This story is from 17 September 2026.
According to Interbank Card Center (BKM) data, payments made with credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards in August rose 39% year-on-year to 2.9904 trillion lira (TL). The total number of cards increased 4% to 478 million.
Credit cards accounted for the bulk of payments with 2.54 trillion lira. Transactions made with cards rose 11 percent to nearly 2 billion. While the number of credit cards increased 11 percent, prepaid cards fell 5 percent.
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.
+4: ANKA Haber Ajansı, Bloomberg HT, Kısa Dalga and Ekonomim +5: Karar, ANKA Haber Ajansı, Bloomberg HT, Kısa Dalga and Ekonomim 
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.
+2: Dünya and Gazete Oksijen 
The payout process for 43,643 investors in 17 funds of A1 Capital, Bulls and Pardus began today. Bulls Portföy announced that about 1.22 billion lira had been paid to 5,142 investors in three funds whose liquidation was completed.
+11: Daily Sabah, NTV, Milat, Star, Yeni Şafak, Milliyet, Habertürk, Türkiye Gazetesi, CNN Türk, Yeni Akit and DHA +12: Hürriyet, Daily Sabah, NTV, Milat, Star, Yeni Şafak, Milliyet, Habertürk, Türkiye Gazetesi, CNN Türk, Yeni Akit and DHA 
+11: Dünya, ANKA Haber Ajansı, Medyascope, Karar, Gündem Kıbrıs, Ekonomim, Havadis, Kıbrıs Manşet, Diken, Bloomberg HT and Sigorta Gündem +12: Gazete Oksijen, Dünya, ANKA Haber Ajansı, Medyascope, Karar, Gündem Kıbrıs, Ekonomim, Havadis, Kıbrıs Manşet, Diken, Bloomberg HT and Sigorta Gündem 
+4: Nefes, soL Haber, Evrensel and Cumhuriyet +5: Halk TV, Nefes, soL Haber, Evrensel and Cumhuriyet 
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.
+9: Yeni Şafak, NTV, Takvim, Milliyet, Yeni Akit, DHA, Türkiye Gazetesi, Hürriyet and Milat +10: Star, Yeni Şafak, NTV, Takvim, Milliyet, Yeni Akit, DHA, Türkiye Gazetesi, Hürriyet and Milat +3: ANKA Haber Ajansı, PSM and Sigorta Gündem +4: Karar, ANKA Haber Ajansı, PSM and Sigorta Gündem 
+2: Nefes and Evrensel 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.
+2: TGRT Haber and Türkiye Gazetesi +3: Haber7, TGRT Haber and Türkiye Gazetesi 
+5: Dünya, Karar, Sigorta Gündem, Gazete Oksijen and Diken +6: Ekonomim, Dünya, Karar, Sigorta Gündem, Gazete Oksijen and Diken +2: Halk TV and BirGün 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.
+4: Haber7, Hürriyet, Milliyet and NTV +5: Takvim, Haber7, Hürriyet, Milliyet and NTV 
+2: ANKA Haber Ajansı and Ekonomim +2: Nefes and Yeniçağ Diesel prices per litre fell by 4.95 lira from midnight. There was no price change in the petrol group.
+2: Sigorta Gündem and Gazete Oksijen 
+4: Halk TV, BirGün, Evrensel and Muhalif +5: Nefes, Halk TV, BirGün, Evrensel and Muhalif The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) released September inflation data. Annual inflation fell to 29.73%, dropping below 30% for the first time since November 2021, while the monthly rise was 1.84%.
+2: Milliyet and Haber7 
+3: Ekonomim, Bloomberg HT and Karar +4: Sigorta Gündem, Ekonomim, Bloomberg HT and Karar According to a report by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, Türkiye's emissions reached 610.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2025; this was the highest percentage increase among the 16 largest emitting countries. The global increase over the same period was 0.7%.
The Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued detention orders for the then chief prosecutor, the prison prosecutor and two cellmates in the investigation into the prison death of intelligence agency MİT member Kaşif Kozinoğlu; three people were detained, while Hasan Atilla Uğur said he would return to Istanbul that evening to give a statement.
+8: NTV, Habertürk, A Haber, Yeni Şafak, Sabah, Yeni Akit, CNN Türk and Yeni Asır +9: Hürriyet, NTV, Habertürk, A Haber, Yeni Şafak, Sabah, Yeni Akit, CNN Türk and Yeni Asır 
+6: Karar, Bianet, Dünya, Kısa Dalga, Serbestiyet and Kıbrıs Manşet +7: Diken, Karar, Bianet, Dünya, Kısa Dalga, Serbestiyet and Kıbrıs Manşet 
+5: Halk TV, Yeniçağ, Evrensel, Cumhuriyet and Yenidüzen +6: Sözcü, Halk TV, Yeniçağ, Evrensel, Cumhuriyet and Yenidüzen President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Grand National Assembly (TBMM) Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş, AK Party spokesperson Ömer Çelik, and Communications Director Burhanettin Duran issued commemorative messages for Adnan Menderes, Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Hasan Polatkan, who were executed after May 27, 1960.
+7: Habertürk, Yeni Şafak, NTV, A Haber, Star, Takvim and Yeni Akit +8: Hürriyet, Habertürk, Yeni Şafak, NTV, A Haber, Star, Takvim and Yeni Akit 
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced it had blocked access to 419 accounts and one link.
+2: Sabah and NTV +3: A Haber, Sabah and NTV 
+2: DW Türkçe and The Guardian +3: Euronews Türkçe, DW Türkçe and The Guardian 
