TURKEY’S DIPLOMATS LEARN TO COOK: INSIDE FIDAN’S NEW RULES
Turkey’s diplomatic network has grown from 163 missions in 2002 to over 260 missions, making it the third largest diplomatic network in the world.
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İMAMOĞLU FIGHTS FOR UNPUBLISHED BOOK
Barred from social media and unable to deliver his defense at the first hearing of the Istanbul corruption trial, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is now challenging a court order banning the book in which he set out that defense.
NEIGHBORS SAY FORMER CENTRAL BANKER MAKES BODRUM LIFE MISERABLE
Hafize Gaye Erkan, who served for less than a year as Turkey’s first woman central bank governor, is under legal attack from neighbors in a luxury Bodrum resort who say she has made their lives unbearable.
URGENT EXPROPRIATION ORDER FOR MASSIVE RARE EARTH DEPOSITS
The government has ordered the urgent expropriation of nearly 2.6 million square meters of land in the central province of Eskişehir to accelerate mining and build processing facilities for rare earth elements.
ECONOMY GROWS 2.3% IN Q2, SLOWEST EXPANSION SINCE PANDEMIC
The economy grew by 2.3% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, extending its continuous growth streak to 24 quarters but missing market expectations of 2.8%.
EARLY INVESTORS PREPARE TO EXIT TOGG
Conglomerates Vestel Elektronik and Anadolu Group are in advanced negotiations to sell their stakes in Turkey’s first domestic electric vehicle manufacturer TOGG.
INFLATION REMAINS ABOVE 30% FOR 57TH MONTH AS PAST TARGETS FALL SHORT
Annual consumer inflation in Turkey remained above 30% for the 57th consecutive month in August. Official figures from TurkStat put August inflation at 31.5%, slightly slower than 31.75% in July.
ANYMA'S ISTANBUL SHOW IN LIMBO
Although there has been no official statement from the Istanbul Governorship confirming the cancellation of a concert by producer Anyma in Istanbul, pro-government outlets reported that the show had been canceled after it was dubbed a 'satanist ritual.'
WHEN RULES BECOME GUIDELINES
In Pirates of the Caribbean, cornered by the Black Pearl, Elizabeth Swann invokes “parley” under the Pirata Codex. Barbossa, with the convenience of a man who commands the only ship in sight, decides the Code is not quite law. Closer, he explains, to guidance.
ERDOĞAN DOESN'T NEED A NEW CONSTITUTION!
In recent weeks, Turkey has been debating claims of a new constitution, a revision of the system of government, and changes to the electoral law.
MELİH GÖKÇEK SUMMONED TO TESTIFY: IF ANKARA HAD A VOICE, WHAT WOULD IT SAY?
When the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office summoned the city’s former mayor, Melih Gökçek, to testify over his family members' assets and accounts in Germany, the first reaction was silence.
TURKISH, GREEK INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS MEET WITH CONFLICTING AGENDAS
Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) chief İbrahim Kalın made a visit to Athens on Aug. 28, meeting his Greek counterpart Themistoklis Demiris, head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP), at its headquarters, and the trip was publicized to media with a week delay, as a rare example.