Anadolu

As Greece and Turkey prepare for a pivotal round of talks on November 7, Ankara is pressing for broader discussions, including issues of sovereignty, territorial waters, airspace, the demilitarization of islands, and the control of certain geographical formations.

Rescue teams working in the devastated neighborhood of Beirut, where Hezbollah’s headquarters were located, recovered the body of the organization’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Sunday, according to a medical source and a security source who spoke to Reuters.

The newly opened Ilgaz Yıldız Art Gallery is set to play a pivotal role in bridging the cultural gap between Türkiye and Spain, particularly in contemporary art.

Located in the capital Madrid, the gallery is the first of its kind to showcase Turkish art in the country.

The case involving the mass explosions of pagers in Lebanon, which resulted in the death of 12 people, including two children, and injured nearly 3,000, resembles a spy thriller.

Construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant is being delayed by Germany's Siemens Energy withholding key parts required for it to be built by Russia's Rosatom, which is seeking alternatives in China, Turkey's energy minister said on Wednesday.

Turkey is interested in an offer from Tripoli to carry out energy exploration offshore Libya, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday.

"Libya has offered to us to work with our seismic vessels offshore. Frankly, we are warm to this. So we can be in the Libyan offshore to carry out seismic work," he told the state-owned Anadolu news agency.

One person died and two assailants were fatally shot in an attack on a courthouse in Istanbul on Tuesday, Turkish officials said.

The attackers, a man and woman, were killed during an "attempt to attack" a security checkpoint at the Caglayan courthouse, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted on social media.

Police have rescued seven hostages held at gunpoint for hours at a factory owned by US company Procter & Gamble in northwest Turkey, local officials said early Friday.

A gunman had sparked the standoff at the P&G facility in Gebze, Kocaeli province, in protest of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Governor Seddar Yavuz was quoted as saying by state-run Anadolu news agency.

A court in Istanbul has ordered 15 of 34 people detained on suspicion of spying for Israel be held in prison awaiting trial, Turkey's justice minister said late Friday.

The suspects were arrested Tuesday for allegedly planning to carry out activities that included "reconnaissance" and "pursuing, assaulting and kidnapping" foreign nationals living in Turkey.