19+ hour, 14+ min ago   (433+ words) The Future Party, founded by former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, voted to end its political activities and dissolve at an extraordinary congress held Aug. 22, bringing an end to its nearly seven-year political project. “The decision we made today is not…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (163+ words) A helicopter reportedly belonging to an electricity distribution company crashed while inspecting high-voltage power lines in the northern province of Giresun on Aug. 22. The aircraft went down near Deregözü village in the Piraziz district for an unknown reason. Emergency teams…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (438+ words) Turkish and Japanese officials and experts met in Tokyo to examine how artificial intelligence and geopolitical competition are reshaping strategic communication, economic security and global supply chains. The roundtable focused on the effects of emerging technologies on global governance, digital…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (394+ words) Türkiye is stepping up efforts to curb plastic pollution in the Mediterranean under its Zero Waste initiative, with Adana and Mersin hosting the first two of four regional coordination meetings ahead of a national plastic waste workshop in Istanbul. The…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (350+ words) Turkish fishermen anticipate the most abundant bonito catch in recent years as the new industrial fishing season opens across the country’s seas on Sept. 1, a fishery cooperative head said. Central Union of Fishery Cooperatives (SÜRKOOP) Board Head Ramazan Özkaya said…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (423+ words) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described the Israeli government’s decision as “unacceptable” in a post on X on Aug. 21. “We have long opposed this step,” von der Leyen said, arguing that the project would divide the West Bank…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (558+ words) Israel’s unannounced airstrike on a Syrian airbase near Türkiye’s border created a serious risk of military miscalculation between the two countries, U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye and special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack has said. In an interview with PBS…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (303+ words) Both consumer and business confidence indicators in Türkiye have risen in August, separate data showed on Aug. 21. The consumer confidence index increased by 1 percent month-on-month to 90.8 in August, up from 89.8 in July, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced on Friday....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (356+ words) Türkiye welcomed 27.86 million foreign visitors in the January-July period of 2026, down 2.29 percent from the same period a year earlier, according to data from the Culture and Tourism Ministry on Aug. 21. Russia remained the largest source market during the first seven…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (334+ words) Over 21,000 facilities in Türkiye can join a European class-action lawsuit against Booking.com over anti-competitive commission rates, local media reported. The Netherlands-based Stichting Hotel Claims Alliance manages the litigation supported by the umbrella group HOTREC and over 30 national hotel associations....