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Private Ayşe was fast asleep in the residence. The clock on the bedside table read 4:33 AM. The soft glow of a bedside lamp dimly lit the room as she and her husband were still asleep. The phone next to Ayşe began to ring causing a small stir as Ayşe's puffy eyes slowly gave up and began to...

The morning air was heavy with the damp stillness of Ankara before the sun had fully claimed the sky. The Canakay residence and its stone walls receded as Prime Minister Ayşe Çiller crossed the inner courtyard that joined her residence to the ministry offices. The compound was serene, cypress...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Secretary of Defense < Odinson > [Sender]: Minister of National Defense, Türkiye < TTTayanMSB@tr.gov...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Embassy of the United States, Ankara < Odinson > [Sender]: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Türkiye <...

"Thank you, Ambassador Hawkins." Ayşe said as she stood up, recognizing she had kept the Ambassador for too long. "I appreciate you taking the time to join me for breakfast." Ayşe walked with Hawkins back out the door. Lieutenant Colonel Elif Necmi would follow them as they walked down the...

"Thank you, Ambassador," Ayşe said, smiling at Aiden. "I'd like to raise two remaining points if that is okay." Ayşe then continued. "We'd like to ask that the Embassy begin the process of issuing visas again to Turkish citizens and work to update our status away from do not travel. I...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Department of Foreign Affairs < Connor > [Sender]: Embassy of Türkiye Sweden<...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Office of the Prime Minister, France < Dutchy > [Sender]: Office of the Prime Minister, Türkiye...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Office of the Prime Minister, France < Dutchy > [Sender]: Turkish National Police...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Office of the Prime Minister, France < Dutchy > [Sender]: Office of the Prime Minister, Türkiye...

"Please be assured that the Turkish Government is ready to help in any way to find the masterminds of the January 6th bombing and to bring them to justice. I am glad the intelligence thus far has proven helpful, and we will be sure to continue that support to fighting the transnational threat of...

When Prime Minister Ayşe Çiller steps off her plane in Diyarbakır this week, she will walk into a city burdened by contradictions. It is the capital of Türkiye’s southeast provinces, a place of deep cultural pride and political grievance, where the scars of conflict remain visible in shuttered...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: John Coates, International Olympic Committee < Owen > [Sender]: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Türkiye...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: John Coates, International Olympic Committee < Owen > [Sender]: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Türkiye...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Emma Ryan Secretary of State < Jamie > [Sender]: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Türkiye <...

The windowless chamber inside the Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı complex smelled of old coffee and smoke as a heavy projector beam cut through cigarette smoke, throwing the grainy still-frame of a captured hard drive across the wall. Colonel Çolak, an army intelligence officer, sat stiff-backed...

The fluorescent lights in the operations room buzzed faintly above the circle of men and women seated around the long metal table. The walls were lined with intel boards. Maps of Poland, Türkiye, Syria, and Iraq were dotted with red pins, names taped beneath satellite photos, and a timeline...

The house sat in the shadows of the distant foothills, a decaying structure that had long been abandoned by its original owners. Inside, the faint rustling of the wind outside seemed a whisper to the men of the 3rd Commando Brigade as they crept through the darkness. Alptug Gunduz led the team...

For weeks, the streets of southeastern Türkiye have echoed with chants, tear gas, and the crackle of rubber bullets. The protests, led largely by young Kurds, have grown more defiant by the day, underscoring a grim reality: while Prime Minister Ayşe Çiller’s government has been consumed with...

The rain had not stopped since morning, as a gray curtain draped across the city of Ankara. The streets glistened with water, the lamps along the boulevards bending their light in soft reflections across the cobblestones. As Lord Ali Dārayavauš disembarked from his government’s ATR-72 aircraft...