This story is from 23 September 2026.
Alibaba Cloud announced it will establish its first cloud region in Türkiye within the next 12 months. The company will also create its first cloud regions in Finland and the Netherlands in the same period.
According to the plan announced at the company's Apsara Conference in Hangzhou, data center capacity in Malaysia, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, France, and Hong Kong will also be expanded. The city where the region will be established has not yet been announced.
At the 77th International Astronautical Congress in Antalya, Türkiye and Italy decided to act jointly in space technologies. It was announced that the spacecraft for Türkiye's Moon mission is ready.
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.
+3: Milliyet, Yeni Akit and Yeni Şafak +4: A Haber, Milliyet, Yeni Akit and Yeni Şafak 
+3: Ekonomim, Gazete Oksijen and Ekonomi Manşet +4: Diken, Ekonomim, Gazete Oksijen and Ekonomi Manşet 
+3: Sözcü, Cumhuriyet and BirGün +4: Halk TV, Sözcü, Cumhuriyet and BirGün 
+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 MASAK announced that in the FATF report published on September 23, Türkiye was found compliant with 38 of the 40 recommendations, and that there was no strategic deficiency or grey list risk. Of the 11 outcomes, 3 were considered largely effective and 8 moderately effective.
+2: Star and Yeni Asır +3: Haber7, Star and Yeni Asır 
+2: Ekonomim and Bloomberg HT +3: Gazete Oksijen, Ekonomim and Bloomberg HT 
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.
+4: Ekonomim, Gazete Oksijen, Bloomberg HT and Sigorta Gündem +5: Dünya, Ekonomim, Gazete Oksijen, Bloomberg HT and Sigorta Gündem 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.
According to the report by BETAM and sahibinden.com, real prices of homes for sale across Türkiye fell 8.4 percent year-on-year in August.
+2: Ekonomi Manşet and Sigorta Gündem 
