ROKETSAN AND STM TESTED NEW WEAPON SYSTEMS
UAV-300 missile test marked a milestone as the longest-range munition produced in Turkey and fired from an airborne platform.
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TURKEY SEEKS NATO ACCREDITATION FOR ISTANBUL MJWC
Turkey is working to have the MJWC in Istanbul fully accredited by NATO and hosted an activity of the Alliance to advance the project.
IZMIR: A CITY WITH NO PARTY, AND CEMİL TUGAY
Cemil Tugay has been mayor of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality since 2024. When he resigned from the CHP, he said he would join the new party Özgür Özel was forming. Özel said similar things. But around the same time, reports surfaced that Tugay’s communications with Özel were breaking down.
ERDOĞAN'S MEETING WITH YAVAŞ IS THE BIGGEST SURPRISE IN AKP'S MUNICIPAL PLAYBOOK
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş for the first time since the opposition took control of the capital amid rumors the mayor could be the next target of the judicial assault on opposition municipalities.
CRITICS QUESTION TURKEY'S RECORD PISA RESULTS
The Education Ministry hailed the latest educational achievement results as a 'historic success,' reporting that the nation became the fastest-climbing OECD country across all subjects, surpassing average scores in the 2025 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) assessment of science and reading.
JOURNALIST AMONG NINE DETAINED AS KOZINOĞLU DEATH CASE REOPENS
Turkish prosecutors have detained nine more people, including journalist Selahattin Günday, as part of a reopened investigation into the 2011 prison death of former National Intelligence Organization (MİT) official Kaşif Kozinoğlu.
BAN FOR ACADEMICS ON ONLINE MONETIZATION
The Higher Education Council (YÖK) has effectively barred academics at public universities from monetizing content on YouTube and digital platforms, classifying online revenue as commercial trade, which is illegal for civil servants.
AFTER BACKING HIS REMARKS AT COURT, DAVUTOĞLU INVITES ERDOĞAN
For the first time in Turkish history, a former prime minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, was summoned for criticizing the president and then he invited President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to his son’s wedding ceremony.
GÖKÇEK PROBE EXPANDS TO SON, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND 36 TENDER COMPANIES
Ahmet and Hülya Gökçek, the son and daughter-in-law of former Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek, were questioned as suspects on Sept. 7 and released under judicial control with a ban on leaving Turkey.
MEDIUM-TERM PROGRAM DROPS STRONG LIRA POLICY, FUELS ELECTION TALK
The government revealed its new Medium-Term Program (OVP) covering 2027–2029, outlining macroeconomic targets that analysts view as unusually realistic while hinting at election preparations for 2027.
TURKEY STANDS TO PASS US LOYALTY TEST
The Trump administration has handed NATO allies a list of questions within the framework of an ongoing six-month Pentagon review of American forces in Europe.
ANKARA’S OUTRAGE OVER GLORIFICATION OF MLADIC
International outrage erupted following the state-supported funeral ceremony for convicted Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic in Serbia. Critics worldwide denounced the honors as an attempt to glorify a perpetrator of genocide. Turkey joined the global backlash on Sept. 8, a day after the ceremony.