The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Turkey, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.
| GDP growth (2025) | 3.6% | Moderate growth. |
| Inflation (2025) | 34.9% | High inflation: money loses value quickly. |
| Unemployment (2025) | 8.5% | High: many people can’t find work. |
| GDP per person (2025) | $18,599 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Current account (2024) | -0.8% of GDP | Deficit: spends more abroad than it earns, so it relies on foreign money. |
| Exports (2025) | 24.8% of GDP | Driven mostly by its home market. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
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As a noose tightens on one of Turkey’s last remaining independent TV channels, the transformation of a once diverse media sector into a ‘univocal government-dominated ecosystem’ is almost total.
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The Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8) and Al-Hidayah Group discussed plans for a digital platform aimed at expanding cross-border trade, investment and finan...
Ministry spokesperson says sanctions ‘incompatible with the spirit of alliance' with US, also details legal requirements for potential military contribution to Saudi Arabia
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Turkish authorities appointed a government trustee to run pro-opposition broadcaster Halk TV, prosecutors said on Wednesday as police raided its Istanbul office, extending a crackdown on the opposition and prompting fresh concerns over media freedom.
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Turkish authorities have apprehended an Interpol-wanted crypto fugitive in an operation carried out in Istanbul on Wednesday, media reports said. Richard James Schueler, also known...
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will represent President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan at the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in...
Trustees were appointed to Halk TV, a broadcaster serving as the mouthpiece of the main opposition New Party (YP), on Wednesday, in an investigation into alleged corruption by the...
Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Sila Usar Incirli on Tuesday night set out her party’s plans for local government, with the Turkish Cypriots set to hold local elections on December 6, alongside the legislative elections which will take place on the same day.
Representatives of Türkiye's Foreign Economic Relations Board say clear membership perspective for Türkiye would strengthen mutual trust, Europe's global competitiveness
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