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AUSTRALIA JOINS CLIMATE DISINFORMATION PACT AS TURKEY'S STANCE AWAITED AHEAD OF COP31
Foreign Affairs Jul 25, 2026

AUSTRALIA JOINS CLIMATE DISINFORMATION PACT AS TURKEY'S STANCE AWAITED AHEAD OF COP31

Australia has joined the Global Initiative on Information Integrity on Climate Change (GIIICC), a landmark effort to combat climate disinformation now backed by 27 countries and the European Union, while Turkey — which will host the COP31 climate summit in November — has yet to declare its position. Turkey in Depth has learned that Turkey is expected to appoint Professor Mehmet Emin Birpınar as spokesperson for COP31.

Editorial Staff 2 min
ANKARA LINKS CYPRUS TALKS TO CUSTOMS UNION MODERNIZATION
Foreign Affairs Jul 25, 2026

ANKARA LINKS CYPRUS TALKS TO CUSTOMS UNION MODERNIZATION

Turkey wants the modernization of its Customs Union with the European Union — off the agenda for years — to be part of the equation as diplomatic traffic on the Cyprus issue accelerates, more than three European diplomats confirmed to Turkey in Depth.

Editorial Staff 3 min
INTEREST SWALLOWS TURKEY'S BUDGET
Economy and Finance Jul 23, 2026

INTEREST SWALLOWS TURKEY'S BUDGET

Turkey spent 5.5 times more on interest payments than on public investment in the first half of the year, as debt servicing became the single largest item in a budget that ran a deficit of nearly 1 trillion liras.

Editorial Staff 1 min
TAYT/TIGHTS
Word of the Week Jul 23, 2026

TAYT/TIGHTS

The word of the week is tayt, one of those treacherous little linguistic friendships the French call faux amis. It sounds almost like the English tights, though Turkish politely drops the final hiss.

Nazlan Ertan 4 min