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Police teams in Samandağ found an injured stray dog by the roadside, determined it had been shot with a shotgun, and transported it to a vet; the dog is reportedly in good condition. Suspect G.B. was detained, and a shotgun and 2 cartridges were found at his home.
According to reports by Evrensel from schools in Ankara's Sincan district, the new academic year began with teacher shortages, inadequate cleaning and security personnel, and unreceived textbooks; one teacher said there was no soap or toilet paper in the restrooms.
In the courtyard of a farmhouse in Ereğli's Barbaros Neighborhood, a reversing tractor struck a 4-year-old child around 5:15 p.m. The child was determined to have lost their life at the scene; the father driving the tractor was detained, and the investigation is ongoing.
Opened to traffic with a ceremony by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, the Çamlıhemşin Tunnel and its connecting bridges constitute the new 2-kilometre stage of the 39.5-kilometre route. Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said the road was shortened by 1.5 kilometres, travel time was reduced by 20 minutes, and an annual saving of 772 million lira (TL) is projected.
S.S., identified as insulting a woman walking on the street in Şişli, Istanbul, and uttering insulting words towards the founder of the Republic of Türkiye, Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in cell phone images, was detained at his home. It was reported that the suspect will be referred to the courthouse on charges of "threat", "insult" and "insulting Atatürk".
+2: Sözcü and Gerçek Gündem +3: Muhalif, Sözcü and Gerçek Gündem The Rize Provincial Health Directorate urged residents not to consume water of unknown source and origin, and to boil and cool it before use when necessary. The announcement stated that caution should be exercised for 5-7 days after rainfall ends.
The first demolition began with a ceremony in the 1st phase of the urban transformation project covering 718 independent units in Adapazarı's Tığcılar Neighborhood; the municipality reported that 91% of right holders reached an agreement.
Workers dismissed following the July strike demanded reinstatement. In their statement, workers accused TEKSİF management of failing to meet their 25% wage increase demand and committing "strike breaking"; responses from the union and company are not included in the report.
In an investigation by the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, simultaneous searches were conducted across 7 districts at 20 addresses suspected of operating as spas and massage parlors.
+4: Habertürk, Hürriyet, NTV and Haber7 +5: Takvim, Habertürk, Hürriyet, NTV and Haber7 
Following heavy rainfall in the Eastern Black Sea region, a landslide in the Pazar district of Rize caused the ground beneath a house to give way; Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) teams examined the site, and no evacuation decision has been made so far.
Six people were arrested in a shooting incident at a currency exchange office in Nuruosmaniye neighborhood where two brothers lost their lives.
A fire broke out at a cold storage facility in the Karaköy neighborhood, with numerous fire crews responding; smoke was seen from many points in the district. According to one source, the facility processed black figs for export.
+3: Yeniçağ, BirGün and Cumhuriyet +4: Muhalif, Yeniçağ, BirGün and Cumhuriyet In inspections carried out at sea and on land by Coast Guard and gendarmerie teams in Seferihisar, Urla and Foça between September 15-18, 104 irregular migrants were caught. On September 18, 33 people were found on a rubber boat off Seferihisar, 23 in Urla and 17 in Foça.
The lifeless body of 54-year-old Ayşegül Yaşar, who went missing in Düziçi on August 26, was found in the Andırın district of Kahramanmaraş; it was reported that the detained suspect, identified by the initials T.K., confessed to killing her.
+2: NTV and Yeni Şafak +3: Haber7, NTV and Yeni Şafak 
Education Minister Yusuf Tekin said on a CNN Türk broadcast that there was an option of either requiring compliance with dress-code regulations or the use of smocks, and that they preferred the smock. Tekin also commented on mobile phones in classrooms, school registrations and PISA results.
+2: Dünya and Ekonomi Manşet 
The remaining section of a building under demolition at Şirin Sitesi in Istanbul's Küçükçekmece İnönü neighborhood collapsed around 8:30 p.m. It was determined no one was under the rubble and search efforts ended.
+9: TGRT Haber, CNN Türk, Hürriyet, A Haber, NTV, Habertürk, Takvim, Milliyet and Yeni Şafak +10: Haber7, TGRT Haber, CNN Türk, Hürriyet, A Haber, NTV, Habertürk, Takvim, Milliyet and Yeni Şafak +6: Nefes, BirGün, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Muhalif and Sözcü +7: Yeniçağ, Nefes, BirGün, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Muhalif and Sözcü According to a report by Türkiye Gazetesi, two people in Denizli who noticed painless swelling in their leg and neck were diagnosed with lymphoma; one recovered after 6 rounds of chemotherapy, while the other underwent a bone marrow transplant after the disease recurred.
According to Nefes, records from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Food Public Notice system found solipedal (horse) meat in meat products, unauthorized dye in tea and ground pepper, and pharmaceutical active ingredients in some dietary supplements.
Speaking to Türkiye Gazetesi, experts said prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men in Türkiye; Assoc. Prof. Tülay Eren recommended PSA testing, on a doctor's advice, from age 50, or from age 45 for those at high risk.
BirGün wrote that a Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette on September 5, 2026 granted TPAO urgent expropriation authority in its licensed fields in Thrace, and that the decision covers not only drilling sites but also pipelines, camps and storage facilities.
According to Sözcü, the roughly 1 million lira vehicle used by Denizli Provincial Mufti Abdullah Pamuklu was sold and replaced with a brand-new vehicle claimed to have a market value of about 5 million lira; the Din-Bir-Sen union criticized the purchase.
In a BirGün opinion column, it was claimed that a published presidential decision removed a total of 4,300 hectares from forest boundaries, with 3,882 hectares in Kızılcahamam alone, and that similar decisions since 2018 have covered approximately 5,000 hectares in total.
The sister of 27-year-old motorcycle courier Batuhan Karabulut, who died on March 17 after being hit from behind on the TEM Highway, said the incident was "not a traffic accident, but murder"; driver Uğur S., who is being tried for "causing death through conscious negligence," was rearrested.
According to a report by BirGün, students from different grade levels are being taught in the same classroom at 4 primary schools in Ankara; at three village schools in Mamak, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades have been combined. Low student numbers were cited as the reason, while educators said the practice lowers the quality of education.
