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Defense Industry President Haluk Görgün: The SİPER Air Defense System has entered the mass production phase and the first deliveries have been made.

Turkish Foreign Minister: Turkey communicated with Israel through intelligence agencies and conveyed its views and proposals regarding the Sweida crisis. With US mediation, a ceasefire will be announced in Syria within the next three hours.

Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan: We’re hearing reports of YPG movements. They should avoid any escalation. Don’t jeopardize the current process

Turkish Foreign Minister: Dividing Syria means perpetuating chaos, and we can never accept that.

Turkish Vice President: Israel's attacks on Syria pose a clear threat not only to Syria's sovereignty but also to the stability of our region.

Axios confirms: A senior U.S. official says Trump administration again urged Israel to halt strikes in Syria and open dialogue with Syrian government to ease tensions. U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack spoke with Israeli minister Ron Dermer on Tuesday and Wednesday, asking Israel to “pause and take a breath.”

Turkish Foreign Ministry: Israeli strikes on Damascus are attempts to sabotage Syrian efforts to establish peace and security.

Turkish Foreign Ministry: We condemn Israel's interference in developments in southern Syria using military force, and we stress the need for an immediate halt to these attacks.

UAE's President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to pay an official visit to Turkiye tomorrow

Tom Barrack: We want a unified Syria and a constitution that guarantees a parliament that represents everyone.

US envoy to Turkey and Syria, Tom Barrack: We hope and expect that President Trump's support for the B-2 raid in Iran represents an opportunity. This opportunity may be short-lived, as Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis are all, at least for the time being, in a defensive posture.

Erdogan: We hope that with the important steps taken in the process of disarming the PKK, we will achieve Türkiye's security goals and sustainable peace in the region.

PKK militants burn their weapons in a symbolic ceremony on Friday in Iraq’s Suleymaniyah, vowing to complete the disarmament process as agreed with Turkey

Statement of the "Peace and Democratic Society Group" that laid down its weapons today in Sulaymaniyah Governorate: nn We came here today based on the call made by our leader Abdullah Öcalan. As an expression of our goodwill and firm resolve, we are destroying our weapons of our own free will, and in the presence of all of you, We are fully hopeful that this step of ours will bring goodness, peace, and freedom to our people and to all the peoples of Turkey and the Middle East. We are aware and feel the validity, necessity, and importance of this historic step that we are taking.

PKK announces voluntary disarmament. In a historic shift, the Party says; it will lay down arms and pursue its struggle through legal and democratic means

Syrian Observatory: Sit-in in Darbasiyah to protest deteriorating water and electricity services

Ocalan says armed struggle against Türkiye is over

PKK leader Ocalan calls on the Turkish parliament to oversee the peace and disarmament process.

PKK's imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan is heard for the first time in decades. He calls PKK to formally disarm itself, says Kurdish identity is recognised by Turkey and therefore no armed struggle is needed

A Turkish prosecutor issued a detention order for the Istanbul provincial head of the main opposition Republic People's Party (CHP)

Turkey says four more soldiers died from methane gas exposure in the Kurdistan Region, bringing the death toll to 12 - Statement

A Turkish prosecutor launched an investigation into main opposition leader Ozgur Ozel following remarks he made criticising the government and the president

The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced the deaths of five of its soldiers due to "methane inhalation" during a search and combing operation in a cave in the Kurdistan Region.

Fake diploma indictment against İmamoğlu: 8 years and 9 months in prison requested

Turkish Foreign Minister Meets Hamas Delegation in Ankara to Discuss Gaza Ceasefire Talks

Turkish riot police pushed back the protesters and used pepper spray, as demonstrators clashed with the police at a rally marking the 100th day since the detention of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu

Amid violent protests, Turkey’s President Erdogan reacted strongly to Le Man magazine's controversial cartoons of Islamic prophets. Calling for respect and warning against insults to the Prophet, Erdogan underscored their significance in Turkish history

Turkey: Protests have erupted in İzmir following the July 1st arrest of 120 officials from the opposition CHP (Republican People's Party), including former mayor Tunç Soyer and provincial leader Şenol Aslanoğlu. Turkish authorities issued 157 arrest warrants

Turkish President Erdogan has agreed to release 420 cubic meters per second of water to Iraq — State TV

Turkish Intelligence Chief İbrahim Kalin has arrived in Erbil and is expected to hold meetings with President Barzani and other senior officials of the Kurdistan Region