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Turkish Trade Minister Ömer Bolat announced that 560,000 products in 69,000 markets selling staple foods and essential consumer goods were inspected in the past year, and 91 businesses were fined 123 million lira.
A review by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) found 629 million lira in inflows to the accounts of a public prosecutor in Mardin between 2017 and 2026. The Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) suspended the prosecutor for three months as a precaution.
+2: Cumhuriyet and soL Haber +3: Sözcü, Cumhuriyet and soL Haber Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar met Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev. Bayraktar said they aim to raise nuclear energy capacity to 20,000 megawatts by 2050.
+2: Ekonomi Manşet and ANKA Haber Ajansı The litre price of LPG will rise by 4.63 lira effective 2 October, exceeding 40 lira. That will be the second price hike for LPG in 24 hours.
A 25-article draft bill prepared within the Turkish Health Ministry envisages a levy of 20 lira per pack on tobacco products and 100 lira per kilogram.
Under the graduated natural gas tariff the Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Ministry will apply for the first time this winter, bills for 2.8 million subscribers exceeding the province-based limit will double as the state subsidy is lifted.
OYAK General Manager Murat Yalçıntaş announced that the HY-100 steel produced for the MILDEN project will allow national submarines to dive deeper.
ASELSAN signed additional contracts worth about €1 billion with the Turkish Defence Industry Agency (SSB) for serial production of long-range air defence systems.
+4: Haber7, Yeni Akit, A Haber and Türkiye Gazetesi +5: Star, Haber7, Yeni Akit, A Haber and Türkiye Gazetesi 
According to August data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), the unemployment rate fell 0.3 points to 7.8%, while the idle labour rate rose 0.4 points to 31%. The number of employed people rose by 136,000.
+2: Habertürk and Star +4: Dünya, ANKA Haber Ajansı, Diken and Kısa Dalga +5: Gazete Oksijen, Dünya, ANKA Haber Ajansı, Diken and Kısa Dalga 
+5: BirGün, Cumhuriyet, Muhalif, Oda TV and Yeniçağ +6: Nefes, BirGün, Cumhuriyet, Muhalif, Oda TV and Yeniçağ Mehmet Yiğiner, who ran on a single list at the Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK) General Assembly, was elected chair with 560 votes. Bendevi Palandöken did not field a list.
+3: ANKA Haber Ajansı, Ekonomim and Gazete Oksijen +4: Serbestiyet, ANKA Haber Ajansı, Ekonomim and Gazete Oksijen +2: Nefes and Halk TV The Turkish Treasury and Finance Ministry announced 630.7 billion lira in domestic borrowing against 676.6 billion lira in domestic debt service for October-December.
According to DİSK-AR's September report, the broad unemployment rate rose to 31% in August, and the gap between narrow and broad unemployment reached 23.2 points.
Labour and Social Security Minister Vedat Işıkhan said they target about 2.1 million additional jobs in the 2027-2029 period and aim to cut the unemployment rate to 7.6% in 2029.
Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır announced a new scheme for manufacturing investments. Loans of up to 1 billion lira can be granted under the YTAK Program with a budget of 750 billion lira.
The new rules set by banking regulator BDDK for savings finance companies take effect tomorrow. The same person will be able to sign at most two active contracts.
The Turkish Court of Cassation (Yargıtay) ruled that a worker who did not receive annual leave pay in advance when taking leave may rightfully terminate the employment contract and qualify for severance pay.
+2: Türkiye Gazetesi and Yeni Şafak +3: Haber7, Türkiye Gazetesi and Yeni Şafak 
+2: Yeniçağ and BirGün Türkiye Emlak Katılım Bank applied to the Turkish Competition Authority for approval of the transfer of Katılımevim, Birevim and İktisat Katılım shares. The bank said other approval processes are ongoing.
+3: Habertürk, Milat and Takvim +4: Star, Habertürk, Milat and Takvim +2: Gazete Oksijen and Diken +3: Dünya, Gazete Oksijen and Diken +2: BirGün and Yeniçağ 
Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz announced that they aim to add 2.1 million additional jobs to the economy by 2029.
According to Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) data, the foreign trade deficit rose 22.3% year-on-year in August to about $5.2 billion. The deficit in the first eight months of the year reached about $65.8 billion.
+2: Haber7 and Türkiye Gazetesi +3: Star, Haber7 and Türkiye Gazetesi +4: Gazete Oksijen, Serbestiyet, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Kısa Dalga +5: Ekonomim, Gazete Oksijen, Serbestiyet, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Kısa Dalga 
+2: Cumhuriyet and Evrensel Three new departments at the Tax Inspection Board will effectively begin operating as of 1 October. The new units will focus on auditing organized tax fraud and cross-border transactions.
The trade union confederation Türk-İş's September survey put a family of four's monthly food spending at 37,801 lira and total essential expenses at 123,130 lira.
+4: Gazete Oksijen, Diken, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Kısa Dalga +5: Dünya, Gazete Oksijen, Diken, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Kısa Dalga +3: Yeniçağ, Cumhuriyet and Evrensel +4: Nefes, Yeniçağ, Cumhuriyet and Evrensel In the investigation led by the Gebze Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, fake invoices were found to have been issued through front companies across 9 provinces, and 46 people were detained.
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said service producer prices rose 2.87% monthly and 33.29% annually in August; the highest annual rise was in transportation and storage.
Hedef Holding told the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) it could not pay about 1.1 billion lira in matured Stock Exchange Money Market debt. The company said financing conditions and problems accessing funds prevented payment and applied to change the debt's maturity and terms.
+2: Gazete Oksijen and Dünya +3: Diken, Gazete Oksijen and Dünya +3: BirGün, Yeniçağ and Evrensel +4: Halk TV, BirGün, Yeniçağ and Evrensel 
