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Friday, 5 June 2026

Today's sources: Anadolu Agency (29 items, all Turkish-language wire, summarised in English by TurkishPress).

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Turkish Competition Authority opens AI investigation into Meta, imposes interim measure

The Turkish Competition Authority has decided to open an investigation into the economic entity made up of Meta Platforms, Inc., Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, WhatsApp LLC, and Meta Platforms İstanbul Bilişim Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti. over their conduct in the field of artificial intelligence. The board also ordered an interim measure to apply while the probe continues.

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Türkiye

Communications Director Duran marks World Environment Day

In a message for 5 June World Environment Day and Türkiye's Environment Week, Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Duran said the country will keep promoting a way of life in harmony with nature for a cleaner and greener world.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Middle East

Naksa at 59: Israel's occupation of Palestinian land continues

Wasel Abu Yousef, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee, said Israel has kept occupying Palestinian land since the Naksa but has failed to break the will of the Palestinian people or their attachment to their homeland.

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Israeli land seizure near Jenin in the West Bank raises alarm

Israel's decision to seize Palestinian land in the al-Jabiriyat area of Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank, has heightened fears that it intends to build a military base to expand its control over the region.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

World

Economy

Vice President Yılmaz assesses May inflation figures

Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz said the government aims to sustain the disinflation process with determination by backing monetary, fiscal, and income policies with supply-side steps, and to lift citizens' welfare on a lasting basis.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

FAO: global food prices eased 0.2 percent in May

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization said global food prices fell 0.2 percent month on month in May, as a drop in vegetable oil prices offset increases in grain and sugar prices.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Russian Deputy PM Novak: economy in a period of managed cooling

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said the Russian economy is in a period of "managed cooling," naming the labor shortage, shifts in the structure of budget spending, and tight monetary policy among the main risks.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Culture

Anatolia's weaving heritage reborn as AI digital art

A digital artwork titled "Latent Weavings" (Latent İlmekler), designed by artist Raziyye Kuzu Atalay, blends Anatolia's deep-rooted carpet and kilim motifs with artificial intelligence systems to present them to viewers.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Sport

Iran applies for US visas for its World Cup squad

Iran Football Federation chief Mehdi Taj said that, at FIFA's direction, the national team's passports had been submitted to the US Embassy in Ankara for visa processing ahead of the World Cup.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

2026 FIFA World Cup, Group I: France

France, competing at the 23rd FIFA World Cup co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, want to repeat their 2018 title triumph.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

2026 FIFA World Cup, Group I: Iraq

Iraq's national team, set to feature at the 23rd FIFA World Cup co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, will appear at the tournament for the second time after a 40-year wait.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Science & Tech

A "digital workforce" era in cybersecurity operations

Barikat Cyber Security says its AI-assisted digital workforce model aims to make security operation center processes, from alarm analysis to action planning, faster, more consistent, and more scalable.

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Humanitarian

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