« Back Turkish Police on Tuesday arrested two men suspected of plotting a suicide attack including the man believed to be behind the 1996 killing of a top industrialist Dogan news agency quoted the police as announcing the arrests of two members of the outlawed Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) in western Aydın province on suspicion of planning suicide bomb attacks The two were found in possession of a machine gun believed to be behind the assassination of Ozdemir Sabanci the head of one of Turkey's largest industrial conglomerates Sabanci was killed along with his secretary and another colleague in an armed attack on the headquarters of his Sabanci Holding The killers were believed to have fled the country Akkol and another man named as Fadik Adiyaman were arrested at a bus station in the town of Soke The pair were reportedly planning to travel to Izmir, Turkey's third-biggest city and a popular tourist destination on the country's Aegean coast Hurriyet daily reported that Greek police had detained Akkol and three other suspects in February 2014 in Athens The paper quoted Greek media as saying at the time Akkol had confessed that weapons found on that occasion were used in attacks on Turkish territory Greek authorities later released Akkol despite Turkey demanding his extradition for his alleged involvement in the Sabanci killing Turkish authorities have been on high alert since last summer following a series of attacks attributed to the Islamic State (IS) group killed 11 German tourists in the historic Sultanahmet neighbourhood 103 people were killed in double suicide bombings during a pro-Kurdish demonstration outside Ankara's central station The attack was the deadliest in Turkey's history Long accused of complacency in the face of militant rebels fighting the Syrian government Turkey's government last summer joined the international anti-IS coalition led by the United States Ankara has also beefed up its border security to try to stem the flow of foreign fighters heading to join IS ranks in Syria and stepped up arrests of alleged militants that cross into Turkey Copyright © 2014 - 2025. Middle East Eye Only England and Wales jurisdiction apply in all legal matters Middle East Eye          ISSN 2634-2456                      No matter the industry a worker or company belongs to it's probably experiencing disruption right now.  and the general digitization of formerly analog tools and processes are introducing rapid changes to the workforce Responding to disruption was a major topic for all three who agreed that their businesses would look very different in the next five to ten years "We believe at the moment that transformation of the auto industry can be equated with the invention of printing or industrialization," Werner said who represents the Turkish employer's association of the metals industry said that a benefit of "industry 4.0" is the way automation will improve speed and productivity companies will need to understand how to manage the shift especially when it comes to reskilling existing workers "Even a traditional company like Klöckner will change," Rühl said "Five years ago we started a digital academy so every worker can do digital courses during working hours and increase their digital IQ."  The fact that the Volkswagen group has around 670,000 employees makes it difficult for the company to turn a blind eye to the reskilling issue "We see our responsibility clearly in making that change and that transformation and also that training of employees part of our job," Werner said "We cannot train a steel sales guy to an AI software engineer," Rühl said "It also means that we need new employees and that we're reducing the staff of employees who don't have this knowledge." the panelists also view platforms as a promising business model to manage the current moment and prepare their companies for the future a platform for providing digital transformation training to companies and workers which they aim to see number 250,000 in the next few years and Klöckner will establish an open industry platform where multiple companies could sell products Platforms are "the basis for exponential growth going forward," Rühl said Akkol said that the pandemic has affected the metals industry dramatically "In the first months of the pandemic we had a lockdown in our plants and had to stop production," he said "Our members make up 40% of Turkish exports Rühl said the pandemic is a threat on the one side "We accelerated our digital efforts and are already making 42% of our sales through digital channels," Rühl said "Jobs will have more and more dual skillsets — not just IT experts on one side and business unit experts on the other," Werner said "It means that we might all speak the same language one day." 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In a sign that Kazakhstan is fastening its embrace of smart camera systems a local company has announced plans to use facial recognition technology on public transportation in the capital.  Almas Aimenov, director of IPay, said at a conference on October 15 that his company’s FacePay system would be used in lieu of presenting a ticket on the bus The technology can recognize faces to within a 5 percent margin of error The creation of databases containing fine details on people’s appearance feels like the thin end of the wedge for those who worry about what excesses could be committed by an authoritarian-leaning surveillance state Facial recognition technology has already got the thumbs up from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. In recent public remarks, Tokayev spoke in glowing terms about what he had observed during a September trip to China “You click on a screen [where a person’s image is] and all the data comes up for that person including literally everything: when he graduated from college We need to head in that direction,” Tokayev was quoted as saying on October 8 during a meeting with municipal officials in Nur-Sultan where IPay’s system is set to be implemented.  The company whose offices Tokayev visited during his China trip was Hikvision, which specializes in smart camera technology. The company was recently blacklisted by the U.S government for complicity in rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region In many Chinese cities it is already possible to pay for goods and services using your face – provided it is linked to a photo on a database and a credit card – and even check into airports. A report by the Economist magazine notes Chinese police are now armed with special glasses and body cameras that allow for real time identification of suspects Ethnic Kazakhs living in Muslim-majority Xinjiang – one of the most intensely surveilled places on earth – are among those who have felt the most painful consequences of this technology “This system was not thought up to catch people that evade fares, but for the convenience of customers,” said Aimenov, noting that FacePay users would register for the service via the messaging app Telegram, which happens to be popular among political activists Getting nabbed for unpaid bus fares is far from the primary concern of government critics already leery of expanding surveillance “How do you quickly assemble a database with biometric data and avoid getting flak for it?” Assem Zhapisheva, a prominent member of the Oyan, Qazaqstan civic movement, asked rhetorically on Facebook  “Make payments on the bus with your face By remarking that the proposed system was “completely ours created from scratch in Kazakhstan,” Aimenov may have been intending to anticipate fears that foreign companies or governments could gain access to the system An espionage panic over Chinese telecommunications behemoth Huawei has led a number of governments in the West to prevent local telecoms providers from using the company’s technology where government concerns over security trump talk about the right to data privacy Huawei was the chief architect of the Safe City surveillance system in Tajikistan’s capital which was installed in 2013 at a cost of over $20 million the company has won contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to provide similar services.   Data collection for the security component of Nur-Sultan’s analogue of Smart City is currently the preserve of a project called Sergek which is run by a consortium of domestic IT companies.  But according to a report on news website Informburo at least part of the equipment has been sourced from Dahua Technology another Chinese company current targeted by U.S State media has hailed the system’s success in picking out unlicensed drivers from the seats of their cars and generally increasing budget flows from fines.  But Tokayev has argued that the technology is not being fully exploited and that it could be used better to make Nur-Sultan a safer place.  Akkol, a provincial town around 100 kilometers from Nur-Sultan, was Kazakhstan’s first full-fledged Smart City.  Panopticon systems are being introduced to the former capital Chris Rickleton is a journalist based in Almaty Sign up for Eurasianet's free weekly newsletter. Support Eurasianet: Help keep our journalism open to all, and influenced by none. A recent operation in Turkey against the far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) terrorist group raises the question whether the group is still active in the country. The group, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union, is responsible for a number of attacks in Turkey, including the assassination of a business tycoon in 1996 and an attack on the U.S. embassy in Ankara in 2013. Among those arrested in the operation on Feb. 26 were Umit Ilter, the so-called secretary-general of the DHKP-C, and Caferi Sadik Eroglu, the ‘leader’ of the terror group in Turkey. In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Murat Aslan -- a researcher at the security studies directorate of the Ankara-based SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research and a faculty member at Hasan Kalyoncu University in Gaziantep – said despite some DHKP-C leaders fleeing to Greece and other European countries following a 1980 military coup in Turkey, the group maintained contact with its remaining members in Turkey while trying to establish a presence in Europe. "The group was constantly marginalized and struggled to survive. It could not rejuvenate itself after Sept. 12," Aslan said, referring to the Sept. 12, 1980 military coup in Turkey. Following the latest arrests, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the DHKP-C’s presence in rural areas of Turkey had been wiped out. "Our fight against terrorism is on and will continue without slowing down," Soylu said. Since the start of Syria’s civil war in 2011, the terrorist group has been attempting to branch out in coordination with other terrorist groups. "The group is very active in Greece," Aslan said. "They were cooperating with the Greek leftist group 'November 17' in the past." He also noted that with its aging leadership, the group was not able to respond to the ideological evolution in its base "because they couldn't renew themselves". Asked whether the DHKP-C was coordinating with the terrorist organization PKK, Aslan said since the 1990s, the PKK has cooperated with far-left organizations such as the DHKP-C and TIKKO. "The PKK carried out some terrorist acts with the help of these organizations," he said. "The PKK cooperated with these organizations in the areas of education, logistics and intelligence, especially in Lebanon, Syria and Europe. "The PKK’s cooperation with these far-left groups within Turkey was not successful because over time, the PKK became more dominant in the places it saw as its domain, as the group had been cooperating with the Turkish far left since the 1990s," he said. In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of some 40,000 people, including women and children. More than 1,200 people, including security personnel and civilians, have lost their lives since the PKK resumed its decades-old acts of terror in July 2015. "The decisive group is the PKK. Other extreme leftist groups’ activities such as those of the DHKP-C are connected to the PKK. Such organizations cannot survive without external support. The Assad regime [in Syria] supported these organizations due to its ideological proximity. Extreme left-wing groups cooperate with the PKK and the Assad regime at the same time," Aslan said. The DHKP-C had inherited the organization Revolutionary Left (Dev-Sol), which had been active since 1980. It became the DHKP-C in 1994 under the leadership of Dursun Karatas. It purportedly supports Marxist-Leninist ideology and was mostly active during the Cold War era. But in recent years, the group has revived its terrorist activities. After Karatas’ death in 2008, a leadership crisis arose within the DHKP-C, and a key group member, Huseyin Fevzi Tekin, was seen as the new leader. Tekin was arrested last February under a fake Bulgarian identity in an ammunition-laden safehouse in Athens along with Murat Korkut, Bilgehan Karpat and Ismail Akkol, who are suspected of being involved in the assassination of prominent Turkish businessman Ozdemir Sabanci in 1996 in Istanbul. It has been more than two decades since the assassination of one of the most prominent business figures in Turkey, and a prime suspect in the murder is still at large. Feb. 9, 2019 marked the 23rd anniversary of the assassination of tycoon Ozdemir Sabanci of Sabanci Holding, Turkey’s leading financial conglomerate and one of the leading industrial groups. DHKP-C terrorist Fehriye Erdal and two of her associates, Ismail Akkol and Mustafa Duyar, murdered Sabanci, senior executive Haluk Gorgun and secretary Nilgun Hasefe in a brazen attack on Jan. 9, 1996 at the Sabanci Center, the holding's main headquarters in Istanbul. Duyar and Akkol were apprehended by Turkish security forces. Duyar was killed in a prison riot in 1999 and Akkol is serving a life sentence. Erdal fled Turkey following the assassination and it was in 1999 when she resurfaced in Belgium's Knokke city with a fake passport after a fire broke out in her apartment. She was handed a 15-year prison sentence by a Turkish court in a trial heard in absentia. Belgium rejected Ankara's extradition request for Erdal as the death penalty was still in force in Turkey back then. Erdal's request for political asylum was also rejected by Belgium. On May 25, 2016, 20 years after the Sabanci assassination, a Brussels criminal court ruled that Erdal should be tried in Belgium over crimes she had committed in Turkey. A Belgian prosecutor sought a 30-year aggravated prison sentence for Erdal and an additional security precaution of 15 years. The criminal court reached a verdict in February 2017 in absentia, handing Erdal a 15-year sentence for her crimes committed in Turkey. The DHKP-C has carried out a number of attacks in Turkey, including on U.S. diplomatic missions and Turkish security forces. On March 31, 2015, Istanbul prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was martyred after being taken hostage in his office at Istanbul’s Caglayan Courthouse by two far-left DHKP-C terrorists who had gained access to the building by posing as lawyers. The two hostage-takers, who released photographs of Kiraz with a pistol to his head during the siege, were killed by security forces. In August 2015, two suspected DHKP-C members attacked the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul. There were no casualties. The DHKP-C was also behind a suicide bombing at the U.S. embassy in Ankara in February 2013 which claimed the life of a Turkish security guard. The suicide bomber in the attack was identified as Ecevit Sanli, who was registered in northern Ordu province. On July 9, 2008, gunmen attacked the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul's Istinye district, leaving three security personnel dead. Three assailants were also killed in the clash that broke out following the attack. Two suspects -- Dursun Patan and Servet Cinar -- were prosecuted in the case for allegedly being members of al-Qaeda. Another attack was carried out by Elif Sultan Kalsen, a suspected member of the DHKP-C, on Istanbul's Police Department a day after the killing of Kiraz. Kalsen was shot dead, and her male accomplice was arrested shortly after the attack. In 2013, DHKP-C members Hasan Biber and Muharrem Karatas allegedly attacked the Turkish Interior Ministry and Justice and Development (AK) Party’s headquarters in Ankara. Also in 2013, suspects Karatas and Serdar Polat allegedly attacked a police building in Ankara. Karatas was shot dead after he started firing at police. On April 16, 2018, Turkish security forces seized files belonging to DHKP-C members which allegedly showed that numerous high-ranking Turkish officials and businessmen had been designated as potential assassination targets. According to Turkey’s Anti-Terror and Operations Office, the group's leaders had allegedly ordered several armed attacks against the Turkish military, police headquarters and national intelligence service buildings. Moreover, the seized files detailed a plan to garner extensive coverage from Turkish and international media through such attacks. On July 20, 2015, a suicide bombing in Suruc, a southern Turkish town, killed 32 people who had been planning to engage in efforts to rebuild the Syrian town of Kobani after it was devastated by clashes involving Daesh. The country has since witnessed a wave of bombings, shootings and arrests. Turkey has responded by arresting more than 1,300 suspected supporters of illegal groups, including Daesh, the PKK and the DHKP-C. Belgium has added a Turkish terror fugitive on its most wanted list, local media reported. Sudinfo.be, a Belgium-based Francophone news website, said Fehriye Erdal, 42, who is convicted of murdering a Turkish business tycoon in 1996, has been added to the Belgium's most wanted list. With the addition of Erdal, Belgian security forces are now looking for a total of 1,846 fugitives. Sudinfo.be said that the Fugitive Active Search Team (FAST), a special team of police in Belgium, is tasked to search and arrest the fugitives. It has been more than two decades since the assassination of one of the most prominent business figures in Turkey, and a prime convict in the murder is still at large. DHKP-C terrorist Erdal and two of her associates -- Ismail Akkol and Mustafa Duyar -- murdered Sabanci, senior executive Haluk Gorgun and secretary Nilgun Hasefe in a brazen attack on Jan. 9, 1996 at the Sabanci Center, the holding's main headquarters in Istanbul. Duyar and Akkol were apprehended by Turkish security forces. Duyar was killed in a prison riot in 1999 and Akkol is serving a life sentence. Erdal fled Turkey following the murder and it was in 1999 when she resurfaced in Belgium's Knokke city with a fake passport after a fire broke out in her apartment. 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