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Israel-Palestine Conflict

Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, attack Palestinian farmers harvesting olives and foreign activists supporting them in the village of Deir Ibzi, near Ramallah, West Bank, Oct. 9, 2026. (AA Photo)

Israeli forces shoot AA photojournalist during West Bank harvest

A woman is seen through a gaping hole as she walks up a set of stairs to inspect the site of a house targeted in an Israeli airstrikes in al-Zawayda, central Gaza Strip, Oct. 11, 2026. (AFP Photo)

Year into cease-fire, promised peace never arrived for Gazans

GAZA-CEASE-FIRE

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a Likud party election campaign event, Tel Aviv, Israel, Sept. 17, 2026. (EPA Photo)

Israel's Katz under fire for 'hell' threat to Erdoğan, Hamas

Palestinian children peek through a tent cover at the site of an Israeli strike on a tent in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 12, 2026. (Reuters Photo)

Truce-violating Israel kills 5 Palestinians in Gaza in 24 hours

israeli-violations-of-gaza-cease-fire

A person watches Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea delivering a televised statement in Sanaa, Yemen, Oct. 11, 2026. (EPA Photo)

Houthis claim new attack on Riyadh airport, strike on Saudi air base

saudi-houthi-tensions

Türkiye strongly condemns Houthi attack on Saudi airport: Erdoğan

saudi-houthi-tensions
UK says recent air base indicent 'almost certainly directed' by IRGC

United-Kingdom
Türkiye says in talks with Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria on mega power link

energy

Meta claims reaching AI 'frontier' with release of 2 new models

ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

General view of the highway leading to the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 12, 2026. (Reuters Photo)

Delta delays launch of direct US service to Saudi Arabia after attacks

air-transportation

Germany's Alexander Zverev hits a return to France's Quentin Halys during their men's singles match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai, China, Oct. 11, 2026. (AFP Photo)

Zverev set for historic world No. 1 after Alcaraz Shanghai exit

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva attends the 'WBG Flagship: Small AI: More and Better Jobs' panel at the 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 12, 2026. (EPA Photo)

AI 'slow-moving tsunami' but holds global growth, IMF chief says

US-Israel War on Iran

A giant Iraqi flag hangs off the reconstructed 12th-century "Hadba" leaning minaret at the historic Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2026. (AFP Photo)

Iran celebrated US exit, but it may lose Iraq

iran-iraq-relations

U.S. President Donald Trump dances as he leaves the stage after speaking during a campaign rally in San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 07, 2026. (AFP Photo)

Trump reportedly weighing fresh Iran strikes before midterms

The U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sails toward Laem Chabang Port before docking for a rest stop following a long deployment in the Middle East, in Chonburi province, Thailand, Sept. 2, 2026. (Reuters File Photo)

Trump rules out renewed Iran strikes before US midterms

Smoke rises from the fuel storage depot at King Khalid International Airport in the aftermath of Houthi strikes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 19, 2026. (Reuters Photo)

Airline companies suspend Riyadh flights after Houthi attacks

aviation-indusry

Politics

EU Affairs

Türkiye cooperates with EU for foreign nationals in need

TURKISH-EU-RELATIONS

Legislation

Turkish Parliament meets for new bill, speech by central bank chair

parliament

Most read

Business

Finance

Türkiye says 17 funds settled, eyes Atlas deal this week

fund-investigation

Transportation

Türkiye extends high-speed rail network to EU border

infrastructure

Markets

INDEX	Value	Change	Change %
BIST 100	12,150.67	- 115.31	- 0.95 %
CAC 40	7,832.88	+ 0.00	+ 0.00 %
DAX	25,267.67	+ 0.00	+ 0.00 %
Dow Jones	51,852.00	+ 197.00	+ 0.38 %
S&P 500	7,807.20	+ 0.00	+ 0.00 %

NAME	PRICE $	Change	Change %
Gold Spot	4,173.15	+ 1.6200	+ 0.04 %
Silver Spot	60.27	- 0.0400	- 0.07 %
Brent Crude Oil	106.06	- 0.5900	- 0.56 %
WTI Crude Oil	93.16	+ 0.0300	+ 0.03 %
Natural Gas	3.18	+ 0.0000	+ 0.00 %

Currency	Value	Change	Change %
USD/TRY	49.3166	+0.012	+0.02 %
EUR/TRY	34.3861	-0.1723	-0.5 %
EUR/USD	0.6973	-0.0037	-0.53 %
GBP/USD	0.1040	- 0.0005	- 0.53 %
USD/JPY	672.26	+ 3.51	+ 0.52 %

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Defense

Top Turkish defense firms ban foreign EVs from campuses: TEI CEO

turkish-defense-industry

Türkiye's Akıncı drones extend gendarmerie's reach across country

gendarmerie-general-command

US, Greece announce $4B arms sales as defense ties deepen

US-Greece-Relations

Photo gallery

Türkiye unearths 131 Hittite cuneiform tablets at Sivas excavation

Gaza faces long-term environmental crisis after 3 years of war

Student protests disrupt hundreds of high schools across France

Doha exhibition showcases Uzbekistan's Islamic heritage through art, craftsmanship

TÜRKİYE

Istanbul

Traffic, narrow streets slow Istanbul ambulance response times

traffic-congestion

Investigations

Türkiye's Interior Ministry reports 327 cybercrime arrests

Cybercrime-operations

Columns

Opinion

World

Asia Pacific

India's 'cockroach' leaders defy crackdown to continue protests

india-protests

Europe

Finland calls on EU states to stop issuing Russian tourist visas

FINLAND

Islamophobia

News Analysis

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L), Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar (C) and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud leave after the committee meeting, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 5, 2026. (Reuters Photo)

Mecca defense alliance takes on challenges with tangible steps

MECCA-DEFENSE-ALLIANCE

Visitors walk past the Thales Alenia Space exhibitor booth during the 75th International Astronautical Congress and exhibition show, IAC 2024, Milan, Italy, Oct. 16, 2024. (Shutterstock Photo)

Türkiye eyes stronger int'l integration with major space congress

international-astronautical-congress

Officials attend a coordination meeting held by the COP31 Presidency as Türkiye continues preparations to host COP31, Antalya, Türkiye, Sept. 6, 2026. (AA Photo)

UN highlights Türkiye's role in delivering climate action at COP31

Türkiye vows continued co-op with Iraq after troop withdrawal

TURKISH-IRAQI-RELATIONS

Mid East

Unexploded ordnance blast kills 1 near Israel-Lebanon border

israel-lebanon-border

Saudis vow firm response to attacks testing country's resilience

houthi-attacks-on-saudi-arabia

Iran maintains indirect comms as it weighs US' Hormuz plan reply

US-IRAN-TALKS

Lifestyle

Bangladesh's 'fish diplomacy' has gone sour with India

india-bangladesh-relations

Expat Corner

Arts

Stolen Renoirs, possible new art heist uncovered in French probe

renoir-museum

British comedian Russell Brand's rape trial begins in London

Russell-Brand

Italy and Türkiye: A Latin and Mediterranean legacy

Italy

Reviews

Brad Pitt goes lone wolf in survival thriller 'Heart of the Beast'

Brad-Pitt

Sorogoyen's 'The Beloved' delivers riveting psychological thriller

movie-review

'The Whisper Man': Another thriller fallen victim to Netflix?

movie-review

Sports

Tennis

Alcaraz dumped out of Shanghai Masters by Bergs in straight-sets loss

Shanghai-Masters

Basketball

LeBron James makes 76ers debut with 10 points, 5 assists

lebron-james

Motorsports

Tourism

'Yellow summer' keeps tourism alive in Türkiye's Bodrum

bodrum

Türkiye's Antalya welcomes nearly 12.5M tourists in 9 months

tourism-in-türkiye

'Golden Week' brings surge of East Asian tourists to Cappadocia

cappadocia

Energy

Tech

Milk faces more regulation than AI, Microsoft president says

ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

Automotive

Volkswagen's Q3 sales drop 14.3% on pronounced China weakness

automotive-industry

Education