Türkiye EN

News scope

  • Global
  • Türkiye
  • Russia
  • Middle East
  • China

Language

You are reading news about Türkiye in English.

Language

Simit price rises to 30 lira in Istanbul

Photo: Halk TV

This story is from 26 September 2026.

In Istanbul, the price of a simit sold for 25 lira (TL) rose by 5 lira to 30 lira. The increase was 20%.

Bakers and simit stall operators cited higher flour, sesame and yeast prices and rising operating costs as the reason.

Simit price rises to 30 lira in Istanbul

Sources 6 sources

Source spectrum StateConservativeIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.Foreign
+2: Halk TV and Cumhuriyet +3: BirGün, Halk TV and Cumhuriyet

Mentioned in this story

Share this story

gazete share card
Card theme