Overnight Houthi claims of strikes on Riyadh airport and a Saudi air base kept Riyadh on front pages, with reports of blasts and suspended Istanbul-Riyadh flights. President Erdoğan condemned the attacks in a call with Crown Prince Salman, while MHP leader Bahçeli said deterrent force should be used if diplomacy failed and CHP leader Özel warned against sending Turkish soldiers to Yemen as Trump's plan. Trump later said he respected Erdoğan and might ask him to intervene.
Domestically, Ankara's Etimesgut municipality faced a second-wave operation with 25 detained including two deputy mayors, and Bahçeli held a surprise parliament meeting with former CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu.
The fund probe continued with its fifth board meeting on 34.1 billion lira in liquidation, a published 141-name list, and AK Party defamation suits against commentators, as a court again rejected Osman Kavala's retrial bid despite the ECHR ruling.