February 13, 2026 – Turkey Headlines

Story gist: In Aksaray, Turkey, a man gave his daughter’s phone banking credentials to a neighbor, who used them in a scam involving biometric facial recognition, resulting in major financial loss.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Cumhuriyet uses somber, direct framing on the victim’s mistake and ruined life. Center Mersin Haber provides neutral, factual summary with location and basic scam details. Right-leaning GZT employs sensational tone with exclamations, ‘shock’ emphasis on biometric tech, dramatic quotes, and ‘million-dollar’ scale, heightening deception and neighbor’s false debt-relief promise.

Story gist: Izmir Governorate issued warnings for heavy rain and strong winds (lodos) in Izmir, specifying times. Heavy rain caused roads to flood and traffic to congest.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Cumhuriyet frames the story with exclamatory urgency on the warning and specific hours provided. Center MSN emphasizes immediate consequences like roads turning into lakes and traffic gridlock. Right-leaning Anadolu Ajansı delivers a straightforward, comprehensive alert including flood risks, focusing on official details without drama or impact emphasis.

Story gist: In Şişli, Istanbul, a decapitated woman’s body was found. Police uncovered a second woman killed in the same apartment one day earlier by the same suspects.

Bias summary: Left-leaning coverage absent. Center outlet NTV reports factually as ‘new detail’ in the murder case, focusing on timeline. Right-leaning Sabah sensationalizes with ‘brutality,’ ‘shock,’ and repetitions of ‘same killers, same savagery’ to amplify horror and outrage.

Story gist: US President Trump stated an agreement with Iran could be reached next month, but failure would be traumatic for Iran. Pentagon actions prompted notable US military activity in the Persian Gulf.

Bias summary: Left-leaning T24 emphasizes negotiation potential first, then ‘traumatic’ consequences for Iran, softening tone. Center BloombergHT frames Trump’s call for agreement as economic urgency, stressing ‘must’ negotiate to avoid trauma. Right-leaning Anadolu Ajansı highlights escalation to ‘second phase’ if no deal, omitting agreement optimism and focusing on Trump’s firm warning.

Story gist: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Miçotakis. Greek media reported behind-the-scenes details including Erdoğan presenting Miçotakis with prayer beads and an album. Miçotakis stated the need to uphold the legacy of Venizelos and Atatürk.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Medyascope emphasizes Miçotakis’s conciliatory quote on shared Venizelos-Atatürk legacy, highlighting positive diplomacy. Center Yetkin Report frames Aegean talks alongside Turkey’s Libya oil deal, stressing strategic tensions. Right-leaning Hürriyet focuses on anecdotal Greek press details like tesbih and album gifts, portraying a lighter, personal tone.