Turkish police have detained a former military officer wanted over the 2016 attempt to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the southwestern resort town of Marmaris, the Interior Ministry announced on Aug. 1.

France and Italy tightened checks on travelers arriving from Spain on Aug. 1 after as many as 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, triggering a humanitarian and political crisis.

Türkiye’s tourism revenue edged down just 0.1 percent year-on-year to $25.75 billion in the first half of 2026, as higher nightly spending and longer stays offset a decline in visitor numbers, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has sai...

Türkiye’s KAAN fighter program has entered a new testing phase after the P1 prototype began taxi trials on July 31 ahead of its planned maiden flight.

Turkish Cypriot President Tufan Erhürman has said the European Union cannot participate as a party in any future Cyprus negotiations but could support confidence-building measures on the island.