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BORAN-8 is an international robotics and autonomous systems competition. It was hosted by the Gendarmerie General Command.
In his post titled "Great Success from Türkiye in BORAN-8" on his social media account, Çiftçi stated that in the competition hosted by the Gendarmerie General Command, all of the top 5 teams among 48 teams from 20 countries were from Türkiye.
Citing that there are 7 teams from Türkiye in the top 10, Çiftçi said:
"While our General Directorate of Security Special Operations Presidency came first, our Special Forces Command, Land Forces Command and Gendarmerie General Command also took pride of place by ranking first. I wholeheartedly congratulate our heroic personnel and all our security forces who contributed to this success. We are proud of Türkiye's power, the ability of our heroes and our national opportunities. May God protect all our heroes."
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