A new era begins with e-signature

With the application, citizens will have the opportunity to use their new generation ID card as a driver's license as well as an e-signature. The "Domestic Biometric Data Management System," which was implemented to speed up the forensic examination, identification, and authentication processes and increase reliability, is also starting today in Turkey. E-signature will be defined on identity cards The process of uploading e-signature to the identity card, which is the second step of the "Life is Easy with Your Identity" project, which was implemented on September 21, 2020 by the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs affiliated with the Ministry of Interior, will be done via censusmatics. Adana, Adiyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Agri, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Aydin, Balikesir, Batman, Bursa, Canakkale, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Edirne, Elazig, Erzurum, Erzincan, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir, Being Kahramanmaraş, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Van, Zonguldak census directorates in a total of 50 provinces starting today. At the end of January, transferring the e-signature to the identity card will become active in 81 Provincial Population Directorates. In a short time, after the start of e-signature uploading processes in 50 provinces in Populationmatics, e-signature uploading processes will be carried out in population directorates, land registry offices, and banks throughout the country. Time and money will be saved Today, with the intense use of the electronic environment, e-signature has an important place in many fields, such as banking and finance, notary transactions, land registry and cadastre, health, customs, law, insurance. The e-signature application will save time and money per transaction by reducing paperwork in the execution of works and transactions in the public and private sectors, as well as allowing for faster, error-free, complete, and high-quality transaction execution. In addition, transactions can be made online quickly with an e-signature. In Turkey, electronic signatures have been implemented in many areas, especially banking and e-government applications. A digital signature has the feature of being an extremely reliable tool in identification processes compared to a wet signature since it is data consisting of certain characters, letters, or symbols and overlaps with the identity of the signing party instead of having a single form like a wet signature. With the start of uploading e-signatures to the identity card;

1. With the use of chip ID cards for e-signature, material costs such as chips, USBs, and dongles will decrease.

1. Since citizens will have their TCKK loaded with e-signatures, cargo costs will also be eliminated.

1. There will be an increase in the number of people using e-signature, so the use of services offered in the electronic environment and the number of services offered will be increased.

It will soon be used by Ziraat Bank and the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre and will be spread all over Turkey. A Domestic Biometric Data Management System is being implemented all over Turkey The "Domestic Biometric Data Management System," which was implemented to speed up the forensic examination, identification, and authentication processes and increase reliability, is also starting today in Turkey. In addition, the Spatial Address Registration System (MAKS), which was completed a while ago, has started to be shared with institutions. The "Mobile Population Directorate" vehicles, which can serve as the population directorate in disaster, emergency, and needed areas, will be ready for service at the end of January.