Turkey
🇹🇷 Turkey signals first peace overture in decade to end 40-year PKK conflict, as Erdogan ally proposes jailed leader Ocalan announce surrender from parliament. Move comes amid regional tensions, despite recent PKK attack killing five in Ankara.
🇹🇷 Erdogan unveils ambitious “Steel Dome” defense plan to rival Israel’s Iron Dome, vowing military independence despite US sanctions. Announcement comes after Kurdish militant attack on key aerospace facility last week.
🇷🇺 BRICS flexes growing muscle at Putin-hosted Kazan summit, drawing UN chief and NATO’s Turkey as potential member. While far from challenging IMF or dollar dominance, the bloc’s expansion signals shifting global power as developing nations seek alternatives to Western-led systems.
🇹🇷 In response to the deadly attack in Ankara, Turkey launched airstrikes on PKK targets in northern Iraq and Syria. The Turkish government suspects PKK involvement in the attack, which left five dead and 22 injured. The strikes reportedly destroyed 32 PKK targets as tensions escalate.
🇹🇷 A terrorist attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries near Ankara has left five dead and 22 injured. Two attackers were killed, and officials suspect PKK involvement. The assailants entered the site armed, triggering explosions and gunfire, with employees later evacuated.
🇹🇷 Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based cleric accused of orchestrating Turkey’s 2016 coup attempt, has died at 83. Once an ally of President Erdogan, Gulen’s relationship with the Turkish leader soured, leading to his movement being labeled a terrorist organization.
🇩🇪 Germany is stepping back while Britain leads the charge on supplying Eurofighter jets to Turkey. Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed the project is still in its early stages, with the UK taking point in a potential deal with NATO ally and “strongman” Erdogan.