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Erdoğan opens İstanbul Airport's 4th main runway running east-west

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at the ceremony "We are in the Champions League of aviation" and noted that passenger numbers on domestic and international flights rose from 34.5 million in 2002 to more than 247 million in 2025. Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said the 2,820-meter runway is the first built on an east-west axis.

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Economy World press 41 sources 19 Sept, 05:05

Capital Markets Board (SPK) assigns İş Bankası and Ziraat Bankası for liquidation of 130 funds

Assets of 130 funds belonging to seven portfolio management companies will be converted to cash, with the process to be completed within three months at most. Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said, "There is no structural problem in the stock market or the fund market."

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State media According to a statement reported by TRT Haber, Şimşek said the problem was limited to a small number of free funds stemming from credit and liquidity issues, that 131 out of 2,038 funds were affected, and that there was no systemic risk.

Opposition press Artı Gerçek wrote that the funds subject to the liquidation decision belong to approximately 550,000 investors and have a total size calculated at around $17 billion (826 billion lira).

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