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Israel-Palestine Conflict

Young Palestinians are seen amid the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli attacks at Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestine, Aug. 5, 2026. (Reuters Photo)

Türkiye, 7 Muslim-majority countries slam Israel's Gaza violations

israeli-violations-in-gaza

Israeli soldiers surround the Nablus Specialized Hospital, where they allegedly arrested a wounded man and his brother from inside the hospital in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, July 24, 2026. (AFP Photo)

Israeli policies pushing West Bank healthcare to brink: Report

ISRAELI-OCCUPATION

Palestinians walk past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the war, at Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Aug. 5, 2026. (Reuters Photo)

Israeli ministers push to resume Gaza offensive, reject cease-fire plan

israeli-violations

Displaced Palestinian children pose for a photograph among the rubble of destroyed buildings, in Jabalya, north of Gaza City, Palestine, Aug. 7, 2026. (EPA Photo)

Hamas reiterates commitment to holding up Trump's Gaza plan

GAZA-PEACE-PLAN

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shakes hands with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) as Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (2nd-R) looks on after signing a joint defense agreement, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 7, 2026. (AFP Photo)

How could Mecca pact unlock new economic opportunities in region?

Mecca-Agreement

Cooks work in the kitchen of the TUJU restaurant, Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 16, 2026. (AFP Photo)

At Michelin-starred Tuju in Brazil, fine dining follows changing rains

A family with kids looks at airplanes in a terminal while waiting for their flight, Changi Airport, Singapore. (Shutterstock Photo)

Traveling with young children? Tips for safer, smoother trip

The interior of the Alija Izetbegovic Museum following restoration works carried out by TIKA, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Aug. 9, 2026. (AA Photo)

TIKA preserves Bosnia's historic towers, Alija Izetbegovic's legacy

The Lion Gate, one of the monumental entrances to Hattusa, the ancient Hittite capital, Çorum, Türkiye. (Shutterstock Photo)

Türkiye's 8,000-year-old Hattusa begins 120th year of excavations

US-Israel War on Iran

People and journalists stand at a site hit by Israeli strikes that occurred in the early hours of Thursday, in Burj al-Shamali, southern Lebanon, Aug. 6, 2026. (Reuters Photo)

Fresh Israeli strikes target southern Lebanon after 2 soldiers die

israeli-attacks-on-lebanon

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

Vessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula on May 17, 2026. (AFP File Photo)

'Proposed Iran-Oman deal could give Tehran greater control in Hormuz'

Strait-of-Hormuz

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

Politics

EU Affairs

EU eyes say in Cyprus while ignoring Turkish Cypriots

CYPRUS

Legislation

Returns anticipated as terror-free Türkiye law advances

PKK

Most read

Business

Finance

Yen intervention aimed at averting wider Asian instability: US

japanese-economy

Transportation

Turkish contractor Kalyon begins work on UAE's 1st high-speed rail line

infrastructure

Markets

INDEX	Value	Change	Change %
BIST 100	13,779.39	- 19.43	- 0.14 %
CAC 40	8,714.93	+ 15.22	+ 0.17 %
DAX	26,319.45	+ 179.32	+ 0.68 %
Dow Jones	54,037.00	+ 151.00	+ 0.28 %
S&P 500	7,757.64	+ 47.68	+ 0.61 %

NAME	PRICE $	Change	Change %
Gold Spot	4,341.81	+ 101.8200	+ 2.35 %
Silver Spot	63.57	+ 2.0700	+ 3.26 %
Brent Crude Oil	82.21	- 0.2800	- 0.34 %
WTI Crude Oil	77.08	- 0.2100	- 0.27 %
Natural Gas	2.67	+ 0.0300	+ 1.12 %

Currency	Value	Change	Change %
USD/TRY	55.1254	+0.1127	+0.2 %
EUR/TRY	30.1567	-0.0319	-0.11 %
EUR/USD	0.5471	-0.0017	-0.31 %
GBP/USD	2.7966	- 0.011	- 0.39 %
USD/JPY	1,101.43	+ 3.87	+ 0.35 %

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Defense

Pentagon presses defense companies to boost weapons production

defense-sector

Türkiye successfully test-fires newly developed bunker-busting munition

Defense-industry

Türkiye swiftly closing in on world's top 10 defense exporters

turkish-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

TÜGVA summer programs reach over 500,000 children in Istanbul

tügva

Investigations

Türkiye police uncover illegal betting rings' new operating model

Illegal-betting-networks

Columns

Opinion

World

Asia Pacific

Nagasaki commemorates 81 years since WWII atomic bombing

nagasaki-atomic-bombing

Europe

Spain, Italy spar with tit-for-tat border measures over Ceuta migrants

immigration

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

Saudi refinery on Red Sea coast hit by reported Houthi attack

houthi-attacks-against-saudi-arabia

Iran, Oman make progress toward deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz

middle-east-war

Gaza's rooftop beekeepers nurture hope amid war's destruction

gaza-genocide

Lifestyle

Türkiye's Çakıl Island offers slice of paradise on Lake Van

LAKE-VAN

Expat Corner

Arts

Türkiye emerges as key launch market for next-gen streaming platforms

digital-platforms

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

movie-review

Turkish artists Toygar Işıklı, Büşra Kayıkçı join Grammy voting body

toygar-ışıklı

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

Zverev crashes out as Auger-Aliassime drops out of Montreal Masters

ATP-Montreal-Masters

Basketball

NBA Europe projected to generate $2.2B for Istanbul economy

NBA

Motorsports

Tourism

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

football

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

tourism

Türkiye says tourism revenue still robust despite Mideast conflict

tourism-in-Türkiye

Energy

Tech

Turkish AI startups making their mark in Silicon Valley

technology

Automotive

Turkish auto industry sets new export record despite global woes

Turkish-exports

Education