NEW Party Izmir Deputy Ümit Özlale drew attention to the relationship between Barikat Cyber Security and Tera Investment Technology Holding, which provides cyber security services to public institutions and strategic organizations.
In her statement on her social media account, Özlale pointed out the importance of the company for the digital security of public institutions and asked questions about audit and data security processes.
Özlale's post is as follows:
“THE TRACES IN CYBER SECURITY!
Cyber security is a direct national security issue today. So, who ensures the digital security of the state's most private institutions, and who supervises those who provide that security?
There is a company called Barikat Cyber Security. When you look at open source tender records and corporate references; It appears to provide cyber security services to the most critical government institutions such as the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Commerce and Energy Market Regulatory Authority. Among its customers are Turkey's strategic strongholds such as Borsa Istanbul, Türk Telekom and THY. In fact, the company announced to KAP that it received new orders totaling 650 million TL from its customers, including strategic public institutions, in December 2025.
So, who owns 63.1% of the shares of Barikat, to which public institutions entrust network traffic and data security?
To Tera Yatırım Teknoloji Holding (TEHOL), whose Chairman of the Board is Emre Tezmen.
The same Emre Tezmen also served on the Board of Directors of the Central Registry Agency (MKK), where securities and share records of all investors in Turkey are kept. We asked the Minister from which institution's quota and with whose reference he was elected to the MKK Board of Directors, and we are still waiting for an answer.
What happened next?
Emre Tezmen was arrested in the stock market and fund profiteering investigation; With the court decision taken on October 14, the management of Tera Yatırım Teknoloji Holding and Barikat Cyber Security was transferred to SDIF trustees.
Look carefully at this table:
On the one hand, a financial group at the center of capital markets manipulation and fund investigation,
On the one hand, a board seat at MKK, which keeps the confidential records of all investors, and on the other hand, a 63.1% controlling shareholder in the company that provides cyber security services to Borsa Istanbul and ministries!
We ask: Who has supervised this huge conflict of interest and security weakness so far?
Company ownership, access rights to systems and independent auditing are vital in the cyber security of public institutions.
Authorities should explain immediately:
▪️ What cyber security services did Borsa Istanbul, Türk Telekom, THY and relevant ministries receive from Barikat? What critical systems and databases was this company granted access to?
▪️ After Tera Group became the controlling partner of Barikat, was a security and conflict of interest assessment made by the public institutions served and Borsa Istanbul?
▪️ Have the company's access and log records been examined by independent cyber security experts? Has it been investigated for unauthorized access or data leakage to public systems and market data?
▪️ While the company management was transferred to SDIF trustee, what urgent measures were taken to ensure the continuity and access security of cyber security services provided to the public?
▪️ How much of the 650 million TL new orders announced on KAP came from which strategic public institutions?
Just as we demand accountability for the citizens' stolen savings, we will also question the security of the state's and public's private data to the fullest.
The government, which points its finger at the citizens by saying national security at every opportunity, must answer to whom it entrusted the state's digital castles.
Public data is the security of the nation!”
