→ Turkey's Competition Board opened a probe into Alphabet Inc and related Google companies to determine whether their billing and commercial practices for online advertising to advertisers and advertising agency clients violate Turkish law.
→ Turkey banned pouring household vegetable waste oils into sinks, sewers, soil and the sea and required municipalities and retail sales points to collect sealed used-oil containers and deliver them to licensed biorefineries for biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel production.
→ On Feb 6, 2026, the United States sanctioned 14 vessels it identified as part of a 'shadow fleet' transporting Iranian oil and petroleum products.
→ Turkiye will host next year’s COP31 summit in Antalya and assume the official presidency of the meeting.
