This story is from 23 September 2026.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Technology's SEGE 2025 research, Istanbul became Türkiye's most developed province with 4,419 points. Ankara ranked second and İzmir third.
Kocaeli ranked fourth with 1,777 points, and Antalya fifth with 1,716 points. Cities in the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia regions clustered at the bottom of the table.
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 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 Trade Minister Ömer Bolat said September exports rose 15.4% to $26 billion. According to Turkish Exporters Assembly data, the automotive sector, the leader in September, exported $31.1 billion in January-September.
+3: Gazete Oksijen, Ekonomim and Dünya +4: Karar, Gazete Oksijen, Ekonomim and Dünya 
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 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 In the bribery and extortion investigation into Menderes Municipality in Izmir, 9 people, including former deputy mayor Erkan Özkan, were detained.
+12: Star, A Haber, Hürriyet, Yeni Asır, Takvim, CNN Türk, Sabah, Haber7, Türkiye Gazetesi, Milliyet, Milat and Yeni Şafak +13: TGRT Haber, Star, A Haber, Hürriyet, Yeni Asır, Takvim, CNN Türk, Sabah, Haber7, Türkiye Gazetesi, Milliyet, Milat and Yeni Şafak 
+4: Kısa Dalga, Dünya, Gazete Oksijen and Bianet +5: Ekonomi Manşet, Kısa Dalga, Dünya, Gazete Oksijen and Bianet 
+9: Nefes, Halk TV, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Muhalif, Oda TV, Tele2 Haber, soL Haber and BirGün +10: Sözcü, Nefes, Halk TV, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Muhalif, Oda TV, Tele2 Haber, soL Haber and BirGün 
In Keçiören Gülgün Street, the road collapsed when floodwaters swept away an open infrastructure fill, and 20 cars fell into a pit about 1 meter deep. The vehicles were removed, repairs began in the morning, and cars were stranded on flooded roads in Sincan as well.
+5: Milat, Yeni Şafak, CNN Türk, Star and Haber7 +6: Hürriyet, Milat, Yeni Şafak, CNN Türk, Star and Haber7 +2: Gazete Oksijen and Ekonomim +3: Diken, Gazete Oksijen and Ekonomim +5: Halk TV, Sözcü, Nefes, Oda TV and BirGün +6: Muhalif, Halk TV, Sözcü, Nefes, Oda TV and BirGün The ministry's Türkiye Culture Road Festival will be held in Istanbul for the sixth time on September 26-October 4 as its 20th stop. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at AKM at the opening.
According to the report prepared by Esenler Municipality, the annual economic cost of traffic congestion in Istanbul is approximately $10 billion. The time lost due to traffic reaches 288 hours per year.
