This story is from 23 September 2026.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced that Türkiye plans to put its first small modular reactor into operation in the early 2030s. He made the announcement at the Türkiye Investment Conference in New York.
Bayraktar stated that TÜNAŞ signed a cooperation agreement with USTDA in the field of SMRs. He said they are working on an incentive regulation for SMR investors.
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 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 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.
