İsmail Saymaz, Murat Ağırel and Şaban Sevinç to testify in fund probe
Istanbul's Chief Public Prosecutor's Office ordered journalists İsmail Saymaz, Murat Ağırel and Şaban Sevinç to give statements as suspects as part of its fund investigation.
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Istanbul's Chief Public Prosecutor's Office ordered journalists İsmail Saymaz, Murat Ağırel and Şaban Sevinç to give statements as suspects as part of its fund investigation.
The Turkish Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) was appointed trustee of Destek Finans Faktoring A.Ş. The company's board was reconstituted, and commercial operations continue.
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced that gross national product in 2025 rose 41.4% to about 62.3 trillion lira. The economy was a net borrower at 1.8% of gross domestic product.
Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said defence spending would be increased by 229% in the 2027 budget.
The number of registered jobseekers at the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR) rose to 2,344,288 in September 2026, up 3.41% from the same month last year. In September, 140,841 people were placed in jobs.
Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı said they would launch AI-assisted irrigation automation systems next year across 22,000 hectares in 11 provinces.
The automotive industry's exports totaled $3.9 billion in September, giving the sector a 15.2% share of Türkiye's total exports. In the January-September period, automotive exports reached $31.15 billion.
Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKİ) bought Konya Şeker's Soma B Thermal Power Plant, put up for sale through enforcement, with a bid of 6.946 billion lira (TL) excluding VAT. The plant thus returned to state ownership after 12 years.
The Turkish Trade Ministry and the Capital Markets Board (SPK) amended two regulations on the operation of TÜRİB and the activities of intermediary institutions; the scope of products and contracts that can be traded on the exchange was expanded.
The Capital Markets Board (SPK) approved debt instrument issuance applications by Akbank, İş Faktoring, Koç Stellantis Finansman and QNB Bank. Akbank's issuance totals 130 billion lira (TL) and $4 billion.
The Capital Markets Board (SPK) filed a criminal complaint against 21 people following its probe into ODINE share market transactions and imposed a 2-year trading ban on them.
According to September data from the Turkish Treasury and Finance Ministry, the cash balance posted a deficit of 467.2 billion lira. Interest payments were about 274 billion lira.
The Turkish Competition Board temporarily halted Adkoturk from giving sales points free products and some trade advantages until its final ruling in the probe.
Türkiye's first seismic survey vessel Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa began searching for oil and natural gas off Trabzon after work in the western Black Sea.
The Yeni Şafak newspaper claimed that eight coal businesses in Trabzon were sealed and that former Transport Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu played a role in the decision.
A regulation published in the Official Gazette raised the customer identification threshold in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing to 370,000 lira.
ASELSAN signed a $195 million contract with the Turkish Defence Industry Agency for the procurement of radar systems. The deal was disclosed to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP).
Türkiye's central bank (TCMB) Governor Fatih Karahan told the Turkish parliament's Planning and Budget Committee that annual price growth in newly rented homes eased to 26.4% as of August.
A Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) committee adopted a bill requiring foreign lodging platforms such as Booking, Expedia and Airbnb to hold a two-year permit costing 5 million lira.
Türkiye's central bank (TCMB) reported that the underlying trend of inflation declined in September from the previous month. Annual consumer inflation fell to 29.73%.
The Turkish Treasury and Finance Ministry issued a dollar-denominated government bond valued Oct. 7, 2026. It drew $1.575 billion in bids, and all bids were met.
September inflation coming in below expectations strengthened expectations that Türkiye's central bank (TCMB) could cut rates at its Monetary Policy Committee meeting on 22 October. Economists highlight a 100-basis-point cut.
Diesel prices per litre fell by 4.95 lira from midnight. There was no price change in the petrol group.
The Turkish Trade Ministry announced that 360,000 firms were inspected in the first 9 months of 2026 and about 2.6 billion lira in administrative fines were imposed. With the Turkish Competition Authority's fines, the total exceeded 23 billion lira.