Istanbul Anatolian Side District Municipalities switched to PARDUS, the National Operating System developed by TÜBİTAK, with the signing ceremony of the cooperation protocol hosted by Pendik Municipality.
Pendik, Beykoz, Çekmeköy, Sancaktepe, Sultanbeyli, Şile, Tuzla, Ümraniye and Üsküdar Municipalities, which completed their infrastructure works and personnel trainings, started to use the National Operating System PARDUS developed by TÜBİTAK National Academic Network and Information Center (ULAKBİM) with the cooperation protocol ceremony hosted by Pendik Municipality.
TUBITAK ULAKBIM Director Mehmet Mirat Satoğlu, Pendik Mayor Dr. Kenan Şahin, Beykoz Mayor Yücel Çelikbilek, Çekmeköy Mayor Ahmet Poyraz, Sancaktepe Mayor İsmail Erdem, Sultanbeyli Mayor Hüseyin Keskin, Şile Mayor Can Tabakoğlu, Tuzla Mayor Şadi Yazıcı, Ümraniye Mayor Hasan Can, Üsküdar Mayor Hilmi Türkmen and AK Party Istanbul MP Mihrimah Belma Satır attended the ceremony held at Mehmet Akif Ersoy Art Center.
"We are doing an important work together"
Mehmet Mirat Satoğlu, Director of ULAKBIM, stated that they started working on the national operating system in 2003 upon the instruction of then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and that they produced the first version in 2005. Stating that they have realized an important cooperation with 9 municipalities of Istanbul, Satoğlu said, "This breakthrough is very important for us. We are signing an important work together."
"We want PARDUS to become widespread in other municipalities"
Pendik Mayor Dr. Kenan Şahin stated that they had been working for months to collectively support and cooperate with the national operating system as the Mayors of the Anatolian Side and said, "TÜBİTAK developed the National Operating System PARDUS as one of the most important things it has done nationally. At the point it has reached today, we have seen that it has reached the level to meet our needs. Today, we signed a joint protocol with TÜBİTAK officials to publicize this work and to ensure the spread of PARDUS among our other municipalities."
Other Institutions and Organizations Using PARDUS
Among the institutions and organizations that have been converted and are using PARDUS are the Ministry of National Defense; Ministry of National Defense Fuel Supply and NATO Pol Facilities Management Directorate; Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration; Aydın, Söke Fehime Faik Kocagöz State Hospital; Bursa Dr. Ayten Bozkaya Spastic Children's Hospital and Rehabilitation Center; Bursa Muammer Ağım Gemlik State Hospital; Şanlıurfa Eyyübiye Oral and Dental Health Center; Aydın, Didim State Hospital; Şanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital; İzmit Training and Research Hospital. Ayten Bozkaya Spastic Children Hospital and Rehabilitation Center; Bursa Muammer Ağım Gemlik State Hospital; Şanlıurfa Eyyübiye Oral and Dental Health Center; Aydın, Didim State Hospital; Şanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital; İzmit Municipality; Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology (5 central and 40 provincial directorates).
Institutions Piloting or Dissemination in Progress
The Ministry of National Education, post-pilot R&D studies for the Interactive Board Interface System; the Ministry of Justice, PARDUS harmonization studies; Bursa, Çanakkale and Samsun Public Hospitals Union General Secretariat dissemination studies are ongoing. As of 2017, PARDUS and its sub-products are being used in more than 25 public institutions and organizations, or work is underway for dissemination.
Developing Open Source Projects for Effortless Transformation of PARDUS
Launched in 2003 when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was Prime Minister, PARDUS is a Linux-based open source operating system that can be downloaded and used free of charge over the internet. PARDUS, which has various desktop distributions such as KDE, GNOME and XFCE, continues to work within TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM to make it a competitive and sustainable operating system. As a result of the work carried out with TSE for the dissemination of PARDUS, quality standard criteria have been published, and it is aimed to establish a widespread support network consisting of companies that meet these criteria. In order for imported IT equipment to be compatible with Pardus GNU/Linux, the accreditation of hardware and DMO authorization infrastructure works were also completed. This paved the way for public institutions and organizations to be able to purchase compatible hardware from the DMO or procure it from companies when they want to use open source software and systems. In order to make the PARDUS transformation effortless, open source products are being developed for the software needed by public institutions and organizations and SMEs. The AKYAY (Open Source Dissemination) Project, supported by the Ministry of Development, and the Lider Ahenk Central Management System, EnGerek Identity Management System, Octopus Integrated Cyber Security System, and Interactive Board Interface System are the main products.
