This story is from 26 September 2026.
Trade Minister Ömer Bolat said building preferential trade agreements and establishing regional cooperation blocs was critically important against trade wars and protectionism.
Speaking at a programme at MÜSİAD headquarters, Bolat said the world economy faced low growth and strong protectionist tendencies. He said external economic relations were conducted with all countries, adding that MÜSİAD EXPO had taken place with 369 firms and more than 80,000 visitors.
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.
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The Turkish Trade Ministry imposed fines totaling 215.1 million lira on businesses in inspections conducted through the Wholesale Market Registration System over sharp rises in fruit and vegetable prices.
The Turkish Trade Ministry announced that 360,000 firms were inspected in the first 9 months of 2026 and about 2.6 billion lira in administrative fines were imposed. With the Turkish Competition Authority's fines, the total exceeded 23 billion lira.
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YENİ Party İzmir deputy Ümit Özlale called on Turkish Trade Minister Ömer Bolat and Turkish Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş to disclose fund transactions.
The Turkish Trade Ministry and the Capital Markets Board (SPK) amended two regulations on the operation of TÜRİB and the activities of intermediary institutions; the scope of products and contracts that can be traded on the exchange was expanded.
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 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.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a speech at the MÜSİAD EXPO fair that "we are determined to unmask the occupier Zionist mentality". He said they had confronted them with the massacres in Gaza and Lebanon at the UN General Assembly.
Demirören Medya TV Group Chair Murat Yancı said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was the leader who gave the clearest messages on Israel at the UN General Assembly.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke at the closing of the MÜSİAD EXPO International Trade Fair and the 29th International Business Forum at the Istanbul Fair Center. Erdoğan said the global system had reached an impasse in terms of legitimacy, representation and justice.
Of 10 suspects referred to court over the attack in front of İnci Üzmez Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School that injured 11 students, 7 were arrested and 3 were released under judicial control.
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