diff --git a/apps/production/coturn-secret.yaml b/apps/production/coturn-secret.yaml
index 8d99474..976e8e2 100644
--- a/apps/production/coturn-secret.yaml
+++ b/apps/production/coturn-secret.yaml
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ metadata:
     name: coturn-secret
     namespace: matrix
 stringData:
-    TURN_SECRET: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:SILIqMB+fmAMFITAL7lG1hOgICec6BJf1mOcK0gdmnCHWYqRuJv7jgjfGylG25xzQKi+zE7Qual9PnkZG2KiOA==,iv:+GZqLGusE4Q0x2jEEtFxj06rryyQmQhXdkTy4eE8ZHw=,tag:OpSZkinPTAi1ZKWyo8OX3A==,type:str]
+    TURN_SECRET: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:XTkWEymgB8wz7yoXMXFkmwoTlQuW4dc7Z34UnONvKB5Qi+Wa3yVdACnFrnvE1HnzWYJ23YO+ssCNXRiixl9YVg==,iv:t4nvWH4rqWDHDzYOrrESwwtqMQ6YJ2CQzVbcyaYiaYM=,tag:KKMuQm41ZuvvjTzGpScbIA==,type:str]
 sops:
     age:
-        - recipient: age14l0hwfqylwpemz5y2ghh2yxk0phszlnj3qlejhue0fw0kz3tmfgqdsjzdh
-          enc: |
+        - enc: |
             -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
             YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSAyRk1mK3NWc1l4T0JCOFpF
             S0RuQ3ViZmo3QTNVL2JvZ0hzMy91R2l0TEhzCk01a1VGdk1sdVg4aWswTzRibXI4
@@ -16,7 +15,8 @@ sops:
             MEJleHFnd3oyT3VPL2dsYkpMUlRkOWMKcKUIgsQ/ff49pGGXMnYwJmwqPVC7woAR
             IEzvhcNX97xx746SnrxZe5t2YadsYMkYIl0nvqBPJhSlvqMNafpQbQ==
             -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-    lastmodified: "2026-04-29T21:06:21Z"
-    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:UhyR5m1HYWrZHwNLW5sg2PxbpaydWbP5cekghGlzSpQg7CYEcvZw3tJ/qB8zA19xZSM7tdSHOXdD+QytRq6qW59M1unqMaumA43B6JxQg1C1NdXAW0mkSc2WiNchvgpVii9P/TVlzSSIRwC3YGCQUsfa3SSfNzI4Z6fMuBnhYLE=,iv:4HYxbrYSRJLe1KcQ6q8bpee8/Lx1m3pPmisb/L2Mu64=,tag:l7n3u+Pg6533OzwtNUZvNw==,type:str]
+          recipient: age14l0hwfqylwpemz5y2ghh2yxk0phszlnj3qlejhue0fw0kz3tmfgqdsjzdh
     encrypted_regex: ^(data|stringData)$
+    lastmodified: "2026-07-28T19:02:42Z"
+    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:1NO8bBG47PDK5zGBYVvfUHjbLct9DP3eBDurtd7ChGFiQBPRUrlLric2cfUuB54+Z1x+VV2WIEpVt6gARNcG6+gc6H+ZKZZL1PRj3Pl3NYhgbjs05R/cHYAg3QimmnuvQlM8MvZGimB48l6mkvIN+ncmoB6l/6AXG1XfmwFW87o=,iv:AABJu2TglH2nB8PMV7ORpQ0EyzznrwmgpWImvm9mB6o=,tag:md5aQyK72iL+P28y/YDqLQ==,type:str]
     version: 3.12.2
diff --git a/apps/production/coturn.yaml b/apps/production/coturn.yaml
index 09f02e9..ce6cbcc 100644
--- a/apps/production/coturn.yaml
+++ b/apps/production/coturn.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ spec:
         app: coturn
       annotations:
         prometheus.io/scrape: "false"
+        # Bumped on every TURN_SECRET rotation (Issue #38) to force a new pod, since
+        # Kubernetes doesn't restart running pods when a referenced Secret's content
+        # changes and the initContainer that reads it only runs once at pod start.
+        rotated-at: "2026-07-28T19:02:00Z"
     spec:
       hostNetwork: true
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
diff --git a/apps/production/custom-configs/synapse-values.yaml b/apps/production/custom-configs/synapse-values.yaml
index c6f3301..eb142d8 100644
--- a/apps/production/custom-configs/synapse-values.yaml
+++ b/apps/production/custom-configs/synapse-values.yaml
@@ -58,15 +58,6 @@ data:
             room_list_publication_rules:
               - user_id: "*"
                 action: allow
-        turn:
-          config: |
-            turn_uris:
-              - "turn:turn.axion1337.chat?transport=udp"
-              - "turn:turn.axion1337.chat?transport=tcp"
-              - "turns:turn.axion1337.chat?transport=tcp"
-            turn_shared_secret: "cab3c8408363515d9b4cdc3384a1f76ca17a973242fdfdc72b67ac4d86158527"
-            turn_user_lifetime: 86400000
-            turn_allow_guests: false
         oembed:
           config: |
             oembed_enabled: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/production/element-server-suite.yaml b/apps/production/element-server-suite.yaml
index 74f4503..937dea6 100644
--- a/apps/production/element-server-suite.yaml
+++ b/apps/production/element-server-suite.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ spec:
     - kind: Secret
       name: ess-mas-values-secret
       valuesKey: values.yaml
-      
+    - kind: Secret
+      name: synapse-turn-secret
+      valuesKey: values.yaml
+
   values:
     # Top-Level: serverName – das ist dein Matrix-Homeserver-Name
     serverName: axion1337.chat
diff --git a/apps/production/kustomization.yaml b/apps/production/kustomization.yaml
index 7532a19..dcfddde 100644
--- a/apps/production/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/production/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 
-# Patch: Fügt einen Checksum der element-values.yaml zur HelmRelease hinzu
-# Damit wird Flux die HelmRelease neu-synced wenn sich die ConfigMap ändert
+# Patch: Fügt Checksums der element-values.yaml und des turn_shared_secret zur
+# HelmRelease hinzu. Damit wird Flux die HelmRelease neu-synced (und synapse-main neu
+# gestartet), wenn sich die jeweilige ConfigMap/Secret ändert - siehe Issue #38's
+# Rotations-Mechanismus, der turn-secret-checksum bei jeder Rotation bumpt.
 patches:
   - target:
       kind: HelmRelease
@@ -12,6 +14,9 @@ patches:
       - op: add
         path: /metadata/annotations/element-config-checksum
         value: "401f8a87d0ef5d91d2e5032d4aede42c"
+      - op: add
+        path: /metadata/annotations/turn-secret-checksum
+        value: "9b0383df36943da3b32198b6bd32bfcd"
 
 resources:
   - matrix-postgres-auth.yaml
@@ -26,6 +31,7 @@ resources:
   # TURN Server für WebRTC
   - coturn-secret.yaml
   - coturn.yaml
+  - synapse-turn-secret.yaml
   # HelmRelease (muss ganz unten stehen, damit die ConfigMaps vorher da sind!)
   - element-server-suite.yaml
   # Custom Apex Ingress für Element Web + Well-Known auf axion1337.chat
diff --git a/apps/production/synapse-turn-secret.yaml b/apps/production/synapse-turn-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2597dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/production/synapse-turn-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+    name: synapse-turn-secret
+    namespace: matrix
+stringData:
+    values.yaml: ENC[AES256_GCM,data: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,iv:+DYUBkJC8FZIl+mXc5NWv1EfSRWq+ho1huwTerFhZwM=,tag:AoDD6kv6OLXY6zBkN6MiIw==,type:str]
+sops:
+    age:
+        - enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBGWDFqMVBkbDU5eXhyM1Nt
+            OXBnY21teUw0UDE0NVBGN2RQamFBRzVQREJrCjFUM055VHdISnVMTXU5enJiYnR2
+            bEJ6VElobVlnaDNqbElVZEorTVd6em8KLS0tIEgyKy9pbG9RVkp6UzZYMXJweG1E
+            b2lFNkovbnc3LzdLRjZZZEtGUkxhTmcKRZhddlW9oN818aGqjLh7NGIEi2F0HPPj
+            5vhPq+X+VbHJORh6Ss/lPc43j8LvTRMpinGZTnaKHS2DUs+gPQbGOA==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+          recipient: age14l0hwfqylwpemz5y2ghh2yxk0phszlnj3qlejhue0fw0kz3tmfgqdsjzdh
+    encrypted_regex: ^(data|stringData)$
+    lastmodified: "2026-07-28T19:02:52Z"
+    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:/UUr3ME1NZjN6nAVm7DDXBGuEM9PCFxbPXSn+gSD0PSEB6iq1YwwmKSgKA/+Y5pDa/fJvSHsdEPka+PPdCB5/cGEr+qoMqtEW/jScqw8fVCXKHM/7/OCKPJILGZyQKHaFxoBGzEZn1osJrBoILpHR0Gf6gc3XcsTnWRLD9iGDQw=,iv:ixwKglOUHad513pXZcdc1mEHNXeceN0tqkevr38iUrc=,tag:51aB11R7gndUHE7eLJQ9Yw==,type:str]
+    version: 3.13.3