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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.…

Türkiye's first seismic survey vessel Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa began searching for oil and natural gas off Trabzon after work in the western Black Sea.…

In the Çeşme Chief Public Prosecutor's Office investigation into Çeşme Municipality, nine people including Deputy Mayor Emre Can Durmaz were detained. Proceedings were started against 12 people in total.…

A regulation published in the Official Gazette raised the customer identification threshold in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing to 370,000 lira.…

The Regulation on Private Care Centers for Persons with Disabilities was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

The Turkish under-17 national football team beat Austria 4-1 in the final of the International Friendship Tournament in Croatia to become champions. The goals came from Muhammed Esad Deniz in the 10th, 22nd and 42nd minutes and Yiğit Kabaktaş in the 33rd minute.…

At the 77th International Astronautical Congress in Antalya, Türkiye and Italy decided to act jointly in space technologies. It was announced that the spacecraft for Türkiye's Moon mission is ready.…

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.…

In the Ankara-based Süleymancılar investigation, the number of remands rose to 100, while judicial control measures apply to 26 suspects.…

Türkiye's Istanbul Governor's Office announced that deputy mayor elections to replace Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen and Ataşehir Deputy Mayor Murat Güneş, who were arrested and suspended from duty, will be held on Oct. 10.…

95 suspects were detained in an operation coordinated by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office targeting international investment fraud networks.…

The Turkish under-21 national football team finished second in UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying Group H after a 0-0 draw with Hungary and qualified for the play-offs.…