The social media account of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Transportation shared Minister Şimşek's statement with profanity.

The Minister of Treasury and Finance, Mehmet Şimşek, shared the news of Turkey's exit from the FATF grey list, which aims to prevent money laundering, with the message "We did it" before the official announcement. However, a vulgar post was made in response to Minister Şimşek's statement on the official transportation account of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) on social media platform X.

Turkey has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, which aims to prevent money laundering. Minister Şimşek announced Turkey's exit from the grey list on his social media account with the note "We did it".

VULGAR POST IN RESPONSE TO MINISTER ŞİMŞEK'S "WE DID IT" NOTE

The official transportation account of İBB's Transportation Department quoted Minister Şimşek's post with the caption "We did it, Turkey" and used vulgar expressions.

"OUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO A CYBER ATTACK"

Following the incident, a statement was made by İBB's Transportation Department, stating that "Dear Followers, our account has been subjected to a cyber attack and it has been determined that content that does not belong to us has been published. We would like to inform you that we have taken control of the situation and strengthened our security measures."

INVESTIGATION INITIATED

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has initiated an investigation into the vulgar quoting of Minister Şimşek's post from İBB's official transportation account named "Ulaşım İstanbul @ulasimistanbul" on social media. It has been learned that the investigation was initiated on charges of "insulting a public official due to their duty" and "openly insulting the Republic of Turkey Government".