4+ hour, 26+ min ago   (251+ words) A high-level board overseeing the PKK’s disarmament and dissolution process established four subcommittees at its first meeting on Aug. 24. The National Solidarity and Integration Coordination Board met in Ankara under the chairmanship of Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz. A written statement…...

7+ hour, 28+ min ago   (411+ words) An Istanbul court on Aug. 24 delivered its verdict in the trial of seven opposition mayors and municipal officials, acquitting businessman Aziz İhsan Aktaş, who had been referred to as the alleged ringleader of a criminal organization, of charges of establishing…...

9+ hour, 31+ min ago   (445+ words) A panel established under legislation forming the legal framework for what the government calls the “terror-free Türkiye” initiative held its first meeting on Aug. 24 to oversee PKK’s disarmament and disso-lution process. The Monitoring and Evaluation Board met under the chairmanship…...

16+ hour, 34+ min ago   (332+ words) A board established to monitor implementation of the legal framework for the PKK’s disarmament and dissolution is set to hold its first meeting on Aug. 24 under the chairmanship of Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz. The meeting will focus on the body’s…...

1+ day, 9+ hour 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…...

2+ day, 10+ 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…...

2+ day, 13+ 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, 15+ 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, 15+ 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, 15+ 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…...