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October 8, 2026

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (L) during a visit on Oct. 7, 2026, in Athens, Greece.

Rubio signals US push to ease Greece-Turkey cable tensions

The top US diplomat said Washington was “very committed” to the subsea cable project as Ankara and Athens remain at odds over survey work in contested waters.

Turkish Navy infantry soldiers take part in the Denizkurdu-I/2026 Exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Aksaz, at Marmaris in Mugla, on Sept. 24, 2026.

Turkey to send Mecca pact to parliament, opening path to Saudi deployment

Parliamentary ratification will remove a legal hurdle for Turkish military deployment to Saudi Arabia under a trilateral defense pact.

Izmir Mayor Cemil Tugay (R) his wife Oznur Tugay and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan acknowledge the audience after the mayor announced joining the ruling Justice and Development Party during a meeting with AKP lawmakers in Ankara, on Oct. 7, 2026.

Latest defection hands Erdogan’s AKP control of Turkey’s third-largest city

The ruling party’s takeover of Izmir’s mayoralty is the latest example of the unraveling of the opposition parties’ historic gains in Turkey’s 2024 local elections.

Turkey's Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya speaks to media after arriving at the Ataturk International airport on March 12, 2017, in Istanbul.

Erdogan aide named suspect in Turkey financial scandal

Former AKP deputy chairwoman Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya is facing allegations of being linked to a market manipulation scandal.

Latest News

Turkey, Pakistan to deploy forces to Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks

A Yemeni man holds up a mock missile decorated with the colors of the Palestinian flag and the chechered keffiyeh in front of portraits of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (L) and the leader of the Houthi movement, Abdel Malek al-Houthi (R), during a protest in Sanaa to denounce strikes on Yemen and Israel's bombardment of Gaza on Jan. 15, 2025.

Analysis

Turkey revives F-16 talks with US amid Israel, Greece deterrence concerns

Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft

Barin Kayaoglu

By Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Analysis

Turkey’s $20B fund crisis: Who profited, and who will pay?

Traders work at their desks on the floor of the Borsa Istanbul

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

Turkey mine collapse death toll rises to five: What to know

Samuel Wendel

Senior Analyst, Middle East Business & Tech

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Amberin Zaman

Chief Correspondent

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Jack Dutton

Chief Business Correspondent

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

Ezgi Akin

Associate Editor (Turkey)

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Francesco Schiavi

In Bologna, reporting on security, defense, economy, governance

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Judge and president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Nawaf Salam (2nd R) delivers a nonbinding ruling on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on July 19, 2024.

Turkey applies to join ICJ genocide case against Israel with a caveat

Turkey’s submission didn’t include a written commitment to accept the judgment as binding, which experts link to Ankara’s efforts to prevent the recognition of the mass killing and deportation of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide.

This picture taken on April 25, 2023, shows a shrapnel-pocked walled in the village of Hiror near the Turkish border in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.

Turkey says PKK attack kills Turkish soldier in northern Iraq

The attack comes at a time when Turkey has intensified its offensive against the militant group in an effort to clear the PKK from the Iraq-Turkey border areas and establish up to a 40-kilometer-deep (24 miles) security zone in northern Iraq.

A customer buys US dollars in exchange for Turkish lira at an exchange office in Ankara, Turkey, July 20, 2023.

Turkey’s annual inflation slows down to 9-month low of 61%

The drop in the second consecutive month was slightly more than the estimates.

The Akdeniz RoRo, part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, is loaded with goods as it is anchored in Tuzla seaport, near Istanbul on April 19, 2024.

Turkey blocks Gaza-bound aid flotilla from sailing, organizers say

The organizers of the flotilla blamed the move on pressure from other NATO countries.

HASSAN ALI ELMI/AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

Will Turkey’s military presence in Somalia lead to conflict with Somaliland?

Turkey is playing a long multidimensional game in Somalia and elsewhere in the Horn of Africa as part of its regional and global strategy, and the breakaway region of Somaliland will not change it.

Barin Kayaoglu

By Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Turkey's Olympic team is pictured in Paris, on July 24, 2024.

Paris Olympics fashion provides glimmer of unity for Turkey’s polarized public

Turks find a glimmer of joy in conversations surrounding Turkish athletes’ Olympic fashion.

Turkey blocks access to Instagram, prompting public fury

The move against Instagram follows a Turkish government official's criticism of the platform for not allowing condolence messages for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators wave Palestinian flags as they take part in a rally to protest the death of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, following evening prayers in Fatih district of Istanbul on July 31, 2024.

Analysis

Erdogan blasts Israel in call with Biden as Haniyeh’s death stirs fury in Turkey

Across the ideological divide, Turks are airing fury at the Hamas leader's assassination.

Amberin Zaman

By Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants' cage after a hearing to consider an appeal on his extended pretrial detention, at the first court of appeal in Moscow, April 23, 2024.

US-Russian prisoner swap including Evan Gershkovich completed in Turkey

The US and Russia exchanged dozens of prisoners, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, on Thursday in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN - JULY 17: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends a moderated conversation with former Trump administration national security official Olivia Troye and former Republican voter Amanda Stratton on July 17, 2024 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. (Photo by Chris duMond/Getty Images)

US election drama raises stakes for Mideast economic powers eyeing 2025

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas listens as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not pictured) speaks during a meeting in Ankara, on March 5, 2024.

Abbas to visit Turkey mid August as both condemn Haniyeh’s killing

The visit is scheduled amid rising tensions after the Hamas leader's assassination in Tehran, with experts urging Turkey to exercise caution vis-a-vis Hamas amid regional instability.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a national event at the Turkish Pavilion of Expo 2020, in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on February 15, 2022. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Growing Gulf-Turkey investment ties evolving unevenly following Erdogan’s $50B breakthrough

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech