Türkiye on Saturday, 3 October 2026

In the investigation led by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, 28 people including Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen were detained and sent to Ankara.…

In the corruption investigation into Mersin Metropolitan Municipality, foreign currency and gold worth 52 million lira were reportedly seized in a search of Ali Özbaran's home.…

The Turkish Interior Ministry said 51 suspects were detained in operations targeting ISIS in 16 provinces.…

13 people, including Ataşehir Deputy Mayor Murat Güneş, were detained in an investigation into allegations that bribes were demanded in return for construction permits.…

Detained Ataşehir Mayor Onursal Adıgüzel condemned the detention of 13 people, including Deputy Mayor Murat Güneş, and described the operation as "theft of national will."…

In an operation in Hatay, THKP-C member Bülent Dükancı, the last fugitive suspect in the 2013 Reyhanlı attack, was detained.…

DEM Party İmralı delegation members Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar met Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz for about an hour. The meeting addressed the work of the Monitoring and Evaluation Board.…

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş described his resignation process from the CHP to Nefes newspaper. Asked "Will you join the AK Party?", he replied, "Look at those sentences in my resignation text."…

Jailed former police chief Bayram Özbek said he did not write the Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu script and had no contact with Pana Film in the probe into former Turkish intelligence agency MİT officer Kaşif Kozinoğlu's death in Silivri Prison.…

After confirmation that the PKK has laid down arms, changes are expected to the laws on enforcement, counter-terrorism and criminal law. The Turkish parliament is expected to take steps next week toward the planned monitoring commission.…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said of developments in the fund market, "There is no risk that has spread to our financial system." He said, "Those who lay hands on the nation's property will not get away with it."…

The Capital Markets Board (SPK) extended until 30 October the measure applying the equity ratio flexibly in leveraged capital market transactions.…

International credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings said Türkiye's fund investigation was not expected to put downward pressure on the credit rating. The agency is expected to publish its Türkiye review on 16 October.…

In the capital-markets fund investigation in Istanbul, singer Mustafa Sandal's wife Melis Sutsurup allegedly earned 15.7 billion lira from funds. The figure was 11.1 billion lira in the initial claims.…

Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz announced that annualized exports had risen to $283.7 billion. September exports announced by Trade Minister Ömer Bolat reached $26 billion, up 15.4%.…

Diesel prices were cut by 2.22 lira today, with a further cut of 4.95 lira expected on Tuesday. No price change is foreseen for gasoline.…

The Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Ministry published in the Official Gazette the regulation amending the technical assessment requirements for wind energy projects.…

The Turkish Trade Ministry will be able to update licensed warehouse fee tariffs no more than twice a year, taking market conditions into account. The regulation entered into force after publication in the Official Gazette.…

The Prime Ministry of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) announced that search teams found one more body on the sunken Filo Jet off Girne. DNA work has begun for identification.…

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office's fund investigation found that lawyers Yasemin Yavuz Koçyiğit and her husband Gökhan Koçyiğit made a net profit of about 2.5 billion lira from Katılımevim shares they sold before the probe.…

The 3rd Civil Chamber of the Turkish Court of Cassation ruled that a rent determination lawsuit can be filed before five years for rent well below comparable levels, even if the lease is new.…

The Turkish Court of Cassation (Yargıtay)'s 10th Civil Chamber ruled that a pension paid to those effectively living with a divorced spouse must be cut, whether the divorce was real or fraudulent.…

The 10th Civil Chamber of the Turkish Court of Cassation approved adding 189 days to the service record of an academic who said she had worked in practice during the pandemic but was underreported in Social Security Institution (SGK) records.…

Three of five suspects detained in the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office's threat investigation targeting the owners of Zen Pırlanta were arrested, while two were released under judicial control.…

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced 1,297 suspects were detained in drug operations in 75 provinces in the last 10 days, with 714 arrested.…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke at TEKNOFEST 2026 Southeast in Şanlıurfa and said 9 people had been detained over the mine accident in Soma.…

In the Mizan Operation coordinated by the Gebze Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, 52 suspects were detained and 31 of them were arrested in the investigation into 155 firms alleged to have obtained unjustified tax refunds by issuing false documents.…

Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gürlek announced that 8 murders in 7 cases had been solved. Six people were detained in the case in Şefaatli district of Yozgat.…

The Higher Education Council (YÖK) asked universities to add the 'Life Skills for Youth' course to curricula and expand the scope of premarital training.…

The Ankara 34th High Criminal Court released the reasoning for the 4-year prison sentence given to Umitcan Uygun over the death of Sema Esen. The court acquitted him of the charge of torment.…

İsa Olcay, 48, who died in the mine collapse in Soma, was buried in his hometown of Gediz in Kütahya.…

37-year-old miner Kerim Ören, who lost his life in the mine collapse in Soma, was buried in a ceremony in his hometown of Kırkağaç. A worker who had been rescued alive from the collapse had embraced his wife in a moment of relief.…

In operations targeting different crimes in Ankara, Mardin, Muğla and Rize, 64 people were arrested. Raids targeted illegal betting, fraud, prostitution and wanted suspects.…

In Kahramanmaraş, Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) staff recorded disaster training they had not actually given in schools as if delivered and were paid on the basis of those documents. The governorship authorized an investigation into six staff members.…

In Aydın's Efeler district, Abdullah S., who shot then-CHP Deputy Chairman Bülent Tezcan in the leg 10 years ago, was found dead at his home with a gunshot wound to the head.…