MORFOZ ON STAGE
Turkish defense industry companies continued testing its newly developed products, such as Morfoz and Gökalp.
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DEFENSE SECTOR TIGHTENS SECRECY AS ITS ARSENAL GROWS
SSB warned media not to create open-source intelligence, defense companies banned imported electric vehicles entering the campuses.
ANKARA DOES NOT FEEL OBLIGED TO SEND COMBAT TROOPS WITH MECCA PACT
Ankara doesn't consider itself obliged to join combat, since Mecca Pact is not an alliance aimed at resolving the historical issues of its members.
RULING AKP RACES TO CONTAIN FUND SCANDAL AS IT REACHES THE CABINET MEMBERS
The ruling party has rapidly rolled out compensation for some victims of the stock market scandal that is rocking the government, and cut ties with one former minister, while the main opposition Yeni Party links two sitting ministers to the affair.
AS SECOND SESSION NEARS TO END, CRACKS SEEN IN ISTANBUL PROBE
A check allegation pits Medya A.Ş. executives against each other, while Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is expected to deliver his main defense next week, by the end of the second session of the Istanbul municipality corruption trial.
KURDISH GROUPS INTENSIFY PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT TO START THE RETURN PROCESS
The pro-Kurdish DEM Party has called for the peace process law to be freed from the “tutelage” of the National Security Council (MGK), as a delayed council decision holds up implementation.
CRACKDOWN CONTINUES AGAINST OPPOSITION MAYORS
Operations targeting opposition municipalities continued at full speed as six more operations were launched in eight municipalities, ending with the arrest of five mayors.
BAHÇELİ CALLS FOR PARLIAMENTARY DECISION TO RE-ELECT ERDOĞAN IN 2028
MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli called on parliament to officially take action to renew presidential elections for 2028, a move to pave the way for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to run again.
MINISTER PLEDGES RESPONSE TO WAVE OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE
The education minister described a wave of lethal violence in schools as a “sickness” and suggested social media is to blame.
ANKARA WAITS ON P5 SIGNAL BEFORE NOMINATING SİNİRLİOĞLU
Ankara may nominate Feridun Sinirlioğlu for UN secretary-general, a Turkish official told Turkey in Depth, but the move hinges on a tentatively expected color-coded straw poll expected next week: if a permanent member signals a veto against frontrunner Rebeca Grynspan, Turkey is likely to propose its candidate.
TURKISH-OWNED SHIP SUNK IN BLACK SEA, ANKARA WARNS BOTH UKRAINE AND RUSSIA
A Turkish-owned commercial cargo ship sank in the Black Sea following an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) attack, killing all 10 crew members on board, BBC Turkish reported.
ANTALYA'S 35-35 TARGET HINGES ON ONE WORD: ‘CLEAN’
At the beginning, he was not so sure whether having a co-chairmanship for COP31 would work well, confessed Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA).