POWER SHIFTS TOWARD AKP IN MORE MUNICIPALITIES AS OPPOSITION UNITE FOR TBB ELECTION
Fresh waves of judicial probes and detentions targeting opposition-led municipalities across Turkey are reshaping the country's local political landscape.
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TURKISH AIRLINES REANNOUNCES MAJOR BOEING DEAL
Turkish Airlines has agreed to buy up to 150 Boeing passenger jets in a landmark order made during Erdoğan’s trip to the United States.
ÖCALAN'S STATUS CLARIFIED ON THE PEACE PROCESS BY PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR
Uçum said the role assigned to Öcalan should not be interpreted differently, and that the residence built for him on İmralı Island is an additional unit attached to the prison, after the reactions on the construction of a villa announced by MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli.
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.
BOOKING.COM TO BE ALLOWED TO RESUME FULL OPERATIONS IN TURKEY
A new legislative proposal will allow the Netherlands-based online travel agency Booking.com to resume full operations in Turkey.
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.
THE ISLAND EVERYONE NEEDS AND NO ONE SOLVES
António Guterres will arrive in Cyprus at the end of July, carrying another possibility of peace to an island familiar with such visits. Cyprus diplomacy sometimes resembles Buñuel’s The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. The guests assemble, the table is laid, and dinner is indefinitely postponed.
GERMAN AND KOREAN SURGE IN POPULARITY ACROSS TURKEY'S LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
Turkey's language learning landscape is undergoing a sharp transformation, with German and Korean emerging as the two most sought-after languages in the country, Sözcü reported.
SHOW OF FORCE IN THE AEGEAN
The government prepares Blue Homeland bill, the TAF conducted Efes-2026, the Education Ministry used the term the Sea of Islands.
PARLIAMENT EXPECTED TO PASS SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR UNDER-15
Parliament approved the first six articles of a landmark bill that includes a ban on children under the age of 15 from using social media platforms. Under the new rules expected to pass as a whole on April 14, social network providers will be prohibited from offering services to children who have not reached the age of 15.
INVISIBLE IN MUNICH, TURKEY FLEXES MUSCLE IN BALTIC
Photographs from two separate locations in Germany taken in mid February reveal the ambiguous and intriguing position of Turkey in Europe’s geostrategic landscape.
ANKARA REINFORCES SOMALIA TIES DAYS AFTER ISRAEL MOVE
Just three days after Tel Aviv announced its decision to recognize Somaliland, Ankara moved to reinforce its position, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan meeting Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Ankara on Dec. 30.