Announcing in a message sent to all its employees in Istanbul that it will “work on technical infrastructure in its plazas” and that employees cannot enter the plazas until 06:00 on Monday, Turkcell was bombarded with criticism for this reason. CEO Murat Erkan clarified the issue.
As the whole of Turkey is locked in the elections that will be held this weekend, concerns about election security are escalating. In such an environment, all the Email sent to Turkcell plaza employees was interpreted differently due to concerns.
Making statements to HalkTV, Turkcell CEO Murat Erkan stated that the technical infrastructure works to be carried out from 18.00 on Friday to 06.00 on Sunday are implemented in every election. In the message Turkcell sent to its employees,VPN connection will not be possible either” stated that the detail is only related to in-house systems.
The allegations were made after DW Turkish correspondent Alican Uludağ tweeted:
According to this e-mail, which stated that Turkcell employees would not be able to enter the plazas between 12-15 May, except for mandatory situations, the reason was technical infrastructure works. It was also stated that VPN connection could not be established between the relevant dates. However, in question To what extent the VPN connection cannot be used –it could not be clearly understood, at least from the screenshot shared by Alican Uludağ.
When the subject resonated in a short time, Turkcell CEO Murat Erkan said that applied in every election. explained:
to HalkTV “Is there internet in the plaza? If no people enter the plaza, will the internet or telephone communication be interrupted? Even if we do not close the plaza, the internet may be interrupted and slowed down. Our technical team about infrastructure will work in the office for 2 days.Making a statement, Erkan continued his words as follows:
“VPN connection means connecting our teams to our own internal network. Our outside friends should not be able to access the VPN while the technical work is being done. Turkcell is not the only provider of the internet in Turkey. As Turkey’s Turkcell, we did the same in previous elections. We manage the process very sensitively. God forbid this is the internet… But our job is to maintain access. A very ambitious sentence, but Turkcell internet does not crash.. There will always be setbacks in the technology business, we are doing these studies so that they do not happen. We did this in the previous election as well. Have you had a problem with Turkcell? It didn’t happen. We are not a party to this election. We serve many institutions, parties, public institutions”
Statement on the subject from Turkcell’s social media accounts. came.
Due to this message sent by Turkcell to its employees and the subsequent discussions, the company’s shares lost 5.20% in the stock market.