's a lot of wavering these days.
00:39:48My dear citizens, I miss you very much.
00:39:52As I eagerly await the day we reunite, I am excited
00:39:55about the path the new party will open for Turkey.
00:39:58We are stepping into a new era. We are building
00:40:02new generation politics
00:40:05all together. So, what is new generation
00:40:08politics? The most important part of new
00:40:11generation politics is the new generation member.
00:40:14The member of the new party is not one who waits,
00:40:18but one who demands. Not one who follows,
00:40:21but one who expresses their free opinion. Not
00:40:24one who observes, but one who decides. The member of the new party,
00:40:34a mayoral candidate. We said, "Come,
00:40:37vote, make history." With 15.5 million
00:40:41votes, you elected your presidential candidate
00:40:44and truly made history. Now we say,
00:40:48"Come, become a member, be Turkey's hope."
00:40:51To women, to youth, to those
00:40:55fighting for labor and bread for their families.
00:41:02I appeal to everyone who has not lost hope for the future. You will open the way, and Turkey will find peace.
00:41:05What did Mehmet Akif say?
00:41:08"It is right for an ownerless
00:41:11homeland to sink. If you protect
00:41:15it, this homeland will not sink."
00:41:17Have a say in Turkey's future. The new
00:41:21party does not belong to one person,
00:41:23one office, or one staff.
00:41:40I invite everyone who thinks to walk side by side
00:41:43on this journey. I greet you
00:41:55shouldn't we? Because he's a name they tried
00:41:58to make forgotten in prison. He was nominated as a presidential
00:42:01candidate by the Republican People's Party with the signatures
00:42:04of 15.5 million people. Since that day,
00:42:07his troubles have not ended. Now,
00:42:10we are talking about another prison. These are prisons,
00:42:13brother. İmralı is a prison, that is also a prison, and
00:42:17when you look at it, there's a story coded with the villa
00:42:21discussion. The retired people of this country have no chance
00:42:24of buying a villa, but Mr. Devlet Bahçeli said, "There's no villa
00:42:27or anything, brother, don't exaggerate the issue." The gentleman,
00:42:31the architect of the "Turkey without terrorism" issue in Türkgün Newspaper,
00:42:35I mean, he started it, he's carrying it out.
00:42:38We'll all see how it ends, but at this point,
00:42:41it's as if the government is not interested in this
00:42:45issue at all, not looking this way, because these are
00:42:48news items that will affect millions of people, of course,
00:42:52but Devlet Bahçeli doesn't care, and they have started
00:42:56making statements that they will complete the three crescents
00:42:59by re-electing Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as president. We took
00:43:03it from Türkgün Newspaper, it says there's no such thing
00:43:06as a villa in İmralı. When things got complicated
00:43:09with Nagihan's first statement, Nagihan Alça's
00:43:12statement, this time they tried to summarize the issue by saying
00:43:16that there is a 250 square meter house inside the prison walls,
00:43:20but at this point, this debate seems likely to continue until
00:43:24the election. Let's see our next headline:
00:43:27"Tost on a hanger for poor students." That's it, a villa for students.
00:43:31Perhaps this is the most important issue to talk about. If these
00:43:33children are "on a hanger" to eat toast, then Mehmet
00:43:37Şimşek should be invited to resign with his tree.
00:43:40What is this? This disgrace? How much longer will we endure this?
00:43:45My child
00:43:47wants toast, but how will this child ask for this toast,
00:43:51brother? Let's say they ask, won't the other kids make fun of them at school?
00:43:54This is the situation with the practice implemented
00:43:58in Sivas. As the new academic year begins, one of the biggest
00:44:01problems is shown to be malnutrition among children. In Sivas,
00:44:04the "suspended toast" practice was implemented
00:44:08in the canteen of 4 Eylül Middle School for needy
00:44:11students. Horrible news. Horrible. I invite
00:44:15the governor of Sivas, the Minister of National Education,
00:44:18everyone, to resign. But I
00:44:19put Mehmet Şimşek first.
00:44:24First, there was a price hike in school canteens,
00:44:28then regulations came. Some foods were banned in canteens.
00:44:32Three ministries, in cooperation, made a series of changes
00:44:35in school canteens. Now, acidic drinks, chips,
00:44:39potatoes and similar fried foods, candies,
00:44:43creamy chocolate, and filled packaged foods
00:44:46will no longer be sold. There are also banned
00:44:50cheeses. Using melted cheese in toasts was banned.
00:44:53Cheeses known as cream cheese will no longer
00:44:56be used in toasts made in canteens. A requirement to use at
00:45:00least 20 grams of cheese in toast was also
00:45:02introduced. Vahap Osmanoğlu, President
00:45:06of the Istanbul Canteen Operators' Chamber of Craftsmen,
00:45:11stated that packaged products should not exceed 200 calories.
00:45:15The price increase for canteen products was announced
00:45:18in the past few days. The price of toast,
00:45:21which was 90 liras, rose to 100 liras. The total
00:45:25cost of a toast and an ayran became 130 liras.
00:45:28This year, simit will be 30 liras, açma and poğaça
00:45:3235 liras in canteens. The price of chicken doner
00:45:35was determined as 145 liras. The price of half a liter
00:45:39of water is 15 liras, and tea is 25 liras.
00:45:42While cold sandwich prices vary between 100 and
00:45:45125 liras, hamburger is sold for 160 liras,
00:45:49and bread-wrapped
00:45:49meat wraps are 180 liras.
00:45:56Lives on hold, pensioners on hold, middle
00:46:00income class on hold, our middle age on hold,
00:46:04now children on hold. This shouldn't be happening.
00:46:08The school situation must be corrected. So, I am calling
00:46:11on the Governor of Sivas. If he does not intervene,
00:46:15I will try to follow this news as much as I can.
00:46:18Like the mad Dürrül, according to budget data,
00:46:21the total amount of fines issued in the January-August
00:46:25period of 2026 reached 1 trillion
00:46:28364 billion TL. 1 trillion
00:46:31364 billion TL. Truly,
00:46:35owning a car in Turkey is a crime. Mehmet Şimşek,
00:46:38we just reported on it. He will definitely collect
00:46:41the tax he lost from gasoline from somewhere. He won't take
00:46:45it out of his pocket and give it to us. I'm a journalist
00:46:49who has said this 40 times. This is what happens in the end.
00:46:52This money will come from somewhere, from us. The world is discussing
00:46:56whether artificial intelligence will get us into trouble,
00:47:00but on the other hand, factories that produce robots.
00:47:02This is our last news.
00:47:07A first in the world has occurred: robots have started producing
00:47:11robots. A factory that produces one robot every 10 minutes
00:47:14has been established in China. China's technology giant
00:47:17Uptech Robotics has embarked on a project that will go
00:47:21down in industrial history. A new factory was established
00:47:24in Lazo, South China. The humanoid robot smart factory
00:47:27with a capacity of 10,000 has started production.
00:47:31The facility carries out mass production of humanoid
00:47:34robots. Its annual capacity
00:47:37reaches 10,000 robots. The most striking feature
00:47:41of the factory is the extremely limited human intervention.
00:47:44The system is based on a single principle: robots produce
00:47:48robots. The facility, built on an area of 14,000 square
00:47:52meters, is 13.8 meters high. The production line
00:47:55is largely automated. The factory can produce
00:47:58a humanoid robot every 10 minutes. Among the project partners
00:48:01is the German technology giant, Mans. All factory
00:48:04operations are managed by a digital system.
00:48:07This system acts as the smart brain of the factory.
00:48:11Humanoid robots also work on the production line.
00:48:14They solve pallets, transport parts, and perform loading
00:48:18operations. Each robot produced is tracked with a serial number. Each part is
00:48:24recorded separately. After production is complete,
00:48:28the testing process begins. Each robot undergoes tests
00:48:31lasting more than 4 hours. It is controlled in a 360-degree
00:48:35light tunnel. The aim is to guarantee both the safety
00:48:38and production quality of the robots.
00:48:40There is also a striking warehouse in the factory.
00:48:44Although it is only 65 square meters, it can store
00:48:48112 robots simultaneously. The fully automated system
00:48:51increases space efficiency by 50%. Robot production is rapidly
00:48:54increasing in China. According to data from the National
00:48:57Bureau of Statistics of China, industrial robot production
00:49:00increased by 30.2% year-on-year in July.
00:49:04The number of robots produced in the first 7 months of the year
00:49:08exceeded. China is strengthening its leadership in the global
00:49:11robotics race.
00:49:32meeting at 8 o'clock, the economic management under Mehmet Şimşek
00:49:36will gather and take steps to prevent this crisis
00:49:40from growing further, we will watch it all together. Tomorrow morning
00:49:43I will be here at 6 o'clock on Halk TV to wake you up
00:49:47with the last Good Morning Turkey of the week, Deniz Bayramoğlu
00:49:51will continue his broadcasts after me, please stay with us.
00:50:08To make the unheard heard, to say the unsaid,
00:50:11to show the unseen
00:50:15for.
00:50:22Aktan siyasete, pazardan piyasalara,
00:50:25to large supermarket shelves.
00:50:39Every weekday morning from 7 to 10,
00:50:43we will be together in this studio as Turkey
00:50:45wakes up to the day.
00:51:01Schools opened, the first bell rang, but the long-awaited
00:51:05demand for one free meal in schools was not met
00:51:09this academic year, educators and experts are angry,
00:51:12we asked parents: What could you put in your child's lunch
00:51:15bag, could you give your child pocket money?
00:51:19I made a toast, the child eats toast, and gets pocket money.
00:51:22but we supply at home, we meet the child's needs at home,
00:51:25we try to meet them, of course, of course, people
00:51:28want the child to have food
00:51:32at school, to feed people, there are those
00:51:36who can't afford it, there are those who can't even make a toast,
00:51:39the system should think about these things, really the honorable
00:51:43minister should give the reason, I don't know why, I am not
00:51:47authorized, I don't put a lunch in, because he has breakfast
00:51:51in the morning, he comes home around 1:30 in the afternoon.
00:51:54as a pensioner, with the minimum wage, of course 200 lira is difficult
00:51:58for children, now they are in 8th grade, we used to put food in when they
00:52:01were little, but now that they are in 8th grade, they don't want lunch, so they have to eat outside.
00:52:05The state gives everything from everywhere, but when it comes
00:52:08to children, to education, we cut everything, unfortunately,
00:52:12so it would be good if they gave things that we can put in our lunch
00:52:15bags, things that we can eat in our daily lives, we can't add
00:52:19anything extra, if you say daily pocket money,
00:52:22we give them small amounts, because the prices in our school
00:52:26canteens are especially much more expensive than outside,
00:52:29if you go to the parliament today, even in the parliament,
00:52:33they eat and drink everything
00:52:36at one-third of the price. Our children, I mean,
00:52:39just our transportation is a separate problem for us. Before leaving
00:52:43home in the morning, I still feed them milk and eggs,
00:52:46we try not to lack anything, but as I said, I am aware that
00:52:50we are a minority, because people raise their children
00:52:53under very difficult conditions, I am also in the school's
00:52:57parent-teacher association and people cannot
00:53:00afford notebooks, pencils,
00:53:02erasers, stationery, pocket money. So we have
00:53:06children coming to our room asking for water, our biggest
00:53:09money is 200 lira, even 200 lira, the child
00:53:12spends it in a day and comes back, I mean, the state should cover
00:53:16everything, I mean, we are in a state school, there shouldn't be such a thing
00:53:19as a private school if you ask me, the state should cover
00:53:22everything, because education is the future of the whole country,
00:53:26there should be a single type of education, everyone should have the right to
00:53:29education under equal conditions, I say, if the state
00:53:32can provide lunch, I would be very happy. "I mean,
00:53:35let there be two courses, but let the children eat something at school
00:53:39or three small courses, what do they eat for God's sake,
00:53:43I mean, what do they eat in a cafeteria style, don't let it
00:53:46be soup, I don't know, it spills easily, this and that,
00:53:50more healthy things, dietitians can arrange this, those
00:53:53who do this job, calorie counting, good lists can be made,
00:53:56the state can
00:53:58provide it if they want."
00:56:29to the future of our country. Turkish Education Foundation.
00:56:33We eat the most expensive food, we use the most expensive phones.
00:56:37To buy a house or a car, we have to work a lifetime. We asked
00:56:40the public: From food to phones, from houses to cars, why is everything
00:56:43most expensive here? The reason is this: there is no production
00:56:46economy, all investments made so far were
00:56:50consumer-oriented investments, there were no production-oriented
00:56:53investments, they did not open factories, they closed
00:56:56factories, now you cannot prevent
00:56:59expensiveness without production, you sell
00:57:02the bridge, you increase the price of diesel, for
00:57:05example... Eggplant, peppers, tomatoes produced
00:57:09in Antalya, these are taken to Istanbul
00:57:13by trucks, there are wholesalers in between.
00:57:16"They take their commission, so the expensiveness comes
00:57:19from there a bit, as long as this economic
00:57:23system continues like this, it's impossible,
00:57:26they can't fix the economy. Now there
00:57:29is expensiveness, of course, that's true, foreign
00:57:33capital, foreign brands, these have become very important
00:57:36in daily use now, but if we as a country
00:57:40protect our own values, if we produce
00:57:44and use our own phones, our own cars,
00:57:47I think we will overcome all of these, we still haven't
00:57:50solved that part, really inflation is rising
00:57:54quite a bit, salaries are quite low,
00:57:58childcare, then
00:58:01house rents, I don't know, it's quite complicated,
00:58:04we can't get out of it, the situation is not good
00:58:08because of this government, I have nothing else to say,
00:58:12because whatever we say is futile, really, it's because the country
00:58:15is not governed well, I mean, right now this country
00:58:19can probably take care of 180 million people, not just
00:58:2385 million, but because of poor governance, or rather
00:58:26because the governors are not good, they load this expensiveness
00:58:29onto the people, it's really very difficult,
00:58:33it shouldn't be like this, we have children, what about us,
00:58:37there are those going to school, we need money to buy books and pencils,
00:58:41how will we buy them if there's no money, I barely pay the rent with my
00:58:45retirement salary, besides that, water... electricity,
00:58:48food, how will we make a living? Nothing will
00:58:50happen until the AKP leaves, the AKP must
00:58:54leave, they have to leave because there is no money,
00:58:58they are gone too, they have destroyed the nation,
00:59:00it's a sin, it's a sin against these people,
00:59:04I have never seen such a thing in his time,
00:59:07or in Ecevit's time, they took Ecevit away,
00:59:10nobody wanted him, Ecevit, why? He was an honest man,
00:59:14really, whoever the next government is, they should give
00:59:17money to workers, civil servants,
00:59:21pensioners, this country will have trade, and this country
00:59:24will get better, we have
00:59:26no other choice.
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01:00:20September 2026, Thursday, we are with you again
01:00:23with the agenda of Turkey and the world. We will convey
01:00:27everything you need here to start the day prepared.
01:00:30We will have guests in the upcoming minutes,
01:00:33we will discuss what happened, what happened yesterday,
01:00:37Turkey's present and future in detail. Let's not drag it out too much,
01:00:41because today will be an important day indeed,
01:00:44because we will start conveying what happened yesterday to you soon.
01:00:48Indeed, if there are those who missed it, they will say
01:00:52what happened, not just what happened yesterday, but also what happened
01:00:55from evening to morning, which is especially important.
01:00:59that diesel prices are 100 lira.