TurkishPress · Daily Brief
Thursday, 2 July 2026

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

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks on Türkiye-US relations
Lead · Türkiye-US

Fidan says Trump has a strong will to lift CAATSA sanctions on Türkiye

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said US President Donald Trump has a "strong will" to lift the CAATSA sanctions Washington imposed on Türkiye, pointing to momentum toward removing one of the main frictions in Türkiye-US relations.

TR Source: Anadolu Agency →

Türkiye

National Memory Project competition concludes

Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran congratulated the winners of the National Memory Project Call Competition held for the 15 July Democracy and National Unity Day.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Middle East

File: a new Mosul along the Development Road

The Development Road (Kalkınma Yolu) Project planned between Türkiye and Iraq, of strategic importance for the region, is set to strengthen regional cooperation, with Mosul positioned as a key hub along the route.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

World

EU readies new sanctions package on Russia

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she would propose adding more entities that support Russia's military-industrial complex to the sanctions list, following Russia's latest attack on Kyiv.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Economy

Uraloğlu vows to keep developing Türkiye's transport network

Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, speaking at the 5th Türkiye Maritime Summit awards ceremony, said Türkiye would keep developing its transport systems and modes at home and across the region.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Culture

Sport

Zeynep Sönmez knocked out of Wimbledon doubles

National tennis player Zeynep Sönmez and her Spanish partner Jessica Bouzas Maneiro lost 2-1 to Shuko Aoyama and Liang En-shuo in the first round of the women's doubles at Wimbledon, bowing out of the tournament.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Science & Tech

Microsoft makes a $2.5 billion artificial intelligence move

US technology company Microsoft said it will set up a new enterprise AI organization called "Microsoft Frontier Company" with a $2.5 billion investment to help customers transform their business processes with AI.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Humanitarian

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