TurkishPress · Daily Brief
Thursday, 2 July 2026

Today's sources: Anadolu Agency (28 items, all Turkish-language wire, summarised in English by TurkishPress).

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan
Lead · Türkiye

Fidan: Ankara taking necessary steps toward lifting CAATSA sanctions

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Donald Trump share a strong will to see the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) lifted, and that Ankara is taking the necessary steps toward that end.

TR Source: Anadolu Agency →

Türkiye

Feature: A "new Mosul" on the Development Road

The Development Road (Kalkınma Yolu) project planned between Türkiye and Iraq, of strategic importance for the countries of the region, is set to strengthen regional cooperation.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Middle East

World

EU prepares new sanctions on Russia after strike on Kyiv

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas said that, following Russia's latest attack on Kyiv, she would propose adding more entities supporting the Russian military-industrial complex to the sanctions list.

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Economy

Science & Tech

Microsoft launches $2.5 billion enterprise AI unit

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

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

Sport

Zeynep Sönmez knocked out of Wimbledon doubles

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

TRSource: Anadolu Agency

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