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More than 1,500 passengers of the Mano Maritime cruise ship are stranded on the Greek island of Syros due to a threat of an explosive device in the port

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung: Türkiye is our blood brother in the eyes of our people, a brother with whom we are bound by blood.We owe the existence of today's Republic of Korea to some 20,000 Turkish soldiers who fought alongside us for our freedom and peace on a distant battlefield overseas, in a place whose very name was unfamiliar to them

A Turkish soldier, Yusuf Sait Ünlü, was shot and killed while investigating an attempted illegal border crossing near Iran on Saturday, Turkey's Defense Ministry says. Authorities have not yet identified who fired the shots

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed to work on restoring the Black Sea grain corridor.

Rubio will have a bilateral meeting with @HakanFidan and with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince @FaisalbinFarhan in Atlanta, Georgia tomorrow

Greek PM calls Turkey-Libya maritime deal 'void;' calls for global truce after Black Sea attacks

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis criticised the Turkish-Libyan maritime memorandum, saying Türkiye and Libya had attempted to draw a maritime boundary as though Greek islands such as Crete, Rhodes and Karpathos did not exist. He called the agreement a flagrant violation of international maritime law, arguing that sovereign rights cannot be erased by drawing arbitrary lines on a map.

Azerbaijani Presiden Ilham Aliyev skipped the summit of the organization of Turkic States in Ankara despite a personal invitation from Erdoğan

Turkiye detains 85 suspected members of group allegedly planning Starlink sabotage in Poland. Operation against the Daltonlar group took place on October 27 in 30 provinces of Turkiye. Among those arrested are 35 minors.

Türkiye's Defence Ministry says Ankara is ready to sign a maritime boundary agreement with Egypt, claiming Cairo could gain more than 15,000 square kilometres of additional maritime jurisdiction compared with a potential agreement with Greece. Egypt and Greece signed a partial maritime delimitation deal in 2020, which Türkiye does not recognise. The proposal comes amid improving Turkish-Egyptian relations.

Iranian media: A meeting between Iranian officials and representatives of the Mecca Coalition countries has begun in Tehran

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said a meeting between Iran and the Mecca Accords countries will focus on Israeli expansionism, developments in occupied Palestine and the situation in Lebanon. He welcomed regional efforts to establish security mechanisms based on regional interests, describing the meeting as a possible step toward "indigenous security." Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalın are expected to meet Iranian officials in Tehran today to discuss regional security cooperation, according to Iran's National Security Council.

Saudi defence minister, Pakistani army chief, and Turkish intelligence head all heading into Tehran for talks with Iranian senior officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian and Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaee

Ankara negotiations between Libya’s western and eastern authorities have failed, sources revealed. Both sides, led by Abd al-Salam al-Zubi representing the Government of National Unity and Saddam Haftar representing the eastern camp, left Turkey without reaching an agreement on several key issues—most notably, the powers of the Supreme Military Council and the authority of the Presidential Council

Turkish Armed Forces aim to produce 5 million kamikaze drones within five years and 10 million within a decade, Chief of General Staff Gen. Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu says

Zorlu Enerji, the power producer and distributor owned by one of Turkey's largest conglomerates, will miss a coupon payment due this week on its $1.1 billion bond, sources say

Türkiye and Canada have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen partnerships in the defence sector

Turkish military aircraft reportedly carried out airstrikes on Wednesday night in areas surrounding Berdaale district in Somalia's Bay region

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will host his counterparts from Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany in Istanbul on Friday for talks on regional conflicts, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters.

Here is the official English text of the Mecca pact submitted to the Turkish Parliament

Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan, and Indonesia signed a defense cooperation agreement in Doha aimed at strengthening military capabilities, training, and defense cooperation.

Approximately 642 displaced families from camps in the countryside of Hasakah, northeastern Syria, are preparing to return to their home areas in SereKaniye (Ras al-Ain).

Reuters: Libyan parliament approves maritime agreement with Türkiye, revokes 2020 boycott resolution

Members of the Turkish mafia group "The Daltons" allegedly involved in the attack on a Starlink site in Poland last week, acting on behalf of Russian intelligence.

TASS news agency reported that Sergei Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister, met with Hakan Fidan, Turkey's Foreign Minister, in Baku

Turkish officer killed in Kurdistan region of Iraq in shooting incident.

Turkish police raid office of opposition TV channel, the broadcaster says

Reuters: According to a Turkish diplomatic source: Communication between the Foreign Ministers of Türkiye and Iran to discuss ongoing efforts to resolve regional conflicts.

Syrian Presidential Advisor @MazloumAbdi: it's nine months that the implementation of the agreement started. A great part of the integration is passed already Syrian Presidential Advisor : if you want to build a new Syria, you have to integrate these institutions (military, administrative) x.com/vvanwilgenburg

Turkish President: Preparations for the implementation of the Mecca agreement are ongoing, and the agreement will be presented to parliament soon.