Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has lauded the economic impact of foreign students in Türkiye, highlighting their contribution of $3 billion annually.

"There are 340,000 students [in Türkiye] from 198 different countries in the world. Of them, 95 percent study with their own means," Erdoğan said at an event at Istanbul's Marmara University on Sept. 13.

Türkiye's First Lady Emine Erdoğan emphasized the global challenge of protecting children's rights in a video message to the fourth Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen on Friday.

A Turkish court on Friday jailed pending trial the mother and brother of a murdered eight-year-old girl whose body was found in a sack hidden under rocks in a case that horrified the nation and triggered protests since her disappearance three weeks ago.

Russia completely disagrees with comments from Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that Crimea should return to Ukrainian control, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

Erdogan said this week that Turkish support for Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence was unwavering, and the return of Crimea was a requirement of international law.

The body of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish American activist killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank last week, arrived in Istanbul via Azerbaijan on Friday.

A Turkish Airlines plane brought Eygi's body to the Istanbul Airport, where a ceremony was held.

Taking another step in its promotion of the "Blue Homeland" doctrine that violates international law, Turkey has included the theory in the 9th grade geography textbooks of the country's high schools (age 14).

Inflation expectations for the end of 2024 declined from 43.3 percent in August to 43.1 percent in September, a Central Bank survey has shown.

The 12-month ahead inflation expectations also fell from 28.1 percent to 27.5 percent, according to the monthly survey of market participants.

Consumer prices are expected to increase by 2.22 percent in September.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday called for a stronger response from the international community, particularly the United Nations, against Israel's occupation policies.

In a video address to the Global Call on the Summit of the Future, Erdoğan extended greetings to world leaders and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

On September 12, a Russian missile struck a cargo ship carrying Ukrainian wheat destined for Egypt in the Black Sea, as reported by President Volodymyr Zelensky. The attack highlights the ongoing risks faced by Ukrainian ships traveling along a newly established export route in the Black Sea, which was set up after Russia unilaterally terminated the Black Sea grain deal.

In a video message to the Fourth Summit of the Crimean Platform Leaders, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded that Russia return control of Crimea to Ukraine, Anadolu Agency reports.