This story is from 18 September 2026.
AFAD reported a 3.8-magnitude earthquake at 9:09 p.m. with its epicenter in the Kuşadası Gulf in the Aegean Sea; the depth was given as 7.83 kilometers by AFAD and 8.1 kilometers by Kandilli Observatory.
The tremor occurred at a distance of approximately 11.69 kilometres from the Kuşadası district. Kandilli Observatory measured the depth at 8.1 kilometres.
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Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz wished mercy for those killed and recovery for the injured in the collapsed building in Istanbul's Maltepe. Yılmaz said search and rescue efforts were continuing.
+2: Kıbrıs Genç TV and Kıbrıs Manşet Actor Berna Laçin was released by the court to which she had been referred with a request for arrest in the probe over her social media post about Izmir.
+10: TGRT Haber, CNN Türk, Yeni Akit, Yeni Şafak, Türkiye Gazetesi, Hürriyet, Takvim, Milat, DHA and Star +11: A Haber, TGRT Haber, CNN Türk, Yeni Akit, Yeni Şafak, Türkiye Gazetesi, Hürriyet, Takvim, Milat, DHA and Star 
+5: Bianet, Karar, Gazete Oksijen, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Kısa Dalga +6: Diken, Bianet, Karar, Gazete Oksijen, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Kısa Dalga +10: Aykırı, BirGün, soL Haber, Tele2 Haber, Nefes, Oda TV, Muhalif, Yeniçağ, Cumhuriyet and İlke TV +11: Evrensel, Aykırı, BirGün, soL Haber, Tele2 Haber, Nefes, Oda TV, Muhalif, Yeniçağ, Cumhuriyet and İlke TV 
+2: Independent Türkçe and BBC Türkçe +3: Euronews Türkçe, Independent Türkçe and BBC Türkçe The Istanbul Governor's Office said 5 students were injured in a fight between students at a school in Başakşehir. Ihlas News Agency reported that one student stabbed three students.
+11: Milliyet, Milat, Yeni Akit, Hürriyet, NTV, Takvim, DHA, A Haber, Habertürk, Türkiye Gazetesi and Yeni Asır +12: Yeni Şafak, Milliyet, Milat, Yeni Akit, Hürriyet, NTV, Takvim, DHA, A Haber, Habertürk, Türkiye Gazetesi and Yeni Asır 
+5: Ekonomim, Karar, Kısa Dalga, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Gazete Oksijen +6: Bianet, Ekonomim, Karar, Kısa Dalga, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Gazete Oksijen 
+5: Evrensel, Sözcü, Nefes, İlke TV and Halk TV +6: Muhalif, Evrensel, Sözcü, Nefes, İlke TV and Halk TV A police officer at a checkpoint in Ankara's Pursaklar district was killed by gunfire from a person in a stopped vehicle. The other two people in the vehicle were detained.
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+2: Sigorta Gündem and Karar +3: ANKA Haber Ajansı, Sigorta Gündem and Karar +5: Oda TV, Sözcü, Halk TV, soL Haber and BirGün +6: Yeniçağ, Oda TV, Sözcü, Halk TV, soL Haber and BirGün 
Afyonkarahisar Deputy Governor and Provincial Special Administration Secretary General İhsan Ayrancı died in hospital after being wounded by a gun.
+8: Star, Yeni Akit, Milat, Takvim, TGRT Haber, CNN Türk, Milliyet and Hürriyet +9: Yeni Şafak, Star, Yeni Akit, Milat, Takvim, TGRT Haber, CNN Türk, Milliyet and Hürriyet 
+2: Ekonomim and ANKA Haber Ajansı +3: Dünya, Ekonomim and ANKA Haber Ajansı +6: Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Nefes, BirGün, Yeniçağ and Muhalif +7: Halk TV, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Nefes, BirGün, Yeniçağ and Muhalif Adil Katılım Bank Chair Ali Emre Ballı, whose statement was taken in the fund probe, was found dead in Çekmeköy in his car with a gunshot wound to the head. Some documents were claimed to have been in his vehicle.
+6: TGRT Haber, Haber7, NTV, Yeni Şafak, Star and Milliyet +7: CNN Türk, TGRT Haber, Haber7, NTV, Yeni Şafak, Star and Milliyet +6: Serbestiyet, PSM, Gazete Oksijen, Diken, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Medyascope +7: Karar, Serbestiyet, PSM, Gazete Oksijen, Diken, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Medyascope +7: Evrensel, Nefes, İlke TV, soL Haber, Cumhuriyet, BirGün and Tele2 Haber +8: Sözcü, Evrensel, Nefes, İlke TV, soL Haber, Cumhuriyet, BirGün and Tele2 Haber 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 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 Istanbul's 33rd High Criminal Court accepted and merged with the main case a 195-page supplementary indictment against 29 people, including jailed İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, in the Ağaç ve Peyzaj AŞ investigation; the number of defendants rose to 435 and the number of alleged acts to 155.
+12: Sabah, A Haber, Takvim, Türkiye Gazetesi, NTV, TGRT Haber, CNN Türk, Habertürk, Milat, Yeni Şafak, Haber7 and Yeni Akit +13: Milliyet, Sabah, A Haber, Takvim, Türkiye Gazetesi, NTV, TGRT Haber, CNN Türk, Habertürk, Milat, Yeni Şafak, Haber7 and Yeni Akit +5: Ekonomi Manşet, Diken, Gazete Oksijen, Dünya and Kısa Dalga +6: Ekonomim, Ekonomi Manşet, Diken, Gazete Oksijen, Dünya and Kısa Dalga +7: Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Oda TV, Yeniçağ, BirGün, Nefes and Gerçek Gündem +8: Sözcü, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Oda TV, Yeniçağ, BirGün, Nefes and Gerçek Gündem Under a decision dated September 18, the banking regulator BDDK revoked the operating license of the Istanbul Türkiye Central Branch of Iran-based Bank Mellat, under paragraph (b) of the first clause of Article 71 of the Banking Law. The decision was published in the Official Gazette.
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+3: Star, Milat and Türkiye Gazetesi +4: Milliyet, Star, Milat and Türkiye Gazetesi 
+7: Sigorta Gündem, PSM, Ekonomi Manşet, Karar, Diken, Serbestiyet and Gazete Oksijen +8: Bloomberg HT, Sigorta Gündem, PSM, Ekonomi Manşet, Karar, Diken, Serbestiyet and Gazete Oksijen +7: Halk TV, Oda TV, Evrensel, BirGün, Tele2 Haber, Cumhuriyet and Muhalif +8: Nefes, Halk TV, Oda TV, Evrensel, BirGün, Tele2 Haber, Cumhuriyet and Muhalif 
+5: Euronews Türkçe, DW Türkçe, Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera English and RFI +6: Kommersant, Euronews Türkçe, DW Türkçe, Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera English and RFI In the investigation into the 2011 death of Kaşif Kozinoğlu at Silivri Prison, retired officials Hasan Ataman Yıldırım and Hasan Atilla Uğur were placed under house arrest on charges of "intentional killing," while then-Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor Ali İşgören and prison prosecutor Necip Doğan were referred to a magistrate's court with a request for arrest on charges of "membership in a criminal organization."
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The Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) Second Chamber unanimously decided to temporarily suspend Bozova Public Prosecutor Türkşad Kunthan Uçuk from duty for three months. Afterward, the Tekirdağ Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an ex officio investigation for "insulting a public official" and issued a detention order.
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