TurkishPress · Daily Brief
Friday, 26 June 2026

Today's sources: Anadolu Agency (30 items, all Turkish-language wire, summarised in English by TurkishPress).

Security preparations in Ankara ahead of the NATO summit
Lead · Türkiye

Ankara to deploy 56,000 security personnel for July 7-8 NATO summit

Some 56,000 police and gendarmerie personnel will be on duty for the NATO Ankara Summit on July 7-8, the authorities said. As part of the security measures taken for the capital, tourism police will be assigned to guide the visiting foreign delegations.

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Türkiye

Prosecutor seeks up to 22.5 years for five defendants in Böcek family deaths

In the case over the deaths of the Böcek family at a hospital where they were treated on suspicion of poisoning in İstanbul's Fatih district, the public prosecutor preparing the final opinion called for five defendants to be sentenced to up to 22 years and 6 months in prison each.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Middle East

World

Heat-wave alert continues across Europe

As warnings come one after another over a heat wave intensifying across many European countries, measures are being stepped up against the risk of wildfires, drowning incidents, and the harmful effects of extreme heat.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Economy

EU opens vaccine investigation into French drugmaker Sanofi

The European Commission opened an investigation into French pharmaceutical company Sanofi, on the grounds that it may have breached the bloc's competition rules by misleadingly disparaging a rival flu vaccine.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Culture

Sport

Science & Tech

Future Turkish engineers train on domestic robotic systems

Autonomous-systems work carried out in the Boğaziçi Teknopark ecosystem with support from TÜBİTAK's Individual Young Entrepreneur (BiGG) Program is letting Türkiye's future engineers take their first professional steps with domestic technologies while still at school.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Humanitarian

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