Interior Minister targets AI fraud response in 18 minutes, 197,491 suspects flagged

Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi announced that an artificial intelligence-backed system is being developed to combat fraud, aiming to reduce the time from receiving a report to freezing suspect accounts to 18 minutes.

The system, named Dolunay and developed by the gendarmerie, will be run jointly with the Justice Ministry and is currently in the legislative drafting stage. Prosecutors, police, gendarmerie, the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), and the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) are expected to coordinate under the planned structure.

“Police, soldiers and prosecutors never ask you for money.”

Çiftçi stated that in the first nine months of 2026, 197,491 people and accounts were identified as carrying elements of crime, and 42,010 internet sites and social media accounts were blocked.

He warned citizens that police, soldiers, and prosecutors never ask for money, gold, or bank account information, urging people to end such calls immediately and contact the 112 Emergency Call Center in suspicious cases.

Separately, Çiftçi said 26,000 ministry personnel will provide security for the COP31 climate conference in Antalya from 9 to 20 November, with around 1500 special operations officers and approximately 3,298 traffic police on duty.

The minister also said all stray animals have been taken to shelters or natural habitats, and that security plans for the summit mirror those used at the NATO summit in Ankara.