ALL-GIRL BAND ACCUSED OF EXHIBITIONISM
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office deposed the six-member female band Manifest on allegations of 'exhibitionism' and 'indecent behavior.'
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THREE-YEAR ECONOMIC ROAD MAP UNVEILED; 2025 INFLATION TARGET RAISED 11 POINTS
Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz unveiled the Medium-Term Program for 2026–28, raising the end-2025 inflation target by 11 points from the previous plan. Yılmaz said real GDP growth targets are 3.8% in 2026, 4.3% in 202, and 5.0% in 2028. The inflation path is 28.5% for end-2025, 16% for end-2026, 9% for 2027, and 8% for 2028.
SMALL BUSINESSES WILL PAY MORE TAXES
The tax burden for many small businesses will rise after changes announced in the Official Gazette.
CENTRAL BANK CUTS INTEREST RATES
The Central Bank reduced its policy interest rate, the one-week repo auction rate, from 43% to 40.5%, the second straight cut.
HÜRJET PASSES CRITICAL TEST
Turkish Aerospace Industries’ (TAI) jet trainer aircraft Hürjet has passed another milestone in the certification process by obtaining the Design Organization Approval (DOA) and Production Organization Approval (POA) certificates, Haluk Görgün, head of Defense Industries, announced on Sept. 10.
İYİ PARTY TO CHALLENGE 2017 REFERENDUM OVER UNSTAMPED BALLOTS
İYİ Party Deputy Chair Hakan Şeref Olgun said he is preparing to file a lawsuit contesting the 2017 constitutional referendum, in which the Supreme Election Board accepted unstamped ballots.
WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN ÖZEL AND BAHÇELİ ON PROTESTS
CHP Chair Özgür Özel vowed to continue resisting court rulings against his party, accusing the government of trying to criminalize peaceful protest.
ERDOĞAN: NO TOLERANCE FOR STREET VIOLENCE
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that refusing to recognize court rulings amounts to openly defying the rule of law.
PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION MEETS UNDER SHADOW OF ÖCALAN MEETING
DEM Party Deputy Parliamentary Group Chair Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit has renewed her party’s call for the National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission to visit imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan on İmralı Island.
HABERTÜRK AND SHOW TV SEIZED IN FRAUD PROBE
Authorities seized Habertürk, Show TV and Bloomberg HT, along with 121 other companies tied to Can Holding, after the Küçükçekmece Chief Prosecutor’s Office issued arrest warrants for eight people, including owners Mehmet Şakir Can, Kemal Can, and Chairman of the Board Kenan Tekdağ. The suspects face charges of forming a criminal organization, smuggling, fraud, and money laundering.
CHP SHUTTERS ISTANBUL OFFICE AFTER COURT-IMPOSED CHAIR TAKES OVER WITH POLICE
After court-appointed interim chair Gürsel Tekin entered the main opposition CHP’s Istanbul provincial office under police escort, the party announced it would close the building and relocate operations to its Bahçelievler branch, notifying authorities.
CHP CALLS SNAP CONGRESS AS LEGAL BATTLE ESCALATES
Turkey’s main opposition party, the CHP, is set to hold an extraordinary congress on Sept. 21, after more than 900 delegates submitted signatures to Ankara’s Çankaya District Election Board on September 5. The move comes amid a growing legal standoff that has rocked the party’s Istanbul branch. Among the signatories, the 196 Istanbul delegates suspended by court order were not included.