3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (273+ words) The IMF has pushed borrowing countries to make bigger austerity cuts over the past decade, charity Oxfam said on Sept. 10, urging for alternatives to such measures. "These cuts undermine vital spending on public services — from health care to education and…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (260+ words) Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Bayraktar outlined a transmission line reaching Türkiye through Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave and a green energy corridor linking Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye and Bulgaria. He also cited a separate project to carry electricity beneath the Black Sea to…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (351+ words) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for the swift completion of Rize City Hospital on Sept. 11, saying the 1,053-bed facility was 70 percent complete. “I have instructed my health minister to ensure the remaining work is finished quickly,” Erdoğan said at a…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (371+ words) Türkiye and Bulgaria are in talks to open a new border crossing designed as an alternative to Kapıkule, the country’s busiest border gate. Kapıkule Border Gate, located on the Türkiye-Bulgaria border, is the largest land border crossing in Türkiye and…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (366+ words) Speaking at the fifth Türkiye-Azerbaijan Energy Forum in Baku, Bayraktar outlined plans for a line reaching Türkiye through Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave and a green electricity corridor linking Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye and Bulgaria. He also said Türkiye could join a separate…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (210+ words) A total of 4,072 foreign investors established companies in Istanbul in the first half of 2026, pledging 58.8 billion Turkish Liras in capital, according to Istanbul Chamber of Commerce records. Retail attracted the largest number of investors, with 1,078, or 26.47 percent of the total,…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (433+ words) Turkish Central Bank has kept the policy rate steady at 37 percent in line with market expectations, saying that tight monetary policy stance will strengthen disinflation process. The bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) also decided to maintain the Central Bank overnight…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (242+ words) Among industry subsectors, the mining and quarrying index shrank 3.8 percent annually in July 2026, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). The electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply index dropped 5.6 percent year-on-year. In contrast, the manufacturing index posted an annual…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (320+ words) Based on European Central Bank data cited by Mastercard, The report said Türkiye had 142 million credit cards and 319 million bank cards, including prepaid cards, while card payments reached 24.1 trillion Turkish Liras in 2025. According to the report, increasing digital payment penetration…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (342+ words) Türkiye will maintain its economic program and deliver disinflation despite difficult global and geopolitical conditions, Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said. Şimşek joined Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz and Presidency of Strategy and Budget head İbrahim Şenel at the…...