By Nazlan Ertan 

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Israel strikes near the Turkish border, a message thinly veiled,

Barrack says Netanyahu wanted Ankara provoked, not just derailed.

The YPG lays down its arms, folds into Damascus' embrace,

Syria's struck off the terror list; Trump “obliged” Erdoğan with grace.

Strasbourg orders Kavala's release, nine years past due,

Uçum snaps back that the ECHR should know its place, too.

Carney stands alone against Trump's tariffs, allies keeping their distance,

While Budapest calls Russia a threat, breaking years of resistance.

The İmamoğlu trial grinds on, four hundred names on the docket,

His father takes the stand, says he's proud, refuses to walk it back.

And Kalın, president’s eminence grise takes up a Leica lens,

Snaps the Bosphorus in black and white, a spy chief's quiet defense.

And Dolly Parton takes her final bow at eighty,

Tennessee's own queen is gone, but songs and '9 to 5' stays steady.