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- Turkey will tighten gun-ownership rules and increase penalties for firearm owners whose children access guns, announced by President Tayyip Erdogan (President of Turkey) on April 20, 2026.
- The move follows two rare school shootings last week in Kahramanmaras that killed eight students and a teacher.
- Erdogan said the government will implement measures to monitor internet activity as part of the response to the shootings.
