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All 40 suspects detained in the investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office were arrested; efforts continue to capture one suspect for whom a detention order exists. The operation involved searches at 109 addresses in 22 provinces, and statements were taken from 1,029 farmers.…

According to Sözcü, Cemil Bayık, a senior figure of the PKK (listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the EU and the US), said in a statement on the process, "We will not lay down arms if Apo is not freed," and argued that the law passed in the Grand National Assembly (TBMM) does not meet their demands.…

According to Sözcü, in the Nizip district of Gaziantep, former AK Party District Chairman Yakup Karakuş was attacked by four people at a café he visited on Monday; suspects were detained and one person was arrested.…

According to a report by Türkiye Gazetesi, two people in Denizli who noticed painless swelling in their leg and neck were diagnosed with lymphoma; one recovered after 6 rounds of chemotherapy, while the other underwent a bone marrow transplant after the disease recurred.…

According to Nefes, the membership of the Disarmament and Strategic Coordination Sub-Commission, planned to be established under the "Terror-Free Türkiye" process, is being debated; Presidential Chief Advisor Mehmet Uçum said Abdullah Öcalan would "take a role" in the commission.…

Citing Treasury and Finance Ministry budget data, Nefes reported that rent expenses from January to August 2026 totaled 25.712 billion lira (TL); the largest item was 9.907 billion lira (TL) spent on staff shuttle rentals.…

According to Nefes, records from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Food Public Notice system found solipedal (horse) meat in meat products, unauthorized dye in tea and ground pepper, and pharmaceutical active ingredients in some dietary supplements.…

Speaking to Türkiye Gazetesi, experts said prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men in Türkiye; Assoc. Prof. Tülay Eren recommended PSA testing, on a doctor's advice, from age 50, or from age 45 for those at high risk.…

According to BirGün's report, producers suffered losses on many products from sunflower to hazelnut due to purchase prices and input costs; the newspaper reported that the state debt arising from the gap between the support envisaged in the Agriculture Law and the support actually paid amounted to approximately 2 trillion lira.…

BirGün wrote that a Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette on September 5, 2026 granted TPAO urgent expropriation authority in its licensed fields in Thrace, and that the decision covers not only drilling sites but also pipelines, camps and storage facilities.…

BirGün reported that following the Capital Markets Board (SPK)'s decision to disclose investors holding large shares in investment funds, the Türkiye Religious Affairs Foundation's stake in a participation money market fund was 2.12 billion lira; the report referenced the Supreme Council of Religious Affairs' 2022 zakat fatwa.…

According to Sözcü, the roughly 1 million lira vehicle used by Denizli Provincial Mufti Abdullah Pamuklu was sold and replaced with a brand-new vehicle claimed to have a market value of about 5 million lira; the Din-Bir-Sen union criticized the purchase.…

According to Yeni Şafak, the 28th meeting of the Turkic States Intelligence Services Conference in Burabay, Kazakhstan, focused on joint threat assessment and rapid information sharing; Uzbekistan proposed a joint cybersecurity alliance.…

In a BirGün opinion column, it was claimed that a published presidential decision removed a total of 4,300 hectares from forest boundaries, with 3,882 hectares in Kızılcahamam alone, and that similar decisions since 2018 have covered approximately 5,000 hectares in total.…

According to a BirGün report, MHP Deputy Chairman Mevlüt Karakaya along with provincial and district party officials entered classrooms at Ankara Social Sciences High School; the school principal announced the visit saying "assessments were made on Türkiye's future."…

According to a decree published in the Official Gazette, the police chiefs of 39 provinces were changed; a total of 69 appointments and duty changes were made in the central and provincial organizations, and the current chiefs of 24 provinces were placed at the disposal of the General Directorate of Security.…

The sister of 27-year-old motorcycle courier Batuhan Karabulut, who died on March 17 after being hit from behind on the TEM Highway, said the incident was "not a traffic accident, but murder"; driver Uğur S., who is being tried for "causing death through conscious negligence," was rearrested.…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at the ceremony "We are in the Champions League of aviation" and noted that passenger numbers on domestic and international flights rose from 34.5 million in 2002 to more than 247 million in 2025. Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said the 2,820-meter runway is the first built on an east-west axis.…

The Trabzon Governor's Office reported that rainfall reached about 50 kilograms per square meter in some parts of the city, that 114 calls were received by the 112 Emergency Call Center, and that 533 personnel were deployed. The Meteorology authority issued a yellow-code warning for Giresun, Trabzon, Rize and Artvin for September 19.…

Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi said on TGRT Haber that 99.22% of stray animals had been collected, with work still ongoing in Istanbul, İzmir and Diyarbakır. Çiftçi said they aim to complete the process by October 15 in Istanbul and by the end of October in Diyarbakır.…

According to Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi, one in every two traffic accidents in Türkiye involves a motorcycle; the ministry has prepared a "Motorcycle Action Plan." According to Türkiye Gazetesi, 16% of these accidents involve couriers.…