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Israel-Palestine Conflict

The body of Palestinian child Mousa Al-Habeel, who was killed along with his father in an Israeli airstrike, is brought to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Palestine, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo)

Medical evacuation crisis grips Gaza as West Bank violence worsens

The Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine, July 24, 2026. (AFP Photo)

How illegal Israeli settlement goods still make their way to Europe

israeli-occupation-of-palestine

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas receives Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (not pictured), Ramallah, Palestine, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP Photo)

Palestinian leader Abbas returns to Türkiye, set to meet Erdoğan

Israeli forces patrol along a street during a military raid in the Qalandia refugee camp, south of Ramallah, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine, Aug. 5, 2026. (AFP Photo)

Ramallah festival returns, declaring 'We Are Staying' amid war

FM Hakan Fidan meets with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, Aug. 11, 2026. (AA Photo)

FM Fidan holds high-level talks in Libya's Tripoli

türkiye-libya-relations

Zero Waste Foundation President and COP31 High-Level Climate Champion Samed Ağırbaş, Istanbul Governor Davut Gül and DYKD Chair Volkan Narcı visit Tavşan Island, Aug. 11, 2026. (Handout)

Türkiye's Zero Waste vision expands with marine conservation drive

IAEA visit to mark progress on nuclear materials: Syria

Workers stand near the scene as flames and thick smoke rise from a burning fuel storage tank at the Zawiya oil depot, west of Tripoli, Libya, Aug. 11, 2026. (EPA Photo)

Drone attack sparks major fire at Libya's Zawiya oil refinery

A truck drives on the Gordie Howe International Bridge during the opening ceremony in Windsor, Ontario, July 24, 2026. (AFP Photo)

US, Canada officials eye potential trade deal next week

us-canada-relations

US-Israel War on Iran

A woman holds a mock-up of a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) next to a Hezbollah flag during the Arbaeen rally in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 4, 2026. (Reuters Photo)

Iran vows to target Gulf neighbors if US resumes strikes

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on before signing an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines, in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, U.S., Aug. 10, 2026. (AFP Photo)

Trump demands Iran pay compensation as hopes fade for Hormuz deal

President Masoud Pezeshkian delivers a statement before boarding a plane at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport, Sept. 23, 2025. (Iranian Presidency Handout via AFP, File Photo)

Contact with Iran's supreme leader 'very difficult': Pezeshkian

Iranian daily newspaper Hamshahri, featuring a picture of the Strait of Hormuz and a headline quoting Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: 'The Oman deal doesn’t mean the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz,' is seen outside a kiosk in central Tehran, Iran, Aug. 9, 2026. (EPA Photo)

Iran nears Oman deal, sets out demands for US to reopen Hormuz

Politics

EU Affairs

EU eyes say in Cyprus while ignoring Turkish Cypriots

CYPRUS

Legislation

Legal basis created for terror-free Türkiye: Ömer Çelik

TERROR-FREE-TÜRKİYE

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Business

Finance

Libya's central bank governor tenders resignation: Report

Libya

Transportation

Airbus joins probe into Air India incident as CEO summoned

air-transportation

Markets

INDEX	Value	Change	Change %
BIST 100	13,704.52	- 107.08	- 0.78 %
CAC 40	8,714.94	+ 0.00	+ 0.00 %
DAX	26,395.37	+ 0.00	+ 0.00 %
Dow Jones	53,791.97	+ 0.00	+ 0.00 %
S&P 500	7,728.09	+ 0.00	+ 0.00 %

NAME	PRICE $	Change	Change %
Gold Spot	4,368.92	+ 0.1300	+ 0.00 %
Silver Spot	64.68	- 1.0500	- 1.62 %
Brent Crude Oil	89.10	+ 1.3800	+ 1.55 %
WTI Crude Oil	83.23	+ 0.0000	+ 0.00 %
Natural Gas	2.75	- 0.0030	- 0.11 %

Currency	Value	Change	Change %
USD/TRY	154.1347	-0.7676	-0.5 %
EUR/TRY	5.0007	-0.0335	-0.67 %
EUR/USD	0.0324	-0.0001	-0.17 %
GBP/USD	0.2181	+ 0.0004	+ 0.18 %
USD/JPY	2,184.14	- 1.62	- 0.07 %

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Defense

Türkiye's Kaan aircraft power system developer targets new platforms

defense

Complete guide to Türkiye's defense industry: Key facts to know

turkish-defense-industry

'Chickening out' no option for Rheinmetall boss amid alleged threats

Defense-industry

Photo gallery

Photographers capture Milky Way from Kaçkar Mountains at 3K meters in Türkiye

Smiling Virgin fresco unique to Gümüşler Monastery puts Nigde on faith tourism map

UNESCO-listed Ephesus draws visitors with millennia of Anatolian history in Türkiye's Izmir

Palestinians gather around outdoor screen in northern Gaza to watch World Cup final

TÜRKİYE

Istanbul

Particulate pollution in Istanbul drops 7% from last year in July

istanbul-pollution

Investigations

Türkiye police uncover illegal betting rings' new operating model

Illegal-betting-networks

Columns

Opinion

World

Asia Pacific

Albanese shrugs off calls to apologize over Japanese PM 'melon' joke

Anthony-Albanese

Europe

Ex-Ukrainian detainees detail torture, abuse in Russian captivity

europe

Islamophobia

News Analysis

Members of the New Party's parliamentary group meet under the chairmanship of party leader Özgür Özel, Ankara, Türkiye, July 28, 2026. (DHA Photo)

New name, old questions: Controversies surrounding Türkiye's New Party

Republican-Peoples-Party

Andy Burnham looks on as he delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street after taking office, London, Britain, July 20, 2026. (Reuters Photo)

Türkiye-UK relations likely to flourish under Burnham

TURKISH-UK-RELATIONS

Leaders pose during the High-Level Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Manila, Philippines, July 24, 2026. (Getty Images Photo)

ASEAN partnership advances Türkiye's long-term Asia strategy: Analysts

YP Chair Özgür Özel (L) visits the mausoleum of Atatürk as two honor guards carry a wreath of the party, Ankara, Türkiye, July 25, 2026. (AA Photo)

New Party's journey into the unknown begins in Turkish politics

Mid East

Syria sentences Bashar Assad, brother, ex-security chief to death

Bashar-Assad

Trump demands Iran pay compensation for deaths, injuries

US-IRAN-WAR

Israel pushes 3 major illegal settlement projects in East Jerusalem

ILLEGAL-SETTLEMENTS

Lifestyle

Flying above the Bosporus: Forgotten seaplane base of Büyükdere

türkiye-italy-relations

Expat Corner

Arts

Morgan Freeman takes the blues from Mississippi to the world

Morgan-Freeman

Nigerian artist turns humble clay into striking portraits

NIGERIA

Flying above the Bosporus: Forgotten seaplane base of Büyükdere

türkiye-italy-relations

Reviews

Review of 'Palestine 36': Revisiting Palestine's past

movie-review

Greek past, American present in Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'

the-odyssey

A vanished world: Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar

BOOK-REVIEW

Sports

Tennis

Swiatek storms into Canadian Open semis, sets up Svitolina rematch

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Basketball

Panathinaikos owner reveals serious bid to lure Jokic to Greece

Nikola-Jokic

Motorsports

Tourism

Antalya airports undergo upgrades to meet growing tourism demand

tourism-industry

Salah transfer to boost interest in Türkiye's coastal gem Trabzon

football

Visa-on-arrival scheme inspires Turkish visits to Greek islands

tourism

Energy

Tech

Unitree Shanghai listing tells tale of China's humanoid robots drive

humanoid-robots

Automotive

Opel to produce best-selling commercial model Combo in Türkiye

auto-industry

Education