Huseyin Hayatsever

Fires in Mersin and Antalya as well as Uşak were largely brought under control, but blazes in Bursa and Karabük were still burning.

The migration route from Libya across the Mediterranean, used by thousands seeking a way to get to Europe, was a top issue at a meeting on Friday between the leaders of Turkey, Italy and Libya in Istanbul, Turkey's presidency said.

Turkey's parliament launched a commission on Tuesday to oversee the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group following its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for it to end its insurgency.

Firefighters contained several wildfires raging across Turkey on Tuesday, including a large blaze in the northwestern province of Canakkale that forced hundreds to flee from their homes.

Turkey supports efforts to establish a permanent peace in Ukraine with the participation of all parties, President Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Wednesday, the Turkish presidency said.

Turkey's presidential communications office on Monday called Israel's latest strikes on Gaza "an attack on press freedom and another war crime," after Palestinian officials said at least 20 people, including five journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, were killed at Nasser hospital.

Turkish defence electronics company Aselsan will more than double production capacity with a $1.5 billion investment in a new technology base, President Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday.

Turkey will launch a long-awaited 5G frequency tender on October 16, and mobile operators will start providing 5G services in April 2026, the transport and infrastructure minister said on Sunday.

Turkish authorities have banned a concert of Enrico Macias, a French singer of Algerian-Jewish origin, after calls for protest over his pro-Israeli stance.

A Turkish court delayed a decision on Monday whether to oust the main opposition leader and annul his party's 2023 congress over alleged irregularities, in a case that has already deepened the country's political crisis.