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title: "Public institutions take steps in fund crisis, Central Bank foreign currency sales in focus"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-18-public-institutions-take-steps-fund-crisis/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-18
updated: 2026-09-18T13:58:17.341Z
category: economy
sources: 4
agreement: differ
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# Public institutions take steps in fund crisis, Central Bank foreign currency sales in focus

The Treasury and Finance Ministry convened the Financial Stability Committee, and the Central Bank (TCMB) raised repo funding to 300 billion lira. According to reports citing Reuters, the Central Bank sold approximately $5 billion on Wednesday; the Turkey Wealth Fund was reported to have made purchases on the stock exchange.

## Where reports differ

- **Pro-government press** — Highlights the simultaneous measures taken by the Treasury, the Central Bank, the Capital Markets Board (SPK) and the banking regulator BDDK, as well as the Turkey Wealth Fund's role as a strong buyer on the stock exchange.
- **Opposition press** — Emphasizes the cost of the intervention: citing bankers' calculations, it reports that the Central Bank sold $5-5.2 billion in a single day and that a liquidation decision was made for a fund worth approximately 900 billion lira.

## Who is in this story

- [Treasury and Finance Ministry](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/hazine-ve-maliye-bakanligi/) — Institutions
- [Central Bank (TCMB)](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/tcmb/) — Institutions
- [Capital Markets Board (SPK)](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/sermaye-piyasasi-kurulu/) — Institutions
- [Turkey Wealth Fund](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/turkiye-varlik-fonu/) — Institutions
- [Borsa Istanbul (BIST)](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/borsa-istanbul/) — Companies
- [Emlak Katılım](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/emlak-katilim/) — Companies

## News sources

- [Devlet dört koldan devrede: Merkez Bankası, SPK, Varlık Fonu ve Emlak Katılım anında müdahale etti](https://ekonomi.haber7.com/ekonomi/haber/3660703-devlet-dort-koldan-devrede-merkez-bankasi-spk-varlik-fonu-ve-emlak-katilim-aninda-mudahale-etti) — Haber7 (pro-government) — 2026-09-18
- [Son dakika | Fon krizinin maliyeti belli oldu: Tek günde milyarlarca dolar gitti](https://halktv.com.tr/ekonomi/son-dakika-fon-krizinin-maliyeti-belli-oldu-tek-gunde-milyarlarca-dolar-gitti-1055893h) — Halk TV (opposition) — 2026-09-18
- [Reuters: TCMB, çarşamba günü 5 milyar dolar döviz sattı](https://www.ekonomim.com/ekonomi/reuters-tcmb-carsamba-gunu-5-milyar-dolar-doviz-satti-haberi-919184) — Ekonomim (independent) — 2026-09-18
- [Turkey’s Wealth Fund Bought Blue-Chip Stocks to Stem Market Rout](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-18/turkey-s-wealth-fund-bought-blue-chip-stocks-to-stem-market-rout) — Bloomberg (foreign) — 2026-09-18

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-18-fon-krizinde-kamu-kurumlarindan-adimlar-tcmb/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-18-public-institutions-take-steps-fund-crisis/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-18-krizise-fondov-vlasti-prinimayut-mery-obsuzhdaetsya/

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