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Defence Industries Secretariat head Haluk Görgün has stated that stronger defence cooperation between Türkiye and Romania will enhance joint capabilities and contribute to NATO collective security. He cited the delivery of the CAm. Roman corvette to the Romanian Navy as a reflection of growing strategic ties.Türkiye's Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran on Friday to attend funeral ceremonies for late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, saying Ankara "deeply shares the pain" of the Iranian people and pledging to support regional stability efforts.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the Islamabad MoU takes immediate effect, with Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and the US lifting its naval blockade ahead of Friday's official signing ceremony in Switzerland.Fidan told the prestigious MGIMO university — which counts Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov among its alumni — that the honor recognized the deep bond between Türkiye and Russia, calling diplomacy the only effective tool for resolving regional disputes amid shifting global power dynamics and warning against strategic miscalculation during the transition to a multipolar order.Türkiye's national team is focused on securing a crucial victory against Paraguay in its second Group D match as it seeks to recover from an opening defeat to Australia. Goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır said "the first match was not a final" and the team still has six points to play for.

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Abdülkadir Selvi

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Abdullah Muradoğlu

Abdullah Muradoğlu graduated from Marmara University’s public administration and political science program in Istanbul. He has been active in the press and media for more than 15 years. Since 1997, he has written myriad exclusive reports, research articles, interviews, history pages, and columns for Yeni Şafak. He was deemed worthy of an award by the Journalists Association of Turkey in the 2004 Turkey Journalism Achievement Awards. He has published four biographical books and held various positions in non-governmental organizations.

Ahmet Bıyıklı

Ahmet Ulusoy

Akif Emre

Ali Bayramoğlu

Ali Erbaş

Ali Nur Kutlu

Ali Saydam

Atilla Yayla

Aydın Ünal

Ayşe Böhürler

Born in Kayseri in 1963, Ayşe Böhürler is a journalism and public relations graduate of Istanbul University. She worked as an editor in the women and education sections of İzlenim magazine between 1992-and 1994 and AKsiyon magazine between 1994 and 1995. She worked as a program manager, and producer-director at Kanal 7 between 1995-and 2007. She has worked on women's and human rights in national and international platforms together with non-governmental organizations. Between 2005 and 2008, she prepared a documentary series called Behind the Walls. "We British Muslim Women", "Mother Hayme", "From Orkhon Inscriptions to Nobel", "A Life Dedicated to the Book / Ali Emiri Efendi" were among the documentaries she produced between 2009 and 2011. She has been producing documentaries and programs for her own company as an independent producer since 2007. Böhürler was a founding member of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, and served as a member of the AK Party’s Central Decision and Executive Board between 2001-2012. She has two published books titled " Behind Walls/ Women in Muslim Countries" and "I Would Die If I Didn't Write."

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Bercan Tutar

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Bülent Orakoğlu

Born in Eskişehir in 1950, Bülent Orakoğlu completed his primary and secondary education in Eskişehir. After graduating from the Police College in 1968 and the Police Academy in 1971, he worked as the Director of Counterterrorism and Intelligence directorates in various provinces for about 7 years. Between 1987 and 1997, he served as the Provincial Police Chief of Giresun, Hatay, Niğde, and the Intelligence Department of the General Directorate of Security, respectively. He was imprisoned in Mamak Military Prison by the junta during the 28 February Events. Orakoğlu, who remained in Prison for 56 Days, was acquitted by a military court for performing his legal duty and was cleared of any wrongdoing. Orakoğlu has 3 children and 5 grandchildren. He has 3 published books called Decipher, Betrayal Circle, and Shadow Plays in Ankara.

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Cem Küçük

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Dursun Gürlek

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Erdal Tanas Karagöl

Erdal Tanas Karagöl was born in 1971 in Turkey’s eastern Erzurum province, where he attended middle and high school. He later traveled to the U.S. and the U.K. where he earned his master’s and doctorate degrees. He earned the title of professor in 2011. In addition to his numerous academic studies, he has written economic reports for the Sabah, Star, and Yeni Şafak newspapers. Karagöl currently writes economic analyses and evaluations twice a week for Yeni Şafak. He is married and has two daughters.

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Ergün Yıldırım

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Erol Göka

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Ersin Çelik

Born in Kocaeli in 1982 and originally hailing from Erzurum, Ersin Çelik completed his secondary education at İmam Hatip schools in Izmit and Istanbul. He graduated from Bartın University’s Faculty of Sociology. He began his journalism career writing for the journal Gerçek Hayat in 2005. He served as an editor for Haber7.com for five years. Çelik has served as Internet Editor-in-Chief at Yeni Şafak since 2012. He is married to journalist Nuriye Çakmak Çelik.

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Faruk Aksoy

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Faruk Beşer

Faruk Beşer was born in the Black Sea city of Turkey’s Trabzon in 1952. Graduating from the Islamic sciences faculty in Erzurum, he earned a Ph.D. at the same faculty. He has held various positions for eight years under the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs. He taught for two terms at the Malaysia International Islamic University as a lecturer in the early nineties, and also at the faculty of Islamic and Arabic studies in Dubai in 2005 and 2006. He is still lecturing at Marmara University. Beşer, who has published 22 books, has been writing for Yeni Şafak since 2012.

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Fatma Barbarosoğlu

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Fuat Atik

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Gökhan Özcan

Born in 1965 in İnegöl, Gökhan Özcan completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in İnegöl. He graduated from the Department of Journalism and Public Relations at Gazi University in 1987. He served as a television critic on Medyakronik and he later founded Gerçek Hayat Magazine together with Hakan Albayrak and Levent Gültekin. He has written several books including Sixty-two Rabbits, Days’ Shadows, Nothing, and Procedure of Spirit. Özcan also penned various scripts for several TV productions.

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Hasan Öztürk

Born in Çankırı in 1968, Hasan Öztürk graduated from the Faculty of Communication at Ankara University in 1995. He began his journalism career at Zaman newspaper in 1986. He served as a Press Counselor at the Hizmet İş and Öz İplik İş Unions affiliated with Hak-İş. He served as an editor, news director, and editor-in-chief in various Ankara-based newspapers. He was among the founders of Ayyıldız newspaper in 1999. In September of the same year, he started to work as the night chief at Yeni Şafak daily. He started working at Kanal 7 Television in 2000. He worked for both Yeni Şafak and Kanal 7 for 3 years. In 2003, he served as a news director at Kanal 7. In 2008, he became the founding Editor-in-Chief of Ülke TV. He wrote daily columns for Haber7.com between 2009 and 2015 and Star newspaper between 2015-and 2016. He is married with three children.

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Hatem Ete

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Hatice Karahan

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Hayreddin Karaman

Hayreddin Karaman was born in Çorum in 1934. He graduated from the Istanbul Higher Islamic Institute. After working as a teacher of vocational courses at the Istanbul Imam Hatip School for two years, he became a fiqh assistant at the Istanbul Higher Islamic Institute. He completed his academic studies and received the titles of doctor, associate professor, and professor, respectively. Throughout his intellectual and professional life, which has approached half a century, he continued his education, training, and guidance activities by taking part in thousands of conferences, seminars, panels, sermons, sermons, courses, written and visual media programs, and training programs at home and abroad. He trained thousands of students, who have become today's well-known scientists and intellectuals. He resigned from his job at Marmara University Faculty of Theology in 2001. He was also a visiting professor at the European International Islamic University in the Netherlands. He has been writing a column for Yeni Şafak Newspaper since the day it was published. He has three children, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He has published around 50 books.

Hikmet Genç

Hilal Kaplan

Hüseyin Likoğlu

İbrahim Kalın

İbrahim Karagül

İbrahim Paşalı - Pazar

İbrahim Tenekeci

İbrahim Tığlı

İhsan Aktaş

İsmail Kılıçarslan

Born in Ankara in 1976, İsmail Kılıçarslan studied theology and communication as part of his undergraduate education, which he did not complete. He has published poems in several magazines such as Hece, Yedi Klima, Kaknüs, Kırkayak, Fayrap, Kırklar and İtibar. He has also penned several poetry books such as Orange Pie and a Hedgehog, My Sister is in a Far Land and America You Are Thus, and Other Tales. He served as a copywriter for Kanal 7 and wrote scripts for various radio and television channels and directed numerous documentaries and television films.

Kadir Üstün

Kemal Öztürk

Kerem Alkin

Khan Muhammad An Nazmus Saqıb

Khan Muhammad An Nazmus Saqib serves as a Senior News Editor at Yeni Şafak English, where he leads coverage on international affairs with a focus on South Asia. His research interests span human rights, forced migration, South Asian politics, and public policy.

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Levent Yılmaz

Dr. M. Levent Yılmaz graduated from Selcuk University’s department of business administration with honors, and he later went on to earn his master’s and doctorate degrees as well. Starting his career at the Konya Chamber of Commerce, Yılmaz worked as a research assistant at Selçuk University and as a lecturer at Gazi University. In 2017, Oxford University invited him to be a speaker and he gave a speech on “economic security." His articles were published in the British journal The Conservative. Yılmaz still works as a faculty member at the Police Academy Security Sciences Institute and teaches graduate courses in the fields of economic security and economic intelligence.

Leyla İpekçi

Mahmud Erol Kılıç

Markar Esayan

Mehmet Acet

Mehmet Acet was born in 1976 in the Turkish city of Konya, where he attended primary and middle school. After graduating from Marmara University’s Communications Faculty in Turkey, Acet started his career by interning for TRT in 1995. A year later, he started working as a reporter on the foreign news desk at Kanal 7. He made a name for himself when he broadcasted to the world footage of the war in Kosovo. In 2005, he became the youngest manager of Kanal 7 when he was appointed as the Ankara representative of the channel. Acet, who has been the Ankara representative of Kanal 7 for 11 years, participates in weekly political programs on both Kanal 7 and Ülke TV. He is married and has two children.

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Mehmet Akif Soysal

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Mehmet Metiner

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Mehmet Şeker

Mehmet Şeker was born on January 27, 1961, in Turkey’s Bursa province, where he attended primary, middle, and high school. However, he chose to continue his university studies in the Turkish capital Ankara. After a short stint as a public servant, he threw himself into publishing and journalism. He published journals such as Erguvan and Genç Dost. He is among the founders of the International Culture and Art Association and is a board member of the International Culture and Art Foundation (UKSD). Şeker has written books called “Dem Dem Democracy (Dem Dem Demokrasi)” and The Opposition’s Smile (Muhalif Tebessüm). He has been working at Yeni Şafak since 1995.

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Merve Şebnem Oruç

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Müfit Yüksel

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Mustafa Armağan

Mustafa Armağan was born in Turkey’s Cizre, Şırnak in 1961. He graduated from Istanbul University’s Turkish language and literature in 1985. He started studying for a master’s degree, but he was propelled into the world of work and held various editorial positions across diverse publications. He has published 50 books to date, and has made a name for himself in the field of history.

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Mustafa Karaalioğlu

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Mustafa Kutlu

Born in Erzincan in 1947, Mustafa Kutlu graduated from the Turkish Literature Department at Erzurum Atatürk University’s Fine Arts and Literature Faculty. He worked as a literature professor in Tunceli and Istanbul. In 1974, he left the professorship and joined Dergah Yayınları which he helped found. Since 1986, he has published articles about the city under the title of "An Istanbul Bouquet" in Zaman newspaper, then he started writing for Yeni Şafak Daily. With a passion for cinema and television, he penned scripts and prepared programs for Kanal 7 channel. Mustafa Kutlu has 24 different story collections; He penned several essay books including City Letters, Akasya and Mandolin, and The Book of Poverty.

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Nazif Gürdoğan

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Nedret Ersanel

Nedret Ersanel embarked on his journalism career in 1990. He penned articles for and served on the editorial boards of several publications such as Söz, TRT, Sabah, Yeni Şafak, Star, Trend, and Focus magazine. Ersanel has written five books.

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Ömer Kablan

Omer Kablan is the News Director of Yeni Safak International, overseeing its platforms in English, Russian, Arabic, French, and Urdu. With reporting experience in over 30 countries, Kablan is recognised for hosting current affairs programs and producing investigative documentaries on TRT World. A prominent journalist in Australia, he has interviewed world leaders and moderated panels on global issues.

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Ömer Lekesiz

Born in Yozgat in 1958, Ömer Lekesiz completed his primary and secondary education in Yozgat and graduated from the Department of Public Administration at Ankara Vocational High School in 1979. He worked as a civil servant, chief and trade manager at Yem Sanayi Türk A.Ş. in Ankara for two terms, as well as head of department and assistant general secretary at Kırıkkale University, and as a manager in private institutions in Kırıkkale, Mersin, and Istanbul. He was among the founders of Records, Hece, and Hece Öykü magazines. He founded and edited the internet journal Edebistan.com. He prepared and presented a weekly culture-arts-literature program called Sözgelimi on Kanal 7 and acted as a publishing consultant for the Yeni Şafak Book Supplement. Lekesiz, who still regularly pens columns for Yeni Şafak, also serves as a consultant for TRT Türk Gündem’s Culture and Art Program. Lekesiz, who started his literary life writing for the journal Mavera, penned criticism, stories, essays, reviews, and interviews for Yedi Klima, Science and Art, Yom Art, Dervish, Kafdağı, Prose Notebook, Image Öyküler, Eşik Cini, Varlık, Notos. , Reputation, Story of the World, İSMEK Handicrafts magazines. He won the 2001 Literary Criticism Award of the Writers Union of Turkey for his work titled "A Story in the New Turkish Literature." He has published several books including The Alphabet of Mims, Language and Message in Calligraphy Art with Examples by Artist Hasan Aycın, Lover's House, From Shiraz to Shiraz, Traces of a Story, Short Speeches.

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Özlem Albayrak

Rasim Özdenören

Şahap Kavcıoğlu

Salih Tuna

Selçuk Türkyılmaz

Serdar Tuncer

Süleyman Seyfi Öğün

Süleyman Seyfi Öğün is a political scientist who worked at Uludağ University between 1985 and 2010. He currently serves as a teaching member of the faculty of Human Sciences at Istanbul Ticaret University.

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Taha Kılınç

Taha Kılınç was born in 1980 in Turkey’s southern Mersin. He graduated from Istanbul University’s faculty of theology. Kılınç worked for the Sabah newspaper between the years 2011 and 2016. The Middle East and the Islamic world are both Kilinc's specialties and where he feels most at peace. He has 16 published books, and is married with three children.

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Ünsal Ban

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Yaşar Süngü

Yaşar Süngü was born in Turkey’s Kocaeli in 1962, where he attended primary and middle school. He then graduated from Mimar Sinan University’s sociology department in Istanbul. Süngü started his journalism career in the Middle East and continued at the Yeni Şafak Newspaper, where has served as the chief of the economy department for 10 years. Süngü, who has been writing columns for Yeni Şafak since 2006, is married and has two children.

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