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Economy news in Türkiye · Page 8

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Economy 1 source

Religious Affairs Foundation's 2.12 billion lira stake in investment fund becomes subject of controversy

BirGün reported that following the Capital Markets Board (SPK)'s decision to disclose investors holding large shares in investment funds, the Turkey Religious Affairs Foundation's stake in a participation money market fund was 2.12 billion lira; the report referenced the Supreme Council of Religious Affairs' 2022 zakat fatwa.

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BirGün19 Sept, 05:00 Vakfın yaman çelişkisi: Fetvada başka gerçekte başka

Turkey Religious Affairs Foundation Capital Markets Board Supreme Council of Religious Affairs BirGün

Photo: Serbestiyet

Economy World press 41 sources 2 updates

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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TRT Haber5 articles · First to publish the story18 Sept, 13:52 Tuna Portföy'den fon süreçlerine ilişkin açıklama Anadolu Ajansı (ekonomi)2 articles · 3rd to publish the story18 Sept, 10:12 Bakan Şimşek: Borsada ve piyasada yapısal sorun yok Milat2 articles · 10th to publish the story18 Sept, 14:17 Tuna Portföy'den fon süreçlerine ilişkin açıklama A Haber2 articles · 5th to publish the story18 Sept, 10:17 Hazine ve Maliye Bakanı Mehmet Şimşek'ten piyasa mesajı: Genele yayılmış sistemik risk yok Diken2 articles · 6th to publish the story18 Sept, 10:19 Şimşek: Problem sınırlı sayıda fonda, genele yayılan risk yok Bloomberg HT2 articles · 4th to publish the story18 Sept, 15:32 Fonların ödeme ve tasfiye sürecini belirlendi +10 +11 Bloomberg HT · 4th to publish the story Serbestiyet · 8th to publish the story Dünya · 16th to publish the story Karar · 20th to publish the story Gazete Oksijen · 9th to publish the story Kısa Dalga · 11th to publish the story Ekonomim · 21st to publish the story Bursa Hakimiyet · 19th to publish the story Ekonomi Manşet · 13th to publish the story PSM · 14th to publish the story Sigorta Gündem · 15th to publish the story Artı Gerçek2 articles · 2nd to publish the story18 Sept, 10:22 Bakan Şimşek'ten 'fon krizi' açıklaması: Yapısal bir sorun yok Nefes2 articles · 18th to publish the story18 Sept, 14:22 Fon mağdurlarının paralarını ödeyecek 2 banka belli oldu +4 +5 Nefes · 18th to publish the story Gerçek Gündem · 7th to publish the story Cumhuriyet · 22nd to publish the story Yeniçağ · 24th to publish the story BirGün · 25th to publish the story Sputnik Türkiye (RU)17th to publish the story18 Sept, 13:27 Tera Portföy'den tasfiye sürecine ilişkin açıklama: Ödeme planını nasıl olacak? BBC Türkçe (GB)12th to publish the story18 Sept, 11:06 Bakan Şimşek: Borsa ve fon piyasasında genele yayılan bir risk yok Financial Times (GB)23rd to publish the story18 Sept, 15:38 Turkey moves to liquidate funds at centre of ‘Ponzi-like scheme’ +2 BBC Türkçe · 12th to publish the story Financial Times · 23rd to publish the story

Where reports differ

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).

Capital Markets Board (SPK) Mehmet Şimşek İş Bankası Ziraat Bankası Tera Portföy Yönetimi TEFAS

Economy 1 source

Zafer Airport reached 6% of its guaranteed passenger figure in August

According to a report by BirGün, Zafer Airport, which has a monthly average guarantee of 109,811 passengers, was used by only 6,551 passengers in August. According to the report, the guarantee payment to be made from the Treasury to the operating company is estimated to exceed 3 million euros.

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BirGün19 Sept, 05:00 İsabetsizliğin faturası: 3 milyon avro

Zafer Airport Treasury AKP BirGün

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Economy 30 sources 3 updates

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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TRT Haber4 articles · First to publish the story18 Sept, 14:58 Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: İstanbul Havalimanı rekordan rekora, başarıdan başarıya koşuyor Hürriyet8th to publish the story18 Sept, 14:59 'Şampiyonlar ligindeyiz' Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: İstanbul Havalimanı dünya lideri Yeni Akit4th to publish the story18 Sept, 14:58 Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan İstanbul Havalimanı'nın 4. ana pistini açtı: Vizyonsuz muhalefet 'ne gerek var' diyordu! İstanbul Havalimanı bugün dünya lideri +9 +10 Yeni Akit · 4th to publish the story Sabah · 6th to publish the story CNN Türk · 22nd to publish the story Yeni Asır · 5th to publish the story Haber7 · 9th to publish the story Türkiye Gazetesi · 7th to publish the story Star · 18th to publish the story TGRT Haber · 3rd to publish the story Milat · 20th to publish the story Yeni Şafak · 23rd to publish the story Ekonomim11th to publish the story18 Sept, 15:11 Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: Sivil havacılıkta şampiyonlar ligindeyiz Bursa Hakimiyet15th to publish the story18 Sept, 15:30 Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: İstanbul Havalimanı dünya lideri! Şampiyonlar ligindeyiz +6 +7 Bursa Hakimiyet · 15th to publish the story NTV · 17th to publish the story Karar · 10th to publish the story Dünya · 13th to publish the story Mersin Haber · 14th to publish the story Diyarbakır Söz · 16th to publish the story Havadis · 21st to publish the story Gerçek Gündem2 articles · 2nd to publish the story18 Sept, 15:05 Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan'dan İstanbul Havalimanı 4. Pist Açılışında Havacılık Vurgusu: 'Şampiyonlar Ligi'ndeyiz' Sputnik Türkiye (RU)12th to publish the story18 Sept, 15:12 Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: Uçak olmaz burada dedikleri İstanbul Havalimanı rekordan rekora koşuyor Independent Türkçe (GB)19th to publish the story18 Sept, 15:52 Erdoğan: Karanlık odalarda kotarılan siyaset mühendislikleriyle siyasetçilik oynama devri tamamen kapandı

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan İstanbul Airport Transport Ministry Istanbul

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Economy 2 sources 2 updates

Union objects to privatization of bridges and highways; Bodrum properties included in scope

Yapı-Yol Sen announced that it calculated the 30-year revenue of the 2 Bosphorus bridges and 8 highways brought into the privatization scope by a decision published in the Official Gazette on September 5 at $25.2 billion. A separate Presidential Decree also brought 4 Treasury properties in Bodrum and Sarıyer into the scope.

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Cumhuriyet2 articles19 Sept, 04:00 Yapı-Yol Sen’den özelleştirmelere tepki: ‘Kamu kaynağı üç kuruş bedelle sermayeye peşkeş çekiliyor’

Yapı-Yol Sen Official Gazette Bodrum Sarıyer Treasury

Photo: Fortune Türkiye

Economy 2 sources

KASAD Chairman Alican Duran elected president of European carton packaging association ECMA

At the 57th ECMA Congress held in Rome on September 16-18, Alican Duran, Chairman of the Board of KASAD, was elected president of the European Carton Makers Association, which represents more than 650 carton packaging producers across Europe.

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Fortune TürkiyeFirst to publish the story18 Sept, 13:33 KASAD Başkanı Alican Duran, Avrupa Karton Ambalaj Üreticileri Birliği Başkanlığına Seçildi Dünya2nd to publish the story19 Sept, 00:00 Alican Duran, ECMA Başkanlığına seçildi

Alican Duran KASAD ECMA Rome Fortune Türkiye Dünya

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Economy 1 source

Polemic between economist Ash and Sabah columnists in Tera dispute

According to Evrensel, British economist Timothy Ash described on X the presence of certain columnists on the boards of liquidated funds as a "conflict of interest"; the debate continued through Sabah columnists Kerem Alkin and Dilek Güngör.

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Evrensel19 Sept, 02:07 Timothy Ash ile Dilek Güngör arasında "Kim Tera'cı" polemiği

Timothy Ash Kerem Alkin Dilek Güngör Sabah Tera Yatırım Menkul Değerler Mehmet Şimşek Evrensel

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Economy 1 source

Financial Times: Problem in fund sector caused sharp drop in BIST 100

According to a report by Ekonomim citing the Financial Times, the BIST 100 index fell more than 8% during the week after a portfolio management company announced it could not meet redemption requests on some of its funds.

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Ekonomim19 Sept, 01:45 Türkiye’deki fon krizini ABD yakından izlemeli!

Borsa Istanbul (BIST) Financial Times Ekonomim

Photo: Yeniçağ

Economy 1 source

Deputy Trade Minister Tuzcu discusses investments with Toyota delegation

According to a Trade Ministry post, Deputy Minister Mustafa Tuzcu received a delegation led by Toyota Motor Europe executive Matt Harrison and Toyota Türkiye CEO Murat Bülbül; the meeting addressed the company's investments and export capacity in Türkiye.

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Yeniçağ19 Sept, 02:29 Ticaret Bakan Yardımcısı Tuzcu, Toyota heyetiyle yatırımları görüştü

Mustafa Tuzcu Trade Ministry Toyota Matt Harrison Murat Bülbül

Photo: Ekonomim

Economy 1 source

Türkiye ranks 25th in real GDP per capita growth from 1990 to 2025

According to a ranking based on World Bank data, Türkiye's real GDP per capita rose from $12,200 in 1990 to $37,300 in 2025, a 206% increase that placed it 25th. Guyana, China and Equatorial Guinea top the list.

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Ekonomim19 Sept, 02:02 Türkiye, kişi başına reel GSYH’si en hızlı artan ülkeler listesine girdi

World Bank Türkiye China Guyana Ekonomim

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