December 31, 2025 – Turkey Headlines

Story gist: Turkey implemented a new year price increase on bridge and highway tolls.

Bias summary: Left-leaning T24 uses exclamatory framing (‘zammı geldi!’) to highlight the hike dramatically. Center outlet BloombergHT reports neutrally as ‘zam yapıldı’ with breaking economy news emphasis. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting conservative perspectives on the toll adjustment.

Story gist: Turkish Airlines (THY) announced the cancellation of 61 flights.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets absent, omitting potential critiques of airline or government response. Center outlet rudaw.net reports neutrally via headline, focusing solely on THY’s announcement without context. Right-leaning Anadolu Ajansı emphasizes adverse weather as cause, details reciprocal cancellations (THY 61, AJet 42), framing disruptions as weather-driven rather than operational failures.

Story gist: Heavy snow fell in Istanbul after warnings from the governorship and AKOM. Governor Davut Gül announced whether schools would be closed.

Bias summary: Right-leaning Sabah uses dramatic phrasing (‘lapa lapa kar yağdı’) to emphasize immediate Istanbul snow and Governor Gül’s announcement, highlighting local government action. Center NTV reports factually on official warnings and snowfall onset with school closure question. Left-leaning Diken shifts focus to national Meteorology forecast for tomorrow and New Year’s, omitting Istanbul-specific drama and governor’s role.

Story gist: Somali leader visited Turkey after Israel’s decision on Somaliland. Turkish President Erdoğan held a joint press conference with his Somali counterpart.

Bias summary: Left-leaning T24 frames Israel’s recognition of Somaliland with skeptical questioning of Netanyahu’s motives, using informal tone implying surprise. Center BBC neutrally reports the Somali leader’s timing in Turkey post-decision. Right-leaning Haber 7 emphasizes Erdoğan’s prominent role at the joint press conference, omitting Israel’s action and focusing on Turkey-Somalia ties.

Story gist: Heavy snow led to school closures in multiple Turkish provinces. Closures affect at least six provinces starting tomorrow.

Bias summary: Left-leaning T24 uses excited tone with ‘news coming one after another’ and ‘holiday’ framing, emphasizing rapid developments in ‘many cities.’ Center memurlar.net is precise and neutral, specifying ‘six provinces tomorrow.’ Right-leaning TRT Haber highlights scale with ’30 provinces’ and casual ‘snow break,’ portraying widespread relief. Center lacks broader context on impacts.