Fahrettin Altun

The chief spokesperson for the Turkish president's office on Sunday denied claims by the main opposition CHP party suggesting that Turkey is prepared to take back asylum seekers from Germany in exchange for Berlin approving Ankara's request for Eurofighter jets.

A picture taken during a tour organised by Hezbollah media office on Oct. 2, 2024 shows journalists inspecting the destruction in Israeli airstrikes on a neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs.

Palestinian children run as they flee from Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 6, 2023.

Türkiye's communications director, Fahrettin Altun, marked the first anniversary of what he described as the Israeli "genocide" in Gaza on Monday with a strong condemnation, urging global intervention.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reaffirmed Türkiye's unwavering support for Gaza with an AI-created video he shared, pledging to stand by its people through all available means and to back their "honorable resistance."

Erdoğan shared a "boycott"-themed video created with artificial intelligence by the AK Party on his social media account, supporting the Palestinian people.

Türkiye's Communications Director Fahrettin Altun on Tuesday condemned Israel's genocide in the Gaza Strip, urging the international community to unite in opposition to what he described as ongoing barbarism.

Altun used the hashtag "333rd day of genocide" to make his comments on the 333rd day of Israel's war on Gaza.

Turkish officials on Thursday lauded Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' speech in parliament, pledging their continued support until "complete freedom" is achieved.

Türkiye began unblocking Instagram Saturday evening after depriving access to millions of users for nine days.

"Following our negotiations with representatives of Instagram, we will unblock access starting from 9:30 p.m. (18:30 GMT) after they agreed to respond to our demands," transport and infrastructure minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said on X.

Administrators from the Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Ministry on Monday convened with Instagram officials over the ongoing four-day access blockage on the social media platform in the country.

Instagram users in Türkiye woke up Sunday to find the social media network blocked for the third consecutive day, following censorship accusations against the U.S. company from a high-ranking Turkish official.

The BTK communications authority announced on its website on Friday that the Meta-owned platform had been frozen, without giving any reason.

Turkish officials rejected Israeli attempts to "denigrate" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday and condemned Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz for his latest provocation.

Katz targeted Erdoğan in a post on social media, claiming that the Turkish president is turning his country into a "dictatorship."