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Israel-Palestine Conflict

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

Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) troops are seen on the Mbau-Kamango road in the Beni district, Dec. 8, 2021. (AFP File Photo)

Uganda approves troop deployment plan for postwar Gaza mission

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

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sign the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 7, 2026. (Pakistan Prime Minister's Office Handout via AFP)

Defense pact targets no country, open to regional partners: Erdoğan

Mecca-Agreement

Somalia welcomes Saudi-Türkiye-Pakistan defense pact

TÜRKIYE-SAUDI-ARABIA-RELATIONS
Trump mounts new bid to oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook

FEDERAL-RESERVE
Iraqi PM receives renewed Saudi invitation for Riyadh visit

iraq-saudi-arabia-relations

This combination of pictures created on July 10, 2026 shows Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum and Peru's then presidential candidate for the Fuerza Popular party, Keiko Fujimori, speaking to the press in Lima, June 19, 2026. (AFP File Photo)

Mexico, Peru restore diplomatic ties after 3-year rift

mexico-peru-relations

Türkiye rejects claims Mecca defense pact conflicts with NATO

Mecca-Agreement

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is received by the Deputy Governor of the Mecca region, Prince Saud bin Mishaal bin Abdulaziz, upon his arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 6, 2026. (Saudi Press Agency Handout via Reuters)

Pakistan hails Mecca defense pact as historic step for region

Mecca-Agreement

A scene from the trailer for "Palestine 36."

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

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	82.23	- 0.2600	- 0.32 %
WTI Crude Oil	77.08	- 0.2100	- 0.27 %
Natural Gas	2.67	+ 0.0300	+ 1.12 %

Currency	Value	Change	Change %
USD/TRY	64.2834	-0.0685	-0.11 %
EUR/TRY	7.0662	-0.0213	-0.3 %
EUR/USD	0.1099	-0.0002	-0.19 %
GBP/USD	0.1146	+ 0	+ 0.01 %
USD/JPY	212.90	- 0.27	- 0.13 %

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Defense

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

Türkiye's defense giant Aselsan logs 25% rise in revenues in H1

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

8 killed as student opens fire, commits suicide at Thai high school

MASS-SHOOTING

Europe

Extreme heat fuels concerns over overcrowded prisons across Europe

heatwave

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

Iran's Pezeshkian hits back at US deal critics, resignation claims

IRAN

Patients bear brunt of collapsing West Bank healthcare system

west-bank

Yemen's fragile calm up in smoke as Houthi strikes kill 58 troops

houthi-rebels

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

Turkish artists Toygar Işıklı, Büşra Kayıkçı join Grammy voting body

toygar-ışıklı

1,800-year-old healing gods unearthed in Türkiye's Aspendos

ANCIENT-GODS

Reviews

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

the-odyssey

A vanished world: Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar

BOOK-REVIEW

Tonal problem of new film version of 'The Odyssey'

odyssey

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