Çiftçi made evaluations about the agenda and answered questions in a television program he attended.
Stating that the attacker, who killed 8 people and seriously injured 1 person with a gun in Afyonkarahisar, was caught in a short time as a result of the pursuit carried out by the security forces, Çiftçi expressed his condolences to the citizens who lost their lives in the attack, his condolences to their families and the nation, and wished a speedy recovery to those who were injured.
Çiftçi said, "I really feel heartbroken when I hear about such incidents. But unfortunately, such incidents can happen from time to time. Such an incident also occurred in Mersin. I hope that such incidents will not occur again." he said.
Responding to the question regarding the fund investigation, Çiftçi stated that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been following the issue closely since the beginning of the process, and that he has given instructions that the earnings of those who made unfair profits should be taken back and paid to the victims, and that those responsible should not get away with what they have done.
Çiftçi said that the 8th meeting of the Fund Coordination Board was held and that they followed the process closely and that the State Supervisory Board was assigned to the issue and continues its investigations.
Stating that there are investigations carried out by the Ministry of Justice on the subject and that he would like to share the relevant figures, Çiftçi gave the following information:
"So far, 112 out of a total of 433 suspicious persons have been arrested. 186 of them have been released under judicial control. An arrest warrant has been issued for 38 fugitives. The assets of 359 real persons and 111 legal entities have also been blocked. Our President already has clear instructions to eliminate the grievances of whoever is involved in this business and who has made unfair gains, without spending any money from the nation's treasury."
Referring to former minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, who was arrested within the scope of the fund investigation, Çiftçi said, "She was one of the symbolic figures of the fund investigation. I can say that it will be followed to the end, the grievances will be resolved here, and those who are involved in this will not get away with what they did." he said.
When asked about President Erdoğan's statements regarding the fund investigation on the plane returning from South Korea, Çiftçi said, "We see it as we live it. Names come to the fore. Our state is always 18 years old. I have been a public servant for 30 years. In other words, I served as a district governor and governor in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for 29 years, working at different levels. The person who did it has never been able to get away with what he did. It was left to the future, but he did not get away with it. Therefore, those responsible will definitely be held accountable for this in the end." made his assessment.
MEASURES TAKEN IN SCHOOLS
When asked about the measures to be taken regarding security in schools, Minister Çiftçi said that following the events in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş in the second semester of the 2025-2026 academic year, both the Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of Internal Affairs increased the security measures, and that they made an evaluation with the Minister of National Education in order to further develop the measures, and that they carried out work in this context for 4 months.
Stating that they came together with 7 ministries within the scope of the measures to be taken in schools, Çiftçi noted that they signed a protocol that will ensure that possible signs of threat or attack are detected at an early stage and that the school, law enforcement, health organization and social services are quickly activated.
Stating that the protocol is in effect, Çiftçi said, "As the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we have also published a circular regarding school security. We have also instructed our governorships at this point. In fact, currently, approximately 611 of our inspectors are involved in this. We also have inspectors from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of National Education, police chief inspectors, and gendarmerie inspectors. They are all scanning the field. Is there any clarity in the measures? All our inspectors are checking this in the field to see if there are any measures that should be taken but not taken." he said.
Stating that there are permanent police officers in some schools, and in other schools, officers who are in contact with the school administrations are directed to the schools when needed, Çiftçi said:
"I met with our Ministry of Labor and Social Security. They gave us 31 thousand staff. Most of them also have security certificates. We employed 31 thousand of them. We distributed the staff to the provinces. Currently, 28 thousand 945 people have started their duty. They are always at the point of increasing security. Outside the garden walls, our security and public order teams, children's branch officers, and narcotics teams carry out enforcement. Our traffic teams carry out service inspections. Our security teams carry out service inspections in internet cafes around schools, "They inspect buffets, gaming halls, abandoned buildings, all of these."
Çiftçi emphasized that school security and the fight against narcotic crimes cannot be carried out only by law enforcement forces, but that families, schools, health and social services should also be involved in the process.
Stating that families will be educated with the "Compassion Shield" project implemented in this context, Çiftçi noted that the changes in children are noticed early and the relevant institutions aim to take joint measures.
"26 THOUSAND POLICE POLICE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING IN ANTALYA"
Asked about the work carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs within the scope of COP31, which Türkiye will host, Çiftçi said, "There was a NATO summit in Ankara in July and 56 thousand police officers took part. Because state and government leaders and presidents came. It was an extremely prestigious meeting for our country. Thank God, we calculated everything from A to Z with all its details. We are now applying the same system for COP31." he replied.
Çiftçi said, "We currently have 26 thousand police officers on duty in Antalya. 5 thousand of them are in Antalya's own staff, the other 21 thousand came from outside. We have measures on land, in the air and at sea. Nearly 100 heads of state and government will attend. Around 200 ministers and around 20 thousand delegates will attend. 100 thousand visitors will come every day. It is also an important test in terms of testing the institutional capacity of our country. We can easily organize such organizations. We can handle it." he said.
"TOGETHER WITH TERRORISM-FREE TURKEY, WE ARE FREE OF THE 50-YEAR SHAPE TOO"
Reminding that the AK Party came to power with the general elections on November 3, 2002, Çiftçi stated that he was a young district governor at that time and that he experienced the difficulties of the February 28 process in his professional life.
Çiftçi stated that the nation showed its choice and will in 2002, that citizens did not withdraw their support for the AK Party, and that the party has been in power for 24 years, and continued as follows:
"We have been sleeping with terrorism for 50 years, we have woken up. We have paid the price, we have paid a heavy price. On the one hand, thanks to terrorism-free Turkey, we are freed from the 50-year shackle. This in itself is one of the great achievements of the 2nd century of the Republic. Here, the will of our President has a decisive effect. The goal of a terrorism-free Turkey is, after all, a vision for the 2nd century of the Republic. Since I have lived through the process since then, I can make a very good comparison. Thank God, now also in terms of security." "Our borders are safer now. The Republic of Turkey has built almost 1400 kilometers of border walls. They are constantly monitored by drones and UAVs."
"AS A STATE, WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN"
Minister Çiftçi answered the question about the new generation criminal organizations: "As you know, there were bullies in the neighborhood before. Then they evolved and transformed into mafia-type organizations. Currently, we call it the third generation criminal organizations or new generation criminal organizations. These are organizations that are organized in the digital environment, on social media platforms, advertise there, threaten them, recruit employees, and manage their financial networks from there." he replied.
Stating that the new generation criminal organizations are organized on social media or digital platforms, Çiftçi said, "They do not have a specific center or organizational structure. They hire a person for an action, they make an action, they pay the money, the relationship between them ends. They transfer their money from there. In other words, they operate in the completely digital world, in the cyber environment. That is why fighting them is more difficult than fighting the mafia. That is why we shifted all our weight to this area." he said.
When asked about the definitions of "child in judicial process" and "child dragged into crime", Çiftçi said:
"There was a concept called a child dragged into crime regarding children under the age of 18. Now, this has changed. The concept of a child in the judicial process has been introduced. This was a very conscious approach. As a state, we have to protect our children. These are our children, our future. Therefore, we should not leave them to the mercy of criminal networks. With these new generation criminal organizations, there was an increase in penalties to prevent them from using children under the age of 18 in crime. There was a change in the law before the parliament closed. For example, in school attacks. "We have seen and experienced a lot in Turkey. People who leave firearms within reach of children are sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison, unless the action constitutes another crime."
Stating that children's access to licensed weapons belonging to their families should be prevented and that arrangements have been made to keep the weapons safely in this context, Çiftçi said, "The child should not be able to take these weapons to school. They should be kept in a safe place. The child should not get their hands on them. We are now envisaging a change in the law and regulation on firearms and knives. For example, we will impose a steel safe requirement on those who will give gun licenses there." he said.
"WE WILL NOT LEAVE THE CRIMINALS PURSUE"
Referring to the "Cross-Border Trap" operations, Çiftçi said that in the first 10 months of the year, 786 people, including the ringleaders and members of criminal organizations, were extradited to Türkiye from abroad and that they carried out security diplomacy with various countries in this context.
Çiftçi stated that the number of refunds increased by 486 percent compared to the annual average of the 2021-2025 period and continued as follows:
"183 of them are leaders or members of an organized crime group. This is important for us. Apart from this, there are people who are citizens of another country but we caught in our country. They are searched by other countries. This year, we caught 497 people who were wanted by 58 countries and carried out their extradition or deportation procedures. In other words, we both catch and deport the wanted people in our own country and bring those we are looking for from other countries to our country, and we will continue our fight on this issue determinedly. We will not give up on the criminals."
Minister Çiftçi emphasized that success in the fight against organized crime should be measured not only by the number of operations and arrests, but also by the decrease in crimes and the safety of citizens on the streets.
Stating that he knew the expectations of the police force when he took office, and that one of the first issues he brought up was the transition to the 12-36 working system, Çiftçi said, "We do not have the chance to switch to the 12-36 working system in every unit. Units that require uninterrupted 7 days and 24 hours of struggle. We cannot pass in these. But there are units that we can switch to. We started this in September in the units where we can switch to the 12-36 system. We have switched to the 12-36 system. Currently, we have inspectors from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the provinces. "One of the issues they are examining is school security, and the other is whether there is a transition to the 12-36 system. Our inspectors are investigating this in the field." he said.
Çiftçi said, "We foresee overtime pay in the units where we cannot provide 12-36 hours. Because others have switched to the system and have the opportunity to work more comfortably. But there are units where we cannot do this. We are discussing this with finance and strategy. Our next stage will be the issue of charging overtime." he said.
Referring to the new term police recruitment, Çiftçi said, "Every time we recruit, we generally recruit around 10 thousand, sometimes around 12 thousand police officers on average. We will evaluate the issue of increasing the number of female police officers." he said.
Çiftçi stated that the second duty duty has been largely abolished, but the practice continues in some regions to ensure uninterrupted security services, and that they are making efforts to improve the working conditions of the police.
Stating that they have started a study to build public housing through POLISAN and enable police officers to acquire houses on long-term terms such as paying rent, Çiftçi said, "First, we are starting from Ankara, we will build 2000 houses for this. We will probably lay the foundations of this in the coming months. As of 2027, we will spread this work that we started in Ankara to Istanbul, Izmir and other big cities. In Istanbul, for example, our Police Department has around 3,350 houses. "We aim to increase this to 5 thousand in the near future." he said.
Stating that the target was achieved in the work on stray animals as of October 21 and that stray animals were placed in shelters, Çiftçi asked citizens to report stray animals to 112, as animals continue to multiply and owned animals are left on the street.
Farmer noted that the shelters and natural habitats in 81 provinces were inspected by inspectors, and the treatment, neutering and feeding conditions of the animals were examined.
