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Behind France’s protests: Is it migrants or money?

In-Depth

4 min read

Trump blames migrants for France’s protests. Official data on immigration, prices, and wages in four European countries tells a different story

Behind France’s protests: Is it migrants or money?

Riyadh airport tries to reopen as Houthi missiles, drones target Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

2 min read

Riyadh airport reopened after a two-week closure as Houthis called it a 'military target' and fired ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia

Riyadh airport tries to reopen as Houthi missiles, drones target Saudi Arabia

Houthis turning country into global threat, Yemen's foreign minister warns

Yemen Conflict

4 min read VIDEO

Houthis turning country into global threat, Yemen's foreign minister warns

France asks telecom operators to prepare to suspend social media during protests

Europe

1 min read

France asks telecom operators to prepare to suspend social media during protests

Iran claims downing US drone as Pentagon readies post-midterm strike plans

Iran War

7 min read

Iran claims downing US drone as Pentagon readies post-midterm strike plans

Tehran claims shooting down a US LUCAS kamikaze drone over Bandar Abbas as the Pentagon reportedly readies strike plans on Iran for after the midterms

Trump keeps Iran strike option open while floating deal

on radar

6 min read

Iran war could resume before Israeli vote, Tehran believes

on radar

8 min read VIDEO

Pentagon’s real estate problem in Gulf

Op-Ed

7 min read

Otto Eats: Kelle paca, because therapy is closed at 3 am

Recipe

Otto Eats: Kelle paca, because therapy is closed at 3 am

Food

8 min read

‘The FIA has an explanation for that’

In-Depth

‘The FIA has an explanation for that’

Motorsports

6 min read

Türkiye’s power capacity reaches 127,355 megawatts, with renewables at 63.1%

Energy

2 min read

Galatasaray, Fenerbahce meet for 407th time in Istanbul

Football

3 min read

Spotlight

Rome? Done. Cairo? Next. Ahmet Umit is taking his detectives on a world tour

Rome? Done. Cairo? Next. Ahmet Umit is taking his detectives on a world tour

10 min read

Israel’s reckoning: Eisenkot, Abbas and the fight to bring Netanyahu down

Israel’s reckoning: Eisenkot, Abbas and the fight to bring Netanyahu down

9 min read

Vucic or the students? Serbia faces a vote neither side expects to lose

Vucic or the students? Serbia faces a vote neither side expects to lose

10 min read

Is Europe ready for a Türkiye with little left to lose?

Is Europe ready for a Türkiye with little left to lose?

4 min read

'Eventually Germans': Merz praised the result, not the law behind it

'Eventually Germans': Merz praised the result, not the law behind it

Beyond Washington: Where Türkiye fits into Ottawa’s middle-power strategy

Beyond Washington: Where Türkiye fits into Ottawa’s middle-power strategy

Enes Berna Kilic

South Korean museum director resigned. Was it a moral choice or the only option left?

South Korean museum director resigned. Was it a moral choice or the only option left?

The NFL has referees. Democracy could use a few

The NFL has referees. Democracy could use a few

A. Craig Copetas

Pentagon’s real estate problem in Gulf

Pentagon’s real estate problem in Gulf

How Libya-Türkiye maritime deal rewrites regional geopolitics

How Libya-Türkiye maritime deal rewrites regional geopolitics

Serhat Suha Cubukcuoglu

End of Middle East proxy wars? Here's what the Mecca pact promises

End of Middle East proxy wars? Here's what the Mecca pact promises

America, are you ready for Abdul?

America, are you ready for Abdul?

Germany’s far right has a goal. Not everyone makes the team

Germany’s far right has a goal. Not everyone makes the team

Andreas Evagora

Would replacing Zelenskyy change the war?

Would replacing Zelenskyy change the war?

Deniz Karakullukcu

From arms embargo to free trade talks: Canada and Türkiye reset ties

From arms embargo to free trade talks: Canada and Türkiye reset ties

First thieves, now protesters. The Louvre’s security problem goes beyond its walls

First thieves, now protesters. The Louvre’s security problem goes beyond its walls

Croque-mort: The men who want to bite democracy's toes before shooting it

Croque-mort: The men who want to bite democracy's toes before shooting it

A. Craig Copetas

Ethiopia has Mekelle but can it win Tigray?

Ethiopia has Mekelle but can it win Tigray?

Goktug Caliskan

Türkiye has until 2027 to get its market act together: What’s at stake?

Türkiye has until 2027 to get its market act together: What’s at stake?

Omer Faruk Bingol

What the mysterious Ankara-Baku tension really tells us

What the mysterious Ankara-Baku tension really tells us

Time for Türkiye to slay the Ouroboros in the Caucasus

Time for Türkiye to slay the Ouroboros in the Caucasus

Benyamin Poghosyan

Could Kaliningrad spark a war between Russia and NATO?

Could Kaliningrad spark a war between Russia and NATO?

Trump's diesel deal costs Merz his White House partner on Russia

Trump's diesel deal costs Merz his White House partner on Russia

Pete Hegseth’s firing squad—great TV, a terrible idea, a gift to extremists

Pete Hegseth’s firing squad—great TV, a terrible idea, a gift to extremists

Shorts

Trump found a villain for France’s protests

Middle Eastern or Mediterranean?

Grabbing Russia by the tomatoes?

Istanbul's mystery mace

Flavors of Türkiye hit DC

The sunken mosque emerges

Istanbul underwater

Greek MEP crosses red line

Traces of Islam in the founding of US

The baklava joke that stuck

Not the next COVID

Istanbul's ticking time bombs

Is America's reputation lost in the Middle East?

Married against the odds

Fake columnist targets dissidents

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Discover

Yeldegirmeni: Istanbul's very own Brooklyn

Yeldegirmeni: Istanbul's very own Brooklyn

With its tea houses, traditional bakeries, artisan workshops, and colorful stree...

Norway Wealth Fund cries foul over fund scandal as Turkish portfolio takes $300M hit

Norway Wealth Fund cries foul over fund scandal as Turkish portfolio takes $300M hit

$2.3T sovereign wealth fund says it is victim of Türkiye’s market mess as its Tu...

2,800-year-old bone flute, 4,500-year-old idol head unearthed at ancient Troy in Türkiye

2,800-year-old bone flute, 4,500-year-old idol head unearthed at ancient Troy in Türkiye

Archaeologists at ancient Troy in Türkiye uncover a 2,800-year-old bone flute, t...

Turkish Cuisine

Otto Eats: Coban Kavurma, the lamb dish that never needed a sauce or a sultan

Recipe

8 min read

Otto Eats: Coban Kavurma, the lamb dish that never needed a sauce or a sultan

Not a proverb? Study links Byzantine fish carvings to the devil

Not a proverb? Study links Byzantine fish carvings to the devil

In-Depth

5 min read

Otto Eats: Cevizli Sucuk—The sweet in sausage's clothing

Otto Eats: Cevizli Sucuk—The sweet in sausage's clothing

Recipe

8 min read

Expats in Türkiye

Türkiye targets $70B tourism revenue in 2027, eyes spot among world's top 5

Türkiye targets $70B tourism revenue in 2027, eyes spot among world's top 5

Two sides of Türkiye head for very different weather this week

Two sides of Türkiye head for very different weather this week

Istanbul floods: What victims should do to claim insurance compensation

Istanbul floods: What victims should do to claim insurance compensation

Editor's Pick

Exclusive—Fake AI columnist dupes Canadian press to target Moroccan dissidents, and a Turkish 'middleman'

Exclusive—Fake AI columnist dupes Canadian press to target Moroccan dissidents, and a Turkish 'middleman'

The phantom writer communicated exclusively via email and rarely phoned Canadian publications, who were oblivious until Türkiye Today unraveled the matter

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Hells Angels leader Necati Arabaci sentenced to 15.5 years in Türkiye

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Riyadh airport splits domestic and international flights between two terminals

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Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes off Vanuatu, tsunami warning lifted

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Kim Jong Un arrives in China via newly opened bridge after death rumors

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Iran says 2 supertankers hit naval mines in Strait of Hormuz

Aksungur becomes first UAV to drop Aselsan's aselBUOY sonobuoys at sea

Aksungur becomes first UAV to drop Aselsan's aselBUOY sonobuoys at sea

Defense Industry

6 min read

TAI's Aksungur became the first UAV to drop Aselsan's aselBUOY sonobuoys, detecting underwater targets off Antalya in the TURNAs-26 exercise

Hells Angels leader Necati Arabaci sentenced to 15.5 years in Türkiye

Crime

6 min read

Turkish court in Izmir sentences alleged Hells Angels ringleader Necati Arabaci to 15.5 years in prison for founding, leading a criminal organization

Hells Angels leader Necati Arabaci sentenced to 15.5 years in Türkiye

Turkish army team wins first international military drone competition

BIMDTC-2026

8 min read

Türkiye's Land Forces team won the first international military drone competition in Ankara, beating Pakistan, Italy and France in the final

Turkish army team wins first international military drone competition

Türkiye arrests 15 more including brokers, company chairs in fund scandal

fund scandal

5 min read

Widening market distortion probe put 103 suspects behind bars as Türkiye begins rolling out compensation framework for investors caught up in turmoil

Türkiye arrests 15 more including brokers, company chairs in fund scandal

Türkiye’s power capacity reaches 127,355 megawatts, with renewables at 63.1%

Türkiye’s power capacity reaches 127,355 megawatts, with renewables at 63.1%

Energy

5 min read

Audi to build first US factory in Georgia with $4.2B investment

Audi to build first US factory in Georgia with $4.2B investment

Automotive

5 min read

Türkiye's Tupras inks US deal to explore small reactors for industrial use

Türkiye's Tupras inks US deal to explore small reactors for industrial use

Small Modular Reactors

3 min read

Riyadh airport tries to reopen as Houthi missiles, drones target Saudi Arabia

Riyadh airport tries to reopen as Houthi missiles, drones target Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

7 min read

Riyadh airport reopened after a two-week closure as Houthis called it a 'military target' and fired ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia

Houthis turning country into global threat, Yemen's foreign minister warns

Houthis turning country into global threat, Yemen's foreign minister warns

Yemen Conflict

8 min read

Yemen’s foreign minister says the Houthis are turning Yemen into a platform threatening the region and the world and are using peace talks to rearm

France asks telecom operators to prepare to suspend social media during protests

France asks telecom operators to prepare to suspend social media during protests

Europe

5 min read

Operators express reservations and say they lack the capacity to implement the measures in the short term

Bank of Israel says crypto cannot be used to bypass sanctions

Bank of Israel says crypto cannot be used to bypass sanctions

Middle East

8 min read

The Bank of Israel says cryptocurrencies cannot help the country bypass sanctions after Netanyahu proposes them as a contingency plan.

Lula, Bolsonaro neck and neck as Brazilians vote in runoff

Lula, Bolsonaro neck and neck as Brazilians vote in runoff

Americas

7 min read

Trump backs Netanyahu, but some advisers eye Israel without him

Trump backs Netanyahu, but some advisers eye Israel without him

Israel

8 min read

Bolsonaro edges Lula in final polls ahead of Brazil runoff

Bolsonaro edges Lula in final polls ahead of Brazil runoff

Americas

4 min read

Sri Lanka calls in its armed forces to guard wild elephants

Sri Lanka calls in its armed forces to guard wild elephants

Environment

3 min read

Otto Eats: Kelle paca, because therapy is closed at 3 am

Recipe

Otto Eats: Kelle paca, because therapy is closed at 3 am

Food

10 min read

White sheets, red tomatoes: Türkiye’s seasonal workers keep the dry harvest going

White sheets, red tomatoes: Türkiye’s seasonal workers keep the dry harvest going

Lifestyle

Anthropic faces lawsuit over Elvis Presley’s music in AI training

Anthropic faces lawsuit over Elvis Presley’s music in AI training

Music

2 min read

Rights holders to Elvis Presley’s music accuse Anthropic of using 274 songs to train artificial intelligence models without permission

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival opens 63rd edition under theme 'DAIMA'

Cinema

9 min read

A section titled Roots, Light and Camera will screen 13 films from Lebanon, Iran, Palestine and Ukraine on filmmakers working in the shadow of war

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival opens 63rd edition under theme 'DAIMA'

Where sparrowhawks are family, Türkiye's Rize celebrates its living heritage

sparrowhawk

4 min read

A sparrowhawk festival in Türkiye's Rize brought together bird keepers and students to celebrate a local tradition and pass it on to younger generations

Where sparrowhawks are family, Türkiye's Rize celebrates its living heritage

'Can you get me out?' Dakar exhibition reveals human suffering along migration routes

Events

3 min read

An exhibition in Dakar shares 400 migrant testimonies, revealing abuse, human trafficking and desperate journeys through Libya and the Mediterranean

'Can you get me out?' Dakar exhibition reveals human suffering along migration routes

Galatasaray, Fenerbahce meet for 407th time in Istanbul

Galatasaray, Fenerbahce meet for 407th time in Istanbul

Football

5 min read

Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island canceled because of rain and poor visibility

Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island canceled because of rain and poor visibility

Motorsports

5 min read

Sengun records double-double as Houston beats Atlanta 121-114

Sengun records double-double as Houston beats Atlanta 121-114

Basketball

5 min read

Club

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AMED SPORTİF FAALİYETLER

AMEDSPOR

9

20

2

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

GALATASARAY

8

19

3

KASIMPAŞA A.Ş.

KASIMPAŞA

9

16

4

FENERBAHÇE A.Ş.

FENERBAHÇE

8

16

5

TRABZONSPOR A.Ş.

TRABZONSPOR

8

16

6

BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş.

BEŞİKTAŞ JK

8

15

7

KOCAELİSPOR

KOCAELISPOR

9

15

8

ERZURUMSPOR FK

ERZURUMSPOR

9

14

9

ARCA ÇORUM FK

ÇORUM FK

8

13

10

CORENDON ALANYASPOR

ALANYASPOR

9

12

11

İSTANBUL BAŞAKŞEHİR FK

BAŞAKŞEHİR FK

8

11

12

ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR A.Ş.

RIZESPOR

8

10

13

GÖZTEPE A.Ş.

GÖZTEPE

8

9

14

GENÇLERBİRLİĞİ

GENÇLERBIRLIGI

8

8

15

GAZİANTEP FUTBOL KULÜBÜ A.Ş.

GAZİANTEP FK

9

8

16

TÜMOSAN KONYASPOR

KONYASPOR

8

5

17

SAMSUNSPOR A.Ş.

SAMSUNSPOR

9

4

18

EYÜPSPOR

EYÜPSPOR

9

3

The Rumpelstiltskin Report

Turks are barbaric Mongolians, says Greek MEP Fragkos hours before checking DNA results

The Rumpelstiltskin Report

The Rumpelstiltskin Report

5 min read

Turks are barbaric Mongolians, says Greek MEP Fragkos hours before checking DNA results

Hair Force One: American diplomacy gets a blowout

Hair Force One: American diplomacy gets a blowout

The Rumpelstiltskin Report

The Rumpelstiltskin Report

5 min read

Inside Türkiye's secret plan that alarmed German authorities

Inside Türkiye's secret plan that alarmed German authorities

The Rumpelstiltskin Report

The Rumpelstiltskin Report

3 min read

Beyond The Map

Thousands of migratory birds flock to Türkiye's Kizilirmak Delta

Environment

Thousands of migratory birds flock to Türkiye's Kizilirmak Delta

Bayam Redness rock formations in Türkiye's Kars resemble Arizona canyons

Bayam Redness rock formations in Türkiye's Kars resemble Arizona canyons

Travel

Divers document return of rare species off Princes' Islands

Divers document return of rare species off Princes' Islands

Beyond the Map

IN PICTURES

White sheets, red tomatoes: Türkiye’s seasonal workers keep the dry harvest going

White sheets, red tomatoes: Türkiye’s seasonal workers keep the dry harvest going

Gourd, hide and patience shape a nomadic bowed instrument

Gourd, hide and patience shape a nomadic bowed instrument

Ottoman scholar’s 1701 mosque gets its lead dome rebuilt

Ottoman scholar’s 1701 mosque gets its lead dome rebuilt

Violence erupts at second Guadalajara water protest in Mexico

Violence erupts at second Guadalajara water protest in Mexico

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Houthis turning country into global threat, Yemen's foreign minister warns

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Serbians head to polls as student movement targets Vucic’s party

Serbians head to polls as student movement targets Vucic’s party

Oct 25 2026

Türkiye’s power capacity reaches 127,355 megawatts, with renewables at 63.1%

Türkiye’s power capacity reaches 127,355 megawatts, with renewables at 63.1%

Oct 25 2026

Riyadh airport tries to reopen as Houthi missiles, drones target Saudi Arabia

Riyadh airport tries to reopen as Houthi missiles, drones target Saudi Arabia

Oct 25 2026

Houthis turning country into global threat, Yemen's foreign minister warns

Houthis turning country into global threat, Yemen's foreign minister warns

Oct 25 2026

Galatasaray, Fenerbahce meet for 407th time in Istanbul

Galatasaray, Fenerbahce meet for 407th time in Istanbul

Oct 25 2026

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