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Citing Treasury and Finance Ministry budget data, Nefes reported that rent expenses from January to August 2026 totaled 25.712 billion lira (TL); the largest item was 9.907 billion lira (TL) spent on staff shuttle rentals.
BirGün reported that following the Capital Markets Board (SPK)'s decision to disclose investors holding large shares in investment funds, the Türkiye Religious Affairs Foundation's stake in a participation money market fund was 2.12 billion lira; the report referenced the Supreme Council of Religious Affairs' 2022 zakat fatwa.
In Ordu, the free market price for hazelnuts is 170-180 lira per kilogram, and 190 lira in Giresun; the Soil Products Office's (TMO) Levant-quality purchase price is cited in sources as either 250 or 255 lira. The Trade Ministry and Competition Authority are reported to have launched a field investigation.
Trade Minister Ömer Bolat discussed cooperation in space and defense, energy, telecommunications and critical raw materials with Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, and stressed the importance of updating the Customs Union.
According to a report by BirGün, Zafer Airport, which has a monthly average guarantee of 109,811 passengers, was used by only 6,551 passengers in August. According to the report, the guarantee payment to be made from the Treasury to the operating company is estimated to exceed 3 million euros.
All 40 suspects detained in the investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office were arrested; efforts continue to capture one suspect for whom a detention order exists. The operation involved searches at 109 addresses in 22 provinces, and statements were taken from 1,029 farmers.
+3: CNN Türk, Haber7 and Habertürk +4: Star, CNN Türk, Haber7 and Habertürk 
+4: Diken, Dünya, Ekonomi Manşet and Bianet +5: Karar, Diken, Dünya, Ekonomi Manşet and Bianet 
+3: Gerçek Gündem, BirGün and Sözcü +4: Oda TV, Gerçek Gündem, BirGün and Sözcü Yapı-Yol Sen announced that it calculated the 30-year revenue of the 2 Bosphorus bridges and 8 highways brought into the privatization scope by a decision published in the Official Gazette on September 5 at $25.2 billion. A separate Presidential Decree also brought 4 Treasury properties in Bodrum and Sarıyer into the scope.
On Borsa Istanbul (BIST), the BIST 100 index saw a weekly low of 12,817.01 and a high of 14,355.46 points, closing the week down 8.18%; the dollar rose 0.36% to 48.7810 lira, while the euro fell 0.91%.
+6: Dünya, Bloomberg HT, Ekonomim, Sigorta Gündem, PSM and Ekonomi Manşet +7: Diken, Dünya, Bloomberg HT, Ekonomim, Sigorta Gündem, PSM and Ekonomi Manşet The Trade Ministry assigned inspectors to examine transactions at the Ordu, Giresun, Ünye and Fatsa commodity exchanges. In Kocaali, Sakarya, growers formed a convoy of about 130 tractors to protest the Soil Products Office (TMO)'s purchase prices of 255 lira for Giresun quality and 250 lira for Levant quality.
+6: Hürriyet, A Haber, Milat, Haber7, Yeni Asır and Takvim +7: Star, Hürriyet, A Haber, Milat, Haber7, Yeni Asır and Takvim +3: Bloomberg HT, Ekonomi Manşet and Dünya +4: Karar, Bloomberg HT, Ekonomi Manşet and Dünya +9: BirGün, Evrensel, Yeniçağ, Gerçek Gündem, Nefes, Sözcü, Oda TV, Aykırı and Muhalif +10: Cumhuriyet, BirGün, Evrensel, Yeniçağ, Gerçek Gündem, Nefes, Sözcü, Oda TV, Aykırı and Muhalif At the 57th ECMA Congress held in Rome on September 16-18, Alican Duran, Chairman of the Board of KASAD, was elected president of the European Carton Makers Association, which represents more than 650 carton packaging producers across Europe.
TÜDKİYEB Chairman Turan Saldırıcıer described the return of Türkiye's small ruminant population to the 55-60 million head band as a remarkable development for the sector.
According to Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) data, as of August the number of electric cars registered in traffic rose 53.2% year-on-year to 472,157, accounting for 2.62% of the total 18,037,907 cars.
Trakya Birlik set the advance purchase price for sunflower seed with 44% oil content at 37,000 lira per ton; it reported that 235,979 tons have been purchased since the start of the season.
+3: BirGün, Halk TV and Yeniçağ +4: Cumhuriyet, BirGün, Halk TV and Yeniçağ T&O Denizcilik, along with the crew of the Turkish-flagged ship Reyhan Sarı, which was attacked in the Black Sea on July 22, and the family of a crew member who died, filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court; the complaint claims Ukraine deliberately targeted the ship.
According to a BirGün report, a supervisory trustee (kayyum) has been appointed to Red Star Havacılık, from which the Health Ministry leases ambulance aircraft, due to ongoing court proceedings involving the company's partners; the current management continues in its role.
According to a ranking based on World Bank data, Türkiye's real GDP per capita rose from $12,200 in 1990 to $37,300 in 2025, a 206% increase that placed it 25th. Guyana, China and Equatorial Guinea top the list.
According to a Trade Ministry post, Deputy Minister Mustafa Tuzcu received a delegation led by Toyota Motor Europe executive Matt Harrison and Toyota Türkiye CEO Murat Bülbül; the meeting addressed the company's investments and export capacity in Türkiye.
Justice Minister Akın Gürlek announced an operation against a network allegedly defrauding foreign nationals through call centers.
+9: NTV, A Haber, Yeni Şafak, Yeni Akit, Yeni Asır, TGRT Haber, Milat, CNN Türk and Takvim +10: Habertürk, NTV, A Haber, Yeni Şafak, Yeni Akit, Yeni Asır, TGRT Haber, Milat, CNN Türk and Takvim +4: Kısa Dalga, Dünya, Kıbrıs Genç TV and Kıbrıs Manşet +5: Diken, Kısa Dalga, Dünya, Kıbrıs Genç TV and Kıbrıs Manşet 
+4: Tele2 Haber, BirGün, Muhalif and Gerçek Gündem +5: Nefes, Tele2 Haber, BirGün, Muhalif and Gerçek Gündem 
Sayat Zurnacı and Aytaç Kart, referred to court in the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office investigation, were arrested; actress Nilperi Şahinkaya, former footballer Hasan Şaş and one other suspect were released under judicial control.
+7: Yeni Akit, Yeni Asır, Yeni Şafak, NTV, CNN Türk, Haber7 and Milliyet +8: Habertürk, Yeni Akit, Yeni Asır, Yeni Şafak, NTV, CNN Türk, Haber7 and Milliyet 
+9: Ajansspor, Bianet, Gazete Oksijen, Kısa Dalga, NTV Spor, Kıbrıs Genç TV, Gündem Kıbrıs, Kıbrıs Manşet and Diken +10: Serbestiyet, Ajansspor, Bianet, Gazete Oksijen, Kısa Dalga, NTV Spor, Kıbrıs Genç TV, Gündem Kıbrıs, Kıbrıs Manşet and Diken 
+6: Sözcü, BirGün, Nefes, Yeniçağ, Aykırı and Yenidüzen +7: Tele2 Haber, Sözcü, BirGün, Nefes, Yeniçağ, Aykırı and Yenidüzen 
About 1,250 academics, including signatories Judith Butler and Slavoj Žižek, called for the release of LGBTI+ rights advocates and the removal of access blocks. DEM Party MP Sevilay Çelenk raised the issue at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's Equality Committee.
BirGün wrote that a Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette on September 5, 2026 granted TPAO urgent expropriation authority in its licensed fields in Thrace, and that the decision covers not only drilling sites but also pipelines, camps and storage facilities.
In a BirGün opinion column, it was claimed that a published presidential decision removed a total of 4,300 hectares from forest boundaries, with 3,882 hectares in Kızılcahamam alone, and that similar decisions since 2018 have covered approximately 5,000 hectares in total.
According to Nefes, records from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Food Public Notice system found solipedal (horse) meat in meat products, unauthorized dye in tea and ground pepper, and pharmaceutical active ingredients in some dietary supplements.
According to Sözcü, the roughly 1 million lira vehicle used by Denizli Provincial Mufti Abdullah Pamuklu was sold and replaced with a brand-new vehicle claimed to have a market value of about 5 million lira; the Din-Bir-Sen union criticized the purchase.
The sister of 27-year-old motorcycle courier Batuhan Karabulut, who died on March 17 after being hit from behind on the TEM Highway, said the incident was "not a traffic accident, but murder"; driver Uğur S., who is being tried for "causing death through conscious negligence," was rearrested.
The Trabzon Governor's Office reported that rainfall reached about 50 kilograms per square meter in some parts of the city, that 114 calls were received by the 112 Emergency Call Center, and that 533 personnel were deployed. The Meteorology authority issued a yellow-code warning for Giresun, Trabzon, Rize and Artvin for September 19.
According to a report by BirGün, students from different grade levels are being taught in the same classroom at 4 primary schools in Ankara; at three village schools in Mamak, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades have been combined. Low student numbers were cited as the reason, while educators said the practice lowers the quality of education.
The remaining section of a building under demolition at Şirin Sitesi in Istanbul's Küçükçekmece İnönü neighborhood collapsed around 8:30 p.m. It was determined no one was under the rubble and search efforts ended.
+9: TGRT Haber, CNN Türk, Hürriyet, A Haber, NTV, Habertürk, Takvim, Milliyet and Yeni Şafak +10: Haber7, TGRT Haber, CNN Türk, Hürriyet, A Haber, NTV, Habertürk, Takvim, Milliyet and Yeni Şafak +6: Nefes, BirGün, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Muhalif and Sözcü +7: Yeniçağ, Nefes, BirGün, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Muhalif and Sözcü Near the Cilvegözü Border Gate in Hatay's Reyhanlı district, a fight broke out between drivers after one truck collided with another truck waiting to cross while overtaking; 3 people were injured. The gendarmerie detained those involved in the fight and launched an investigation.
In the investigation led by the Van Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, a couple who were detained gave statements and had DNA samples taken, and their home was searched; the couple was later released. The family's lawyer said they might request exhumation of the grave if necessary.
AFAD reported a 3.8-magnitude earthquake at 9:09 p.m. with its epicenter in the Kuşadası Gulf in the Aegean Sea; the depth was given as 7.83 kilometers by AFAD and 8.1 kilometers by Kandilli Observatory.
+4: Haber7, Yeni Asır, Hürriyet and Milat +5: Türkiye Gazetesi, Haber7, Yeni Asır, Hürriyet and Milat 
+5: Gerçek Gündem, Evrensel, Sözcü, Yeniçağ and Cumhuriyet +6: Nefes, Gerçek Gündem, Evrensel, Sözcü, Yeniçağ and Cumhuriyet In Çanakkale's Ezine district on the Çanakkale-İzmir highway, 97-year-old Yusuf Çelik, who had gotten off a minibus returning from a wedding and was trying to cross the road, was hit by a vehicle and died at the scene. The investigation to find the driver, who fled, continues.
Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi said on TGRT Haber that 99.22% of stray animals had been collected, with work still ongoing in Istanbul, İzmir and Diyarbakır. Çiftçi said they aim to complete the process by October 15 in Istanbul and by the end of October in Diyarbakır.
The first hearing in the case over the child killed in a traffic accident in Kastamonu on Aug. 21, 2025 will be held on Nov. 12. According to Cumhuriyet, defendant F.N.V. gave his defense statement via instruction at Ankara Courthouse after moving his residence to Ankara.
The Ordu Environmental Association claimed that chemical-laden water from gold exploration drilling in the districts of Aybastı, Korgan and Kabataş was discharged onto pastureland without oversight, and that three cows died after being poisoned. The association said it had brought the matter to the attention of the Provincial Directorate of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change.
According to Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi, one in every two traffic accidents in Türkiye involves a motorcycle; the ministry has prepared a "Motorcycle Action Plan." According to Türkiye Gazetesi, 16% of these accidents involve couriers.
Küçükçekmece 6th High Criminal Court sentenced three defendants under 18 to 24 years in prison each for "jointly and intentionally killing a child" and ruled against any sentence reduction. Prosecutors had sought between 18 and 24 years in prison.
In operations conducted by the Ceyhan Police Department across the district, 86 suspects were detained, and of those referred to the courthouse, 51 were arrested. Teams seized 1 ton 540 kilograms of contraband tobacco, 6 pistols and 317,000 lira (TL) in cash.
At the 8th hearing of the Egyptian Bazaar case at Istanbul 15th High Criminal Court, the court upheld the outstanding arrest warrants and postponed the hearing to February 5, 2027.
In an operation carried out in Sakarya, Istanbul and Kocaeli, 31 suspects were caught; a transaction volume of approximately 562 million lira was reportedly identified in account activity. Star also reported a separate operation across 7 provinces based in Aydın.
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