This story is from 23 September 2026.
The Asian Development Bank cut Türkiye's 2026 growth forecast to 2.8 percent and raised its inflation forecast to 31.5 percent. In the Central Bank's survey, households' 12-month inflation expectation was 45.6 percent.
The bank kept its 2027 growth expectation at 3.6 percent. In the Central Bank's September survey, market participants' expectation rose to 23.7 percent, households' to 45.6 percent, while the real sector's expectation fell to 32.5 percent.
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Türkiye's central bank (TCMB) Chair Fatih Karahan told Turkish parliament's Planning and Budget Commission that most outflows from funds had moved into deposits and that rent increases had slowed.
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+2: Yeniçağ and BirGün 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.
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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.
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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%.
+2: PSM and Dünya +3: Ekonomim, PSM and Dünya 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.
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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.
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.
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+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 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Zeydi met in New York and agreed on establishing state authority in Sinjar and removing the PKK from the region. Turkish forces will gradually hand over the Bashiqa-Zilkan base to Iraq.
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+6: An-Nahar, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera English, BBC Türkçe, Asharq Al-Awsat and RFI +7: Al-Monitor, An-Nahar, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera English, BBC Türkçe, Asharq Al-Awsat and RFI Pakistan's Foreign Ministry announced that the first secretary general of the Mecca Defense Alliance, founded by Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, is retired Lieutenant General Nauman Mahmood. The agreement considers an attack on one party as an attack on all parties.
+2: Havadis and Kıbrıs Manşet Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır has said Türkiye is the 11th largest defence industry exporter and will enter the top 10 next year. He noted that exports have exceeded $280 billion.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said approximately 90% agreement has been reached in negotiations with Israel, and that Israel stepped back in the final stage. He said Turkish bases in the northwest have decreased and status talks are ongoing.
