This story is from 23 September 2026.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said approximately 90% agreement has been reached in negotiations with Israel, and that Israel stepped back in the final stage. He said Turkish bases in the northwest have decreased and status talks are ongoing.
At a panel of the Atlantic Council in New York, he also touched on his meeting with US President Donald Trump. He related that he said that the Golan Heights are Syrian territory according to UN resolutions and cannot be donated to anyone else.
Somaliland Presidency foreign affairs adviser Mohamed Osman Fadal called Türkiye's military power in Somalia a threat and asked Israel for air defence support. Foreign Ministry Director General Mohamed Abdirahman Hassan voiced similar concerns.
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said work to send the Mecca Agreement to the Turkish parliament had been completed and the agreement would be submitted as soon as possible. He had presented the matter to the President the previous day.
+7: Takvim, Star, A Haber, Haber7, Yeni Şafak, NTV and Habertürk +8: Yeni Akit, Takvim, Star, A Haber, Haber7, Yeni Şafak, NTV and Habertürk 
+2: Dünya and Karar +3: ANKA Haber Ajansı, Dünya and Karar 
+2: BirGün and Nefes +3: Halk TV, BirGün and Nefes 
The Turkish Defence Ministry (MSB) said measures for providing and deploying military forces and capabilities to Saudi Arabia were discussed. The ministry also announced that a Türkiye-France defence cooperation road map was signed.
+2: NTV and Milat +3: Haber7, NTV and Milat +2: Ekonomim and Serbestiyet 
+3: Nefes, soL Haber and İlke TV +4: Sözcü, Nefes, soL Haber and İlke TV Trade Minister Ömer Bolat met with the Ankara ambassadors of EU member states. The talks covered trade relations as well as visa and quota issues.
Türkiye and France signed a "Defence Cooperation Roadmap". The deal was seen as marking a new era in defence relations between the two countries, long overshadowed by political disputes.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The call addressed navigational safety in the Black Sea and peace efforts in the Russia-Ukraine war.
+8: Haber7, Sabah, Milliyet, Star, A Haber, Yeni Şafak, Hürriyet and Takvim +9: NTV, Haber7, Sabah, Milliyet, Star, A Haber, Yeni Şafak, Hürriyet and Takvim 
Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi asked his Greek counterpart Michalis Chrisochoidis to speed up the extradition process for 60 people, including red-notice criminal group members.
+4: Haber7, Sabah, Yeni Şafak and Milat +5: Yeni Akit, Haber7, Sabah, Yeni Şafak and Milat 
+2: Karar and Gazete Oksijen Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides will meet in the buffer zone on Tuesday, 13 October. The meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m.
+2: Havadis and Gündem Kıbrıs +3: ANKA Haber Ajansı, Havadis and Gündem Kıbrıs 
MASAK announced that in the FATF report published on September 23, Türkiye was found compliant with 38 of the 40 recommendations, and that there was no strategic deficiency or grey list risk. Of the 11 outcomes, 3 were considered largely effective and 8 moderately effective.
+2: Star and Yeni Asır +3: Haber7, Star and Yeni Asır 
+2: Ekonomim and Bloomberg HT +3: Gazete Oksijen, Ekonomim and Bloomberg HT 
The Asian Development Bank cut Türkiye's 2026 growth forecast to 2.8 percent and raised its inflation forecast to 31.5 percent. In the Central Bank's survey, households' 12-month inflation expectation was 45.6 percent.
+4: Ekonomim, Gazete Oksijen, Bloomberg HT and Sigorta Gündem +5: Dünya, Ekonomim, Gazete Oksijen, Bloomberg HT and Sigorta Gündem According to the report by BETAM and sahibinden.com, real prices of homes for sale across Türkiye fell 8.4 percent year-on-year in August.
+2: Ekonomi Manşet and Sigorta Gündem Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced that Türkiye plans to put its first small modular reactor into operation in the early 2030s. He made the announcement at the Türkiye Investment Conference in New York.
