In an escalation of its decade-long hostility toward LGBTQ+ groups, particularly in the lead-up to elections, simultaneous police raids beginning at 1 am took place in the major cities of Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Aydin and Mersin

US President Donald Trump will attend the NATO summit in Ankara, where he is set to meet Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Volodymyr Zelensky and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.