Author: Daily Sabah

A tragic incident in the southeastern province of Hakkari has brought attention back to the ongoing debates over stray dogs in Türkiye. On Sunday, 12-year-old Eslem Teker was attacked by a pack of stray dogs while walking in an empty field along the Ipek Yolu in Yüksekova district. Bystanders who witnessed the attack called emergency services and paramedics rushed to the scene. Despite immediate treatment at the Yüksekova State Hospital, Teker succumbed to her injuries. The young girl’s family, who were waiting at the hospital, were overwhelmed with grief, with some relatives reportedly suffering nervous breakdowns. Following the attack, authorities…

A tragic incident in the southeastern province of Hakkari has brought attention back to the ongoing debates over stray dogs in Türkiye. On Sunday, 12-year-old Eslem Teker was attacked by a pack of stray dogs while walking in an empty field along the Ipek Yolu in Yüksekova district. Bystanders who witnessed the attack called emergency services and paramedics rushed to the scene. Despite immediate treatment at the Yüksekova State Hospital, Teker succumbed to her injuries. The young girl’s family, who were waiting at the hospital, were overwhelmed with grief, with some relatives reportedly suffering nervous breakdowns. Following the attack, authorities…

Two wanted suspects with international arrest warrants were brought to Türkiye from Armenia, the Interior Ministry announced on Sunday, after cooperation with Yerevan. The ministry released a photo of Ercan Yılmaz and İbrahim Kaymak aboard a plane among masked members of Turkish police en route to Türkiye. Ercan Yılmaz was linked to notorious mobster Barış Boyun, who was captured in Italy last year. His gang, based in the northern province of Ordu, was subject to a series of operations last year by Turkish police across the country. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that Yılmaz has been at large for the…

Still basking in its victory in last year’s municipal elections, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is confident of defeating President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Yet, the party appears indecisive in how to achieve it. A senior CHP figure said they were planning multiple rallies in the coming days in response to the arrest of two of its mayors who ran the Istanbul districts Esenyurt and Beşiktaş. “We will take more general, more tougher, more important steps. It will be a process to take over the government,” Ali Mahir Başarır, party’s group deputy chair told reporters over the weekend. Since…

Two lawmakers from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) will apply for a visit to Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the PKK terrorist group, the party announced on Sunday. This will be the second visit in months by the same delegation and is part of the terror-free Türkiye initiative launched by a government ally. Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan will formally apply on Monday to the Justice Ministry for a visit to Imralı, a Marmara Sea island where Öcalan is incarcerated. It is unclear when the ministry will approve the visit, but it is expected to happen…

Addressing supporters of his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Friday in the central Turkish province of Konya, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lambasted the Republican People’s Party (CHP) for its unwavering support for its arrested mayor, Rıza Akpolat. CHP leader Özgür Özel and senior figures of his party have been campaigning for the release of Akpolat, mayor of Istanbul’s Beşiktaş district, since he was detained earlier this week and formally arrested early Friday. The CHP claims the accusations of tender rigging against Akpolat are politically motivated and are not based on concrete evidence. A CHP lawmaker has claimed that…

Turkish security forces have eliminated 29 PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria near the Turkish border, the Defense Ministry announced Friday. The terrorists were plotting an attack, the ministry said in a post on X. “Wherever they may be, our fight against terrorist groups will continue until the last is eliminated,” the ministry vowed. The PKK and its U.S.-backed Syrian offshoot YPG have sought to exploit the situation in post-Assad Syria to accelerate efforts to establish a “terrorist corridor” along the border with Türkiye. The PKK/YPG terrorist group and Daesh threaten Türkiye’s borders and the territorial integrity of Syria and remain…

Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden amended an executive order that raised a dispute with its NATO ally Türkiye. The executive order on Syria fulfills Ankara’s demands to remove all expressions regarding Türkiye from an earlier decree that called for sanctions on the country over its Operation Peace Spring in 2019. Türkiye’s operation in its neighbor Syria angered Washington, which also serves as an ally of the YPG, the Syrian wing of the PKK terrorist group that has killed thousands in Türkiye since the 1980s. The United States, which partners with the YPG in Syria under the guise of a fight…

Rıza Akpolat, mayor of Istanbul’s upscale Beşiktaş district from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), was among 23 arrested early Friday on charges of corruption regarding tenders. Akpolat and other suspects were detained earlier this week as part of an investigation into rigging allegations that involved the municipality, companies run by municipalities and a businessperson awarded lucrative contracts in Beşiktaş on Istanbul’s European side. That businessperson, Aziz Ihsan Aktaş, was among other arrested suspects after they testified for hours at the courthouse on Thursday. The CHP converged a large crowd outside the Beşiktaş municipality building after the announcement of…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday welcomed Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, the first Mongolian head of state to visit the country in 21 years. The president’s four-day visit began with a ceremony at the Presidential Complex in the capital, Ankara. The two leaders are expected to discuss expanding bilateral ties and exchanging views on international and regional issues. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Mongolian counterpart Ukhnaa Khurelsukh shake hands as they meet in Ankara, Jan. 16, 2025. (AA Photo) Earlier on Thursday, Ankara hosted a business meeting where the two countries’ representatives signed a deal to establish a joint chamber of commerce…