Türkiye in Focus

Weekly newsletter by TRT World Research Centre

In this week’s edition of Türkiye in Focus, we explore the following topics:

– The start of the new legislative year featured notable messages of dialogue exchanged between the political parties.

– The rivalry between the CHP’s mayors of Ankara and Istanbul for the presidential candidacy has come into the spotlight.

– Israel’s attacks on Lebanon dominated the Turkish news agenda. TEKNOFEST, Türkiye’s leading technology festival, kicked off.

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