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The most significant event of the past week was the explosion and fire at the HABAŞ steel plant in Aliağa, near İzmir, whose death toll rose to at least 17 by 9 November, up from the 16 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had confirmed earlier, according to Euronews and Bianet. A preliminary assessment pointed to an overhead crane falling into an electric arc furnace during steel casting, and four prosecutors were assigned to the case, with six people detained. The latest development came on 12 November, when a Turkish army S-70 Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Samanköy in Malatya province, killing all four soldiers aboard; the cause has not yet been established.
Nine people died and five were injured on 7 November when a truck collided with an Iranian-registered minibus on a rain-slicked road in Van province, governor Ozan Balcı said. Eight people were killed and one seriously injured in shootings across three villages in Afyonkarahisar province on 5 November, with two more injured women later dying in hospital.
Updated by the ECTV Crisis Desk, based on 4 verified stories from the past seven days.
ECTV has published 3 verified stories on Türkiye in the past seven days. The most recent, updated 13 November 2026: Four soldiers killed as military helicopter crashes in Malatya, Turkey.
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A Turkish army S-70 Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Samanköy in Malatya province on Thursday evening, killing all four soldiers aboard, the defence ministry said.
15 independent sources · 98% confidenceThe death toll from Monday's explosion at the HABAŞ steel plant near İzmir has risen to 17, up from the 16 confirmed earlier by President Erdoğan.
61 independent sources · 98% confidence9 people died and 5 were injured when a truck and a minibus collided on a rain-slicked road in Van province, officials said.
4 independent sources · 98% confidence8 people were killed and one seriously injured in attacks across three villages in Afyonkarahisar on Thursday, authorities said.
14 independent sources · 98% confidenceHeavy rain triggered a road collapse in Istanbul's Esenyurt district on Monday evening, trapping a taxi that was later pulled free with no injuries reported.
3 independent sources · 73% confidenceA passenger bus travelling from Antalya to Iğdır overturned into a ditch near Beyşehir in Türkiye's Konya province in the early hours of Tuesday, injuring 45 people.
4 independent sources · 97% confidenceA gas-cylinder-laden truck collided with a light commercial vehicle in Diyarbakır's Bağlar district on Sunday night, killing two children and injuring 12, officials said.
2 independent sources · 59% confidenceUkraine's president said he would discuss a ceasefire and occupied territories with Putin in Turkey, but ruled out ceding Donbas or Crimea.
2 independent sources · 59% confidenceAll 10 Bulgarians injured when their coach hit a lorry near Edirne, Türkiye, on Saturday have now left hospital, Bulgarian media reported.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceUkraine's president met Turkey's Erdogan in Istanbul on 31 October to discuss Black Sea security and a possible trilateral US-Ukraine-Russia meeting in Turkey.
12 independent sources · 98% confidenceA passenger bus and an oncoming lorry collided in Uludere district, Türkiye, killing the bus driver and injuring 14 passengers.
3 independent sources · 64% confidenceDistribution operator BEDAŞ scheduled interruptions for Friday as crews carry out network maintenance on the European side.
3 independent sources · 73% confidenceA landslide brought down part of a 'fairy chimney' rock formation near Goreme's Open-Air Museum in Türkiye on Thursday, killing 3 people and injuring 5.
22 independent sources · 98% confidenceEmergency teams transported 10 people to hospital after a collision near Gürpınar's Güzeldere Tunnel, local media report.
1 independent sources · 45% confidenceA row over stall space between vendors turned into a knife fight at a market in Istanbul's Sancaktepe district, leaving 6 people hurt and police hunting a suspect.
4 independent sources · 87% confidenceA tornado destroyed two site containers in Antalya's Fevzi Cakmak district on Monday night, killing 4 workers and injuring a fifth, the governor said.
16 independent sources · 98% confidenceAn excavation truck crashed into a pharmacy in Istanbul's Pendik district on Friday, injuring seven people, Cumhuriyet reported.
4 independent sources · 87% confidenceProsecutors ordered the detention of two suspects over Friday's methane explosion at a Zonguldak coal mine that killed 3 miners and injured 5.
10 independent sources · 98% confidenceA municipal bus crashed into a pedestrian overpass in Ankara's Etimesgut district on Tuesday evening, injuring 24 people, Turkish media reported.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceA bus carrying hotel staff overturned on a road in Marmaris, Türkiye, injuring 14 people, Turkish media reported.
1 independent sources · 45% confidenceAn explosion set fire to an empty wagon at Alsancak station in Izmir, Turkiye; firefighters put out the blaze and no injuries were reported.
2 independent sources · 59% confidenceTurkey submitted its mutual defence treaty with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for ratification, moving NATO's second-largest army closer to a formal pledge to defend Riyadh.
7 independent sources · 98% confidenceIstanbul's governorate confirmed the flood death toll at seven, as the governor said illegal building on stream beds and poor planning shared the blame.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceTwo people sought over a shooting in northern Türkiye were apprehended in Istanbul, local media report.
1 independent sources · 45% confidenceEmergency services took three injured people to hospital after a vehicle overturned on a road near İmranlı.
2 independent sources · 45% confidenceMunicipal teams sealed a building in Küçükçekmece while engineers assessed possible structural movement.
2 independent sources · 59% confidenceGovernor Davut Gül said the flood toll has risen to 8, with 6 dead in Istanbul and 2 in Kocaeli, as one person remains missing.
12 independent sources · 98% confidenceRomania's foreign ministry warns of heavy rain, possible transport disruption and flight delays during the 17–18 October alert.
8 independent sources · 98% confidenceA tour coach travelling from Bursa towards İzmir overturned after colliding with a tow truck near Akhisar on 11 October, injuring 30 people, officials said.
58 independent sources · 98% confidenceA fire spread from a ventilation shaft to the roof of an administrative building at Koşuyolu hospital; no casualties were reported.
5 independent sources · 98% confidence