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The Turkish Trade Ministry imposed fines totaling 215.1 million lira on businesses in inspections conducted through the Wholesale Market Registration System over sharp rises in fruit and vegetable prices.
The Turkish Treasury and Finance Ministry issued lease certificates worth 59.3 billion lira and gold bonds for 2,315 kilograms of gold today. The issues are valued 7 October 2026 with maturity on 4 October 2028.
+2: Bloomberg HT and Sigorta Gündem +3: PSM, Bloomberg HT and Sigorta Gündem The Republic of Türkiye's central bank's total reserves fell by about $4 billion to $167.2 billion in the week of 2 October. The decline in reserves thus entered its sixth week.
Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz said they aim to bring inflation back down to single digits. Annual inflation fell to 29.73%.
With September inflation announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), the finalized three-month raise for SSK and BAĞ-KUR pensioners stood at 5.57%.
+2: ANKA Haber Ajansı and Sigorta Gündem 
According to Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) data, September's steepest price rise was 25.79% in higher education. Citrus fruits fell the most, dropping 24.41%.
Memur-Sen said it will take its demand for a flat raise to compensate civil servants and pensioners for income losses to the Public Personnel Advisory Board meeting on Oct. 8.
The maximum increase that can be applied to residential and workplace rents in October was set at 31.49% on the basis of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK)'s September inflation data.
ASELSAN and the Defence Industry Presidency (SSB) signed contracts worth a total of €2.46 billion for the procurement of Hybrid Air Defence Systems.
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+2: Gazete Oksijen and Dünya +3: Ekonomim, Gazete Oksijen and Dünya 
About 52% of cars sold in Türkiye in January-September were electric and hybrid models. Total car sales fell 15.45% to 627,977.
+2: Sigorta Gündem and Diken +3: PSM, Sigorta Gündem and Diken President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that exports since the start of the year rose 5.2% to $211 billion. In September, the foreign trade deficit fell 24.8% to about $5.2 billion.
MCR Grup İnşaat, owned by MHP Samsun provincial chair Burhan Mucur, was barred from public tenders for one year.
+2: Nefes and Yeniçağ +3: Oda TV, Nefes and Yeniçağ The Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Ministry published in the Official Gazette the regulation amending the technical assessment requirements for wind energy projects.
The Turkish Trade Ministry will be able to update licensed warehouse fee tariffs no more than twice a year, taking market conditions into account. The regulation entered into force after publication in the Official Gazette.
Ziraat Bank and TKDK announced loans of up to $10 million for agriculture and food investments. $750 million in funding is planned to be made available in the first phase.
+2: Star and Türkiye Gazetesi The banking regulator BDDK set the maturity for mobile phone loans at 12 months for devices costing 40,000 lira or less and 3 months for more expensive devices. It raised to 100,000 lira the limit up to which the 20% minimum payment rate applies on credit cards.
+2: Haber7 and A Haber +3: Milat, Haber7 and A Haber +8: PSM, Gazete Oksijen, Karar, Ekonomi Manşet, Sigorta Gündem, Bloomberg HT, Diken and Gündem Kıbrıs +9: Dünya, PSM, Gazete Oksijen, Karar, Ekonomi Manşet, Sigorta Gündem, Bloomberg HT, Diken and Gündem Kıbrıs 
+5: Aykırı, BirGün, Yeniçağ, Oda TV and Cumhuriyet +6: Halk TV, Aykırı, BirGün, Yeniçağ, Oda TV and Cumhuriyet The Turkish Grain Board (TMO) will supply 5.5 million tons of bread and durum wheat to the market from October 5. Sales will be made via the Turkish Mercantile Exchange (TÜRİB).
The average 1-3-month lira deposit rate fell to 36.9%, dropping below 37% for the first time since 2023.
Real estate representatives welcomed pushing back the mandatory Secure Payment System for property sales to Dec. 1, saying work must be completed so the system functions at its best.
According to Istanbul Chamber of Commerce data, prices rose for 207 of 336 main items in September. The sharpest rise was 55.21% in private university fees.
The 12-kilogram kitchen cylinder rose from 1,550 lira (TL) on 30 September to 1,680 lira today, up 130 lira in three days. LPG had faced an excise tax hike on 1 October.
Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said Türkiye's central bank's (TCMB) steps on SME loans and reserve requirements will ease SMEs' access to finance. The growth limit for SME loans was raised from 4.5% to 5%.
+2: Haber7 and Habertürk +2: Ekonomim and Dünya Pegasus Airlines completed the acquisition of Czech Airlines and the Smartwings Group after all required regulatory approvals were obtained and closing conditions were met.
+3: PSM, Sigorta Gündem and Ekonomim +4: Ekonomi Manşet, PSM, Sigorta Gündem and Ekonomim Turkish steel exports to the US rose 955 percent in August. In the first eight months of the year, sales to the EU fell 22 percent while sales to South America grew 67 percent.
