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Addressing the seventh edition of the Religious Council organized by the Presidency of Religious Affairs on Tuesday in the capital, Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan highlighted the danger emanating from “a digital movement that aims to create an artificial religion by targeting Abrahamic religions, especially Islam.” He urged measures to protect Muslim values against “digital belief systems.” The council’s theme is religious services in a digitalized world, and participants, including Islamic scholars, academics specialized in communications, digital content creators and AI experts, will discuss the topic in the two-day event. “Undoubtedly, our religion is in safe hands, but this does…

Türkiye’s first lady Emine Erdoğan on Tuesday called for the continued inclusion of women in design and production processes as technology advances. Erdoğan spoke at the opening of the Global Women’s Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Delivering the keynote address of the forum, held with the theme of “Power of Influence,” the first lady highlighted the transformations around the world and the realities spurred on by digitalization and artificial intelligence. “The information produced within a week equals to a century in the past,” she said, pointing out research that predicts two out of every 10 professions will change…

“We have never been this close to a clash of civilizations; this is a warning for humanity,” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Tuesday in Portugal. He was addressing a forum for the Alliance of Civilizations, which Türkiye formed with Spain. The top diplomat of the country that is pursuing a diplomatic blitz for mediation in two major ongoing conflicts said the world should grow resistant to excluding, intolerant policies and respect other faiths and cultures. “We cannot accept any form of discrimination,” he told the 10th Global Forum of the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in Portugal’s Cascais. The forum…

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have closed the security loop in northern Iraq’s Zap region where the PKK terrorist group had a bastion, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler announced Tuesday. “Türkiye continues to take every measure and retaliate in fold to attempts to attack its troops in northern Iraq and Syria and most recently closed the loop in Zap,” Güler told a parliamentary budget committee, referring to Operation Claw-Lock. “Our operations in the region will continue with the same pace and determination,” he said, adding that every measure is taken to prevent any civilian deaths. Ankara Launched Operation Claw-Lock in April…

The leader of the government’s major ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), expanded on his call against PKK terrorism in a speech on Tuesday. Addressing the parliamentary group meeting of his party in the capital, Ankara, Devlet Bahçeli said he stood with what he said on Oct. 22. “We are waiting for the contact between Imralı and the DEM Party, waiting for it to take place without delay,” he said, referring to the island where PKK’s jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan is imprisoned and the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party). Bahçeli told the same meeting in October that Öcalan…

Türkiye is widening its crackdown on terrorism on its soil as authorities round up suspects linked to the PKK, Daesh and the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) in nationwide operations. Security measures have been tightened across the country following an attack by PKK terrorists in Ankara last month that killed five and injured 22 others. Police captured 231 PKK/YPG suspects in raids across 30 provinces, including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Diyarbakır, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced Tuesday. “The suspects are facing charges of operating on behalf of the PKK’s political and press affiliates, spreading terrorist propaganda on social media, raising funds…

Istanbul Başakşehir will attempt to salvage their dismal Conference League campaign on Wednesday as they face winless Petrocub Hincesti at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium. Both teams are rooted at the bottom of Group C, desperate to break their continental duck. Once Süper Lig champions, the Turkish side has endured a season to forget both domestically and in Europe. Çağdaş Atan’s men have stumbled to eighth in the league with just three wins from 12 matches, six points off last season’s fourth-place finish. In Europe, their plight is even grimmer. The Grey Owls opened their Conference League account with back-to-back defeats…

Real Madrid’s quest to reclaim dominance in Europe reaches a pivotal moment Wednesday as the 15-time champions take on Liverpool in a high-stakes Champions League clash. The rivalry, rich with history and tension, continues to favor Madrid, who have an eight-match unbeaten streak against the Reds, including decisive wins in the 2018 and 2022 finals. Los Blancos have struggled to find consistency in the revamped Champions League format. They sit 18th in the standings – far from their usual elite positioning – with two group-stage losses already. A surprise 1-0 defeat to Lille and a 3-1 humbling by AC Milan…

Istanbul, Turkey – In a shocking daylight robbery, a 57-year-old Norwegian lawyer was violently attacked and robbed of $400,000 in cash in the heart of Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district. The lawyer, who had arrived in the city from Oslo on Friday, November 22, was in Istanbul to represent a client in a major financial matter involving tax payments to the Turkish government. The robbery occurred on Monday, November 25, shortly after the lawyer completed a transaction at Coinsfera, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the bustling Beyoğlu area. He was en route to the Beyoğlu tax office in a taxi when the…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Türkiye has been prioritizing the issue of Gaza on all international platforms and will continue to raise its voice for Palestinians until Palestine is fully liberated. Speaking at a news conference following a cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara on Monday, Erdoğan said Türkiye has been striving to take serious steps to end the genocide. “We have been working to make all international organizations, primarily the United Nations, take coercive measures to stop Israeli aggression,” Erdoğan told reporters, adding that Ankara has been working day and night to oppose the Israeli attacks. He noted that…