ANKARA TO ACCELERATE REGIONAL SECURITY EFFORT AT ADF
Amid uncertainty surrounding ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran, Ankara has accelerated its steps to rebuild regional security.
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TENSION PERSISTS WITHIN MHP FOLLOWING DEPUTY CHAIR’S EXIT
The MHP, a key partner of the ruling alliance under the leadership of the AKP, has seen a new wave of internal restructuring as the party leadership dissolved multiple regional organizations following the high-profile departure of Deputy Chair İzzet Ulvi Yönter.
DEFENDANTS CONTINUE CHALLENGING CORRUPTION INDICTMENT ON İMAMOĞLU CASE
The sixth week of the mass corruption trial of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and more than 400 co-defendants produced some of its most dramatic courtroom exchanges. İmamoğlu and the presiding judge continued sharp exchanges while the municipality’s housing company, KİPTAŞ, chair Ali Kurt implicated senior government figures in a land scheme, and the European Court of Human Rights formally demanded answers from Ankara.
AKP-DEM TENSION ESCALATES AMID STALLING PEACE PROCESS
The question of whether Turkey's Kurdish peace process — officially dubbed 'Terror-free Turkey' — has hit a deadlock is being asked more frequently, as tensions between the ruling AKP and DEM Party escalate over who bears responsibility for the lack of progress.
MISSING STUDENT CASE BACK IN SPOTLIGHT: COVER-UP ALLEGATIONS IMPLICATE OFFICIALS, PUT GÜRLEK UNDER PRESSURE
The reopening of a six-year-old cold case involving a missing university student has reignited the main opposition’s anger towards Justice Minister Akın Gürlek, as the recent reports show then–Tunceli governor Tuncay Sonel played a critical role in covering up the case of the missing young woman Gülistan Doku.
NEW COMMANDO BRIGADES TO BE ESTABLISHED
Turkey will assume command of NATO's Allied Reaction Force starting in 2028, and the TAF plans to increase the number of its commando brigades from 25 to 40 within the next three years.
DOUBLE SHOW OF STRENGTH IN SOMALIA
Turkey launched offshore oil and gas exploration off the eastern coast of Africa, deploying a 7th-generation ultra-deepwater drillship. Simultaneously, Turkish F-16 fighter jets, T-129 attack helicopters, and AS-532 Cougar utility helicopters, and the aircraft performed ceremonial flyovers across Mogadishu.
EYES ON LIBYA AGAIN
The TAF is participating in a US-led military exercise in Libya, where Turkey backed the Government of National Accord (GNA) in the west during the civil war. Meanwhile, attention has again focused on the plane crash in which the GNA Chief of Staff Muhammed Ali Ahmed Al Haddad and his delegation died near Ankara on Dec. 23, 2025.
TURKEY KEEPS AN EYE ON PARALLELS IN HUNGARIAN POLLS
Hungary’s parliamentary elections on April 12 — described as the toughest test of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule — will be closely watched not only in Europe but also in Turkey by both the AKP and the opposition.
COMEDIAN TUBA ULU DETAINED OVER JOKE ABOUT OTTOMAN SULTAN SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT
Turkish comedian Tuba Ulu has been detained after a clip from one of her stand-up shows went viral on social media.
ÖZDİL STEPS DOWN IN JUST FOUR MONTHS
Journalist Yılmaz Özdil has stepped down from his position as head of the Sözcü Media Group — which encompasses SZC TV and the Sözcü and Korkusuz newspapers — after just four months in the role. Özdil also resigned from his column at the Sözcü newspaper.
TURKEY WORRIES ABOUT ISRAEL’S NEXT STEPS
Ankara is happy to see the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran as a significant first step, but worries it may not hold. The central fear focuses on Israel, which stayed silent through the night of negotiations only to issue a statement on Lebanon afterward.