As all of Turkey is locked into the elections held this weekend, concerns about election security are on the rise. In such an environment, all of them Email sent to Turkcell Plaza employees was interpreted differently due to concerns.

Murat Erkan, CEO of Turkcell, made statements to HalkTV and stated that the technical infrastructure works to be done from Friday 6pm to Sunday 6am will be carried out in every election. In the message Turkcell sent to his employees,VPN connection will also not be possible” stated that the detail pertains to internal systems only.

The allegations were made after DW Turkish correspondent Alican Uludağ tweeted:

According to this email, which stated that between May 12 and May 15, Turkcell employees would not be able to enter the squares except in mandatory situations, the reason was technical infrastructure works. It was also stated that no VPN connection could be established between the relevant data. Well in question To what extent the VPN connection cannot be used –it could not be clearly understood, at least based on the screenshot shared by Alican Uludağ.

When the topic resonated in a short time, Turkcell CEO Murat Erkan said so applied in every election. explained:

To HalkTV2″Is there internet on the square? If no people enter the square, will internet or telephone communication be interrupted? Even if we don’t close the square, the internet could be interrupted and slowed down. Our technical team on infrastructure will work in the office for 2 days.Erkan issued a statement and continued his words as follows:

“VPN connection means we connect our teams to our own internal network. Our remote friends should not be able to access the VPN while the technical work is being done. Turkcell is not the only internet provider in Turkey. As Turkcell of Turkey, we did the same in previous elections. We manage the process very sensitively. God forbid this is the internet… But it’s our job to maintain access. A very ambitious sentence, but the Internet from Turkcell does not crash.. There will always be setbacks in the technology business, we do these studies so they don’t happen. We did that in the previous elections. Have you had a problem with Turkcell? It didn’t happen. We are not a party to these elections. We serve many institutions, parties, public institutions”

As a result of this message that Turkcell sent to his employees and the ensuing discussions, the company’s shares lost 5.20% in the stock market.