News Summaries from Last Week - January 30th

Ziraat Turkish Cup last 16 round pairings announced

Sivasspor - Konyaspor
Başakşehir - Hatayspor
Gençlerbirliği - Trabzonspor
Antalyaspor - Beşiktaş 
Fatih Karagümrük - Samsunspor
24Erzincanspor - MKE Ankaragücü 
Galatasaray - Bandırmaspor
Fenerbahçe - Gaziantep FK

Parliament adopts bill on Sweden's accession to NATO

346 MPs participated in the vote, with 287 voting in favor and 55 voting against. AK Party, CHP and MHP MPs voted yes, while IYI Party, Felicity Party, Yeniden Refah Party, Hüda-Par, TİP, Democrat Party and DSP MPs voted no.

IYI Party's Ankara candidate is Cengiz Topel Yildirim

IYI Party President Meral Akşener announced her party's candidate for Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. The candidate for Ankara was Cengiz Topel Yıldırım.

Akşener: Our candidate for Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor is Buğra Kavuncu!

Akşener announced that her candidate for Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor is Buğra Kavuncu. Akşener also announced Balıkesir Mayor candidate as Turhan Çömez and Sincan Mayor candidate as Sinan Koca.

Central Bank announces interest rate decision!

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey announced the first interest rate decision of 2024. The Board raised the policy rate by 250 basis points to 45 percent.

The address where UEFA matches will be broadcast without encryption has been announced    

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League matches will be broadcast on TRT channels and TRT digital platform 'tabii' for 3 seasons.

CHP announced some of its mayoral candidates for Istanbul and Ankara!

The Party Assembly approved Onursal Adıgüzel's candidacy for Mayor of Ataşehir and Emine Gülizar Emecan's candidacy in Bahçelievler. CHP's candidate for Beşiktaş was finalized as Rıza Akpolat.

The CHP's candidates in other districts of Istanbul are as follows
Arnavutköy: Tekin Aras
Bağcılar Cem Kilic
Beylikdüzü Mehmet Murat Çalık
Büyükçekmece: Hasan Akgün
Esenler Hasan Dalkıran
Kartal Gokhan Yuksel
Küçükçekmece Kemal Çebi
Maltepe Esin Koymen
Sultanbeyli Ayhan Koç
Sultangazi Ferhat Epözdemir
Sisli Resul Emrah Şahan

CHP's candidate for Izmir Metropolitan Municipality was Cemil Tugay, Mayor of Karşıyaka Metropolitan Municipality.

Izmir's district mayoral candidates are as follows:

Aliaga: Çağatay Güç
Balçova: Onur Yiğit
Bayındır: Davut Sakarsu
Bayraklı: Irfan Önal
Bergama: Tanju Celik
Beydag Şakir Başaran
Bornova: Ömer Eşki
Buca: Görkem Duman
Çeşme: Lal Denizli
Cigli Uygar Yıldırım
Dikili: Adil Kırgöz
Foca: Saniye Bora Barrel
Gaziemir Unal Isik
Guzelbahce: Mustafa Gunay
Karabağlar Emine Helil Inay Kinay
Karaburun Nurşen Balcı
Karsiyaka Behice Yıldız İşçimenler
Kemalpaşa: Mehmet Türkmen
Kınık: Sema Bodur
Kiraz: Nasuh Coskun
Konak: Nilüfer Çınaraltı Mutlu
Menderes: Ilkay Cicek
Menemen: Deniz Karakurt
Narlidere: Erman Uzun
Ödemiş: Mustafa Turan
Seferihisar: İsmail Yetişkin
Selçuk: Filiz Ceritoğlu
Tire: Hayati Okuroglu
Torbalı: Övünç Demir
Urla: Selcuk Balkan