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President Erdoğan: The enemies of Kurds and Turks are one and the same. The forces who do not want Turkey to escape its 40-year terrorism scourge no longer even feel the need to hide their discomfort with the process. Without even looking at the blood of the 73,000 Gazans clinging to their hands, they shamelessly slander our country through our Kurdish brothers. We will not fall into this trap

Iraqi Airways will resume flights to Dubai tomorrow and to Sabiha Gökçen Airport in Turkey on Saturday.

President Erdoğan: We will not surrender to the language of hatred. We will continue to call a murderer a murderer. We will heed the cries of Palestinian mothers

President Erdoğan: The global system is cracking. Peace will come to our region, and it will happen despite current Israeli regime. Peace cannot be achieved with a clenched fist. The Israeli government, dissatisfied with the ceasefire, must be allowed to sabotage the process

A gun attack was allegedly carried out at a high school in the Siverek district of Şanlıurfa. In the incident where it was claimed that there were injured people, a large number of health personnel and special operations police were dispatched to the area. Efforts continue in the region to neutralize the attacker

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan: The effort to expand territory has always been one of Israel’s objectives. It was waiting for an opportunity to implement this, and after October 2023 it saw that such an opportunity had opened up. Essentially, Israel is not pursuing security, but rather more territory. It presents this expansionism under the guise of security needs. As this becomes more exposed, international awareness grows, and the political rhetoric surrounding the issue begins to shift and produce different effects

Turkish Foreign Minister: There are many difficulties that international forces could face in the Strait of Hormuz, therefore it must be opened through diplomacy.

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 36 km SSE of Finike, Turkey

April 12, 2026 The 66th founding anniversary of the Somali National Army was celebrated with ceremonies held across the country. Under the "Defense and Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement," The F-16 fighter jets, ATAK and AS-532 Cougar helicopters deployed by Turkiye to Somalia performed a salute flight at the ceremony held in Mogadishu

Turkish Foreign Ministry: Regarding the Social Media Post by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Turkey now calling Netanyahu Adolf Hitler and announcing criminal charges.

Netanyahu says Israel would continue to fight Iran and its proxies, and accuses Turkish President Erdogan of accommodating them and of having massacred Kurdish citizens

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 12 km NNE of Simav, Turkey

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda's military chief: We are going to end ALL diplomatic relations with Türkiye in the next 30 days if they do not address our issues

Türkiye’s Minister of Energy @aBayraktar1 has arrived in Mogadishu. He will attend the ceremony marking the start of duty of the Çağrı Bey ship, which will conduct oil drilling off the coast of Mogadishu

Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met in Ankara with US Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack, where they discussed regional and international developments and affirmed their commitment to continued coordination and consultation. (SANA)

Syrian Foreign Minister Shaibani is visiting Ankara today

Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "We strongly condemn Israel's intensifying attacks targeting Lebanon, which have resulted in numerous loss of lives."

Turkey said it carried out operations against Islamic State (IS) across the country, detaining nearly 200 people, a day after three attackers launched an extended gun battle with police outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul

Turkish President's Office: Erdogan told Trump by phone that no opportunity should be given to sabotage the ceasefire process.

Turkey’s hypersonic ballistic missile Tayfun 4, on the right, is being handed to the Turkish military today among many other systems. The range is expected to be more than 1500km

Erdogan: Our army will receive new national defense systems today, and we do not trust in the strength of others, but in the strength of our own arms.

Istanbul Governor: Attacker killed, two injured in shooting outside Israeli consulate

Reuters, citing a source in the Turkish Foreign Ministry: Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi discussed the Iran-Iran war and other developments during a phone call today.

Iran has refused to compromise on its demands and has rejected a proposed Hormuz opening for ceasefire deal -WSJ. The foreign ministers of Turkey, Egypt, and Pakistan held phone calls with Iran's foreign minister and Witkoff on Sunday, but no breakthrough was reached

Зеленский, Шараа и турецкий Фидан встретились в Дамаске

Following phone calls with Turkish and Pakistani FMs, Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi had a phone conversation with Egypt's Foreign Minister Abdelatty to discuss the regional situation amid the ongoing war

Президент Турции в ходе встречи с президентом Украины подтвердил свою готовность принять следующий раунд переговоров между делегациями Украины, США и России. Эрдоган заверил, что Турция готова сыграть значительную роль в достижении надежного мира для Украины и поддерживает суверенитет и территориальную целостность Украины.

Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 21 km SSE of Erciş, Turkey

Iranian Foreign Ministry: Araqchi and his Turkish counterpart discussed the repercussions of continued US-Israeli attacks on Iran

Путин провел телефонный разговор с Эрдоганом — Кремль. Обсуждался конфликт на Ближнем Востоке. Также они дальнейшие шаги по расширению российско-турецких политических и торгово-экономических связей.