Ministry of the Interior

More than 4,400 fugitives wanted for various crimes were captured in operations conducted across Türkiye over the past five days, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on July 12.

Yerlikaya shared the news on his X account, highlighting that the operations spanned all 81 provinces.

The areas affected by the agricultural fires in the southeastern provinces of Diyarbakır and Mardin are now officially classified as "disaster areas" and a total of 5 million Turkish Liras ($152,500) in emergency aid has been allocated to families affected by the fires, the country's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) has announced.

Thousands of traffic accidents resulted in the death of 22 individuals across the country during the first three days of the Eid al-Adha holiday, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced.

More than 4,000 people were injured in road accidents between June 15 and 17, Yerlikaya said on June 18 on a social media post.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Friday to boost the government's battle with a cost-of-living crisis, but kept his foreign and finance ministers in place to show policy continuity.

The changes were announced after Mitsotakis' centre-right party performed worse than expected in Sunday's election to the European Parliament.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced an intensified crackdown on major criminal organizations during a recent series of briefings, emphasizing the scope of the operations.

Opposition parties are demanding the resignation of Interior Minister Niki Kerameus following the outcome of Greece's Personal Data Protection Authority (PDPA) investigation into unsolicited emails sent to the Greek diaspora ahead of the European elections. 

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has defended the continuous dissemination of law enforcement operations on his X account, rebuffing criticisms from ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies.

Yerlikaya initiated informative sessions with parliamentarians last week, aiming to apprise them of ongoing operations within their respective regions.

Security units have apprehended 544 suspects over their alleged links to FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 failed coup, in a comprehensive operation spanning 62 out of the country's 81 provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced.

Interior Minister Niki Kerameos has requested access to the case file regarding the alleged break-in at the Elections Directorate of the Interior Ministry, aiming to determine if disciplinary measures are warranted. This comes after police confirmed on Monday that no trespass or violation occurred within the directorate's computer files.

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) is casting doubt on the reported break-in at the election director's office of the Interior Ministry at noon on April 26, concluding that it was most likely staged given that no incriminating fingerprints or DNA were found at the scene of the supposed crime.