President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said a legal package tied to the government’s “terror-free Türkiye” initiative would be submitted to parliament in the coming days, pledging to carry the process forward with the support of political parties.

The U.S. military completed a "heavy wave of strikes" against Iran on July 30 in retaliation against Tehran targeting American bases in Jordan, as fighting intensified in the Middle East war after a nearly week-long pause.

Türkiye has welcomed U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ efforts on Cyprus while reiterating its call for a settlement based on the sovereign equality and equal international status of the Turkish Cypriot people.

Wildfires continued to burn across southern Türkiye on July 29, with major blazes active in the tourist hubs of Antalya and Muğla while firefighters scrambled to suppress separate outbreaks in Adıyaman and Manisa.

The mayor of Istanbul’s Üsküdar district, Sinem Dedetaş, was detained on July 29 along with five others as part of an expanding corruption investigation into alleged bribery and extortion linked to construction permits.