Security General Directorate

CHP leader criticizes circular prohibiting citizens from recording police intervention

Following a new circular by the Security General Directorate prohibiting citizens from recording police intervention during social events, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said that the circular intends "suspension of democracy."

Bulgarian Police Detains 27-year-old Serb Wanted Internationally

Officers of the Search division of the National Police General Directorate identified a 27-year-old Serbian national wanted internationally, said the Ministry of the Interior press office. The man was arrested yesterday in Sofia. A Red Notice was issued against him in 2017 for human trafficking crimes committed in the Republic of Serbia.

Heavy penalties imposed for owners of daily rental apartments in Istanbul

Some 10 million Turkish Liras were collected up to Aug. 15 this year in fines imposed on apartments unofficially available for daily rental across Istanbul, and 1,683 such apartments were "red tagged," according to the Istanbul Directorate of Culture and Tourism.

Audio recording cameras to be installed in buses in Ankara

A system of cameras that can record audio will be installed in Ankara city buses as part of a series of security precautions introduced after multiple suicide bombings in the Turkish capital which have claimed scores of lives in the last six months. The system, which will be installed in nearly 2,000 buses, will be carried out according to a new protocol signed between the Ankara Metropolitan M

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