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The Turkish Constitutional Court took up on the merits one of six challenges to tying the retirement bonus to severance-pay eligibility. It rejected the other five applications on procedural grounds.
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office prepared an indictment against Yılmaz Efe and Ali Yaşar Koz, the owners of the venue called Kütüphane raided in a drug operation in December 2025. The indictment alleged that the owners allowed drug use.
According to the Health and Safety Labour Assembly (İSİG), 226 workers died in September and at least 1,736 workers died in the first nine months of the year. Eight of those who died in September were children.
The Regulation on Private Care Centers for Persons with Disabilities was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force.
+4: NTV, Takvim, Sabah and Milat +5: A Haber, NTV, Takvim, Sabah and Milat 
+2: Evrensel and Cumhuriyet In yesterday's "Huzur Istanbul" operation in Istanbul, 640 people wanted for various crimes were caught and 546 people were taken into custody.
The reinstatement ruling for 13 workers dismissed by the trustee administration at Tunceli Municipality has been finalized. The workers said the ruling has not been enforced and announced they will resume protests.
+2: Halk TV and Cumhuriyet +3: Evrensel, Halk TV and Cumhuriyet Lawyer Furkan Mehmet Cinkara, representing students in the attack at Ayser Calik Middle School in Kahramanmaras, said the school had no fire escape or secondary exit and requested an investigation into those responsible.
+6: Nefes, İlke TV, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Yeniçağ and Halk TV +7: Sözcü, Nefes, İlke TV, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Yeniçağ and Halk TV In an operation targeting drug possession and use in central Mersin and four districts, detention orders were issued for 273 people. Most of the suspects were detained.
According to data from the General Directorate of Security Traffic Department (EGM), about 519,000 traffic accidents in Türkiye in the first nine months of 2026 killed 1,628 people and injured about 311,000.
Istanbul's provincial gendarmerie command seized 50 kilograms of cocaine in a vehicle it stopped near the Fenertepe toll booths. Two suspects found in the vehicle were detained.
Education support for students studying at private schools in Adıyaman, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Malatya and Gaziantep's İslahiye and Nurdağı districts was raised by 35 percent.
In a case filed by Hekim Birliği, the regional administrative court annulled the refusal to pay fees for judicial/burial and on-site death-examination duties. The ruling orders payment of the fees with statutory interest.
An expert report added to the file on Manisa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ferdi Zeyrek's death said the pool and the pump room were absent from the original architectural project. The panel found four people primarily and nine secondarily at fault, and attributed no fault to Zeyrek.
+5: Star, Yeni Şafak, TGRT Haber, NTV and CNN Türk +6: DHA, Star, Yeni Şafak, TGRT Haber, NTV and CNN Türk 
+2: Dünya and Ekonomim +7: Evrensel, BirGün, Tele2 Haber, Yeniçağ, Sözcü, Muhalif and Nefes +8: Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, BirGün, Tele2 Haber, Yeniçağ, Sözcü, Muhalif and Nefes 
In the Ankara-based Süleymancılar investigation, the number of remands rose to 100, while judicial control measures apply to 26 suspects.
95 suspects were detained in an operation coordinated by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office targeting international investment fraud networks.
+10: DHA, Hürriyet, Yeni Şafak, Milliyet, TGRT Haber, NTV, Takvim, Yeni Akit, Star and Milat +11: A Haber, DHA, Hürriyet, Yeni Şafak, Milliyet, TGRT Haber, NTV, Takvim, Yeni Akit, Star and Milat +2: Karar and ANKA Haber Ajansı +5: Nefes, BirGün, Oda TV, İlke TV and Yeniçağ +6: Cumhuriyet, Nefes, BirGün, Oda TV, İlke TV and Yeniçağ In the investigation into 64 kilograms of gold opened by the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on complaints by 16 firms in Kuyumcukent, 33 suspects were detained in operations in three provinces. The search continues for two suspects with detention orders.
+4: Haber7, Milliyet, Hürriyet and CNN Türk +5: Star, Haber7, Milliyet, Hürriyet and CNN Türk +3: Ekonomim, Dünya and Diken +4: Karar, Ekonomim, Dünya and Diken 
+2: Evrensel and Halk TV +3: Yeniçağ, Evrensel and Halk TV The Turkish Trade Ministry has imposed a ban on supply and a recall for a table tennis set in which lead and cadmium were detected.
+2: Yeni Şafak and Takvim +3: Milliyet, Yeni Şafak and Takvim Turkish prosecutors detained 26 people in an operation against the 'Daltons' crime group in 14 provinces; detention orders had been issued for 33 suspects, including 12 children.
+9: Takvim, Habertürk, Haber7, Yeni Asır, TGRT Haber, A Haber, Türkiye Gazetesi, Yeni Şafak and Milat +10: Star, Takvim, Habertürk, Haber7, Yeni Asır, TGRT Haber, A Haber, Türkiye Gazetesi, Yeni Şafak and Milat +2: Ekonomim and Karar 
+3: Yeniçağ, Cumhuriyet and Oda TV +4: Aykırı, Yeniçağ, Cumhuriyet and Oda TV The Turkish Environment Ministry fined YAKAB 5,034,000 lira, saying the solid waste facility in Yalova carried untreated wastewater into the Sea of Marmara.
+4: CNN Türk, Haber7, Yeni Şafak and Milat +5: DHA, CNN Türk, Haber7, Yeni Şafak and Milat All 12 suspects detained in Ankara Police Department operations into three separate fraud incidents were arrested. The incidents were found to have yielded a total of 90 million lira in illicit gains.
The Turkish Education Ministry (MEB) published its Social Activities Policy Document under the Türkiye Century Maarif Model. Under the document, 48 new student clubs will be established in schools.
+2: Haber7 and Yeni Şafak +3: Hürriyet, Haber7 and Yeni Şafak The European Court of Human Rights put questions to Türkiye in the application over the death of 11-year-old Rabia Naz Vatan. The court asked whether an effective investigation had been conducted.
+2: Gazete Oksijen and Ekonomim +3: Halk TV, Oda TV and BirGün +4: İlke TV, Halk TV, Oda TV and BirGün Eğitim Sen called the Council of Higher Education's request for universities to expand family and marriage education programs an ideological intervention.
Justice Minister Akın Gürlek said they will submit the prepared package on lifetime alimony to the Turkish parliament.
