Developed entirely with domestic and national resources by the General Directorate of Public Security, the app titled "Women Emergency Assistance Notification System" (KADES) is an official emergency intervention system implemented in Türkiye.
Available on both iOS and Android devices, the application allows users to alert law enforcement with a single tap. Once activated, it instantly shares the user's location with the police call center, enabling officers to respond as quickly as possible.
Launched in 2018 as part of the Interior Ministry's efforts to strengthen public security through digital technologies, KADES has become one of the country's most widely used safety applications. The app has been downloaded 9,859,147 times, bringing it close to the 10 million milestone, while security teams respond to alerts in an average of five minutes.
Since its introduction, KADES has received 239,356 emergency notifications. Of these, 152,974 were verified as genuine emergencies, while 86,382 were determined to be false alarms, meaning that nearly 64% of all notifications required police intervention.
Authorities emphasize that every alert received through KADES is treated as a potential life-threatening emergency. Because the nature of an incident cannot be confirmed until officers arrive at the scene, all reports trigger an immediate response regardless of whether they ultimately prove to be genuine or false alarms.
