This story is from 23 September 2026.
In the Adalar Municipality deputy mayor election, three CHP council members who voted for AK Party's Kemal Türkyılmaz were referred to discipline with a demand for definitive expulsion.
CHP Istanbul Provincial Chair Gürsel Tekin announced the disciplinary referral, noting that after four rounds, the AK Party candidate was elected deputy mayor. YENİ Party Istanbul Provincial Chair Özgür Çelik harshly criticized the election process.
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Izmir Metropolitan Mayor Cemil Tugay joined the AK Party; President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned on his badge. After Tugay joined, Izmir Metropolitan Deputy Mayor Zafer Levent Yıldır resigned from his posts.
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+5: DW Türkçe, Independent Türkçe, The Guardian, RFI and Libération +6: Al-Monitor, DW Türkçe, Independent Türkçe, The Guardian, RFI and Libération Yeni Yol, CHP, İYİ Party and DEM Party's Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) inquiry motions on the fund crisis were rejected by votes from AK Party and MHP lawmakers.
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AK Party Şanlıurfa MP Bekir Bozdağ resigned as deputy speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) citing health problems.
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+6: Halk TV, Oda TV, Nefes, Cumhuriyet, İlke TV and Evrensel +7: Sözcü, Halk TV, Oda TV, Nefes, Cumhuriyet, İlke TV and Evrensel AK Party Deputy Chair Efkan Ala, Group Chair Abdullah Güler and Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik met with DEM Party İmralı Delegation members Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar. The talks covered the Terror-Free Türkiye efforts and the Monitoring Commission to be set up in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM).
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+3: Halk TV, Cumhuriyet and BirGün +4: Evrensel, Halk TV, Cumhuriyet and BirGün Istanbul's 23rd High Criminal Court acquitted 8 defendants and sentenced 2 defendants to 6 years and 3 months in prison in the 'urban consensus' case.
+3: Türkiye Gazetesi, Yeni Akit and Takvim +4: Star, Türkiye Gazetesi, Yeni Akit and Takvim +2: Diken and Gazete Oksijen +3: ANKA Haber Ajansı, Diken and Gazete Oksijen +4: Sözcü, BirGün, Oda TV and Tele2 Haber +5: Halk TV, Sözcü, BirGün, Oda TV and Tele2 Haber AK Party Group Deputy Chair Özlem Zengin said the Turkish Justice Ministry issued a new circular after the operation footage in Mersin. Zengin also announced that the Turkish Interior Ministry opened an investigation into the law enforcement officers who filmed the footage.
+2: Karar and Bianet +5: Cumhuriyet, Yeniçağ, Halk TV, Oda TV and BirGün +6: Nefes, Cumhuriyet, Yeniçağ, Halk TV, Oda TV and BirGün Muratpaşa Mayor Ümit Uysal of the CHP announced he would run for party leader if former leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu does not stand as a candidate.
+2: Cumhuriyet and BirGün +3: Sözcü, Cumhuriyet and BirGün In the attack in front of a high school in Turgutlu, 11 students were injured. The Governorate announced that 6 students are planned to be discharged today, and 3 are in intensive care.
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+9: Euronews Türkçe, RFI, BBC Türkçe, The Hindu, BBC News, Meduza, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and The New York Times +10: Asharq Al-Awsat, Euronews Türkçe, RFI, BBC Türkçe, The Hindu, BBC News, Meduza, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and The New York Times Fenerbahçe Tarfin defeated Beşiktaş 72-59 in the final of the 39th Men's Presidential Cup, winning the cup for the second consecutive time and the 9th time overall. Shavon Shields was chosen as the MVP with 10 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Zeydi met in New York and agreed on establishing state authority in Sinjar and removing the PKK from the region. Turkish forces will gradually hand over the Bashiqa-Zilkan base to Iraq.
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+6: An-Nahar, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera English, BBC Türkçe, Asharq Al-Awsat and RFI +7: Al-Monitor, An-Nahar, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera English, BBC Türkçe, Asharq Al-Awsat and RFI In Keçiören Gülgün Street, the road collapsed when floodwaters swept away an open infrastructure fill, and 20 cars fell into a pit about 1 meter deep. The vehicles were removed, repairs began in the morning, and cars were stranded on flooded roads in Sincan as well.
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