BIST 100 Index Rises 1.24% at Friday Close
Türkiye’s benchmark BIST 100 index closed Friday at 10,971.52 points, up 1.24% from the previous session.
Türkiye’s benchmark BIST 100 index closed Friday at 10,971.52 points, up 1.24% from the previous session.
Türkiye’s Air Force aircraft are set to arrive in Estonia next autumn for the first time, taking part in the protection of Baltic airspace, the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.
Foreign ministers of some Muslim countries will meet in Istanbul on Monday to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and next steps there, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday, voicing concern over whether the ceasefire will continue.
Turkish court sentenced 11 people to life in prison on Friday over a fire that killed 78 people at a ski resort in northwest Türkiye's Bolu mountains in January, state media reported.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday in Ankara as both countries explored new pathways for bilateral economic relations.
Two people were killed and three others injured when a seven-storey building collapsed in the northwestern Turkish city of Gebze on Wednesday, local officials said. All five victims belonged to the same family.
Türkiye has officially delivered its first domestically produced Altay tanks to the armed forces, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of BMC’s Ankara Tank and New Generation Armoured Vehicles Production Facility.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a deal on Monday in which Türkiye bought 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets for 8 billion pounds ($10.7 billion), his office said, deepening the NATO allies' defence ties and bolstering Turkish air defences.
Armenia’s foreign minister says the presidents of Azerbaijan and Türkiye have been verbally invited to attend the 8th European Political Community summit due in Yerevan next spring.
On October 24, Vice President of Türkiye Cevdet Yılmaz met with a delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TURKPA) led by Secretary General Ramil Hasan in Ankara.
Türkiye’s main stock index, BIST 100, closed on Friday at 10,941.79 points, recording a 3.14% increase.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Türkiye next Thursday for discussions on bilateral relations and international matters, German officials announced on Friday.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said the United States and others must do more to push Israel to stop violating the Gaza ceasefire agreement, including the possible use of sanctions or halting arms sales.
Israel and the United States have prevented Türkiye from joining planned international stabilization forces (ISF) for the Gaza Strip, according to a White House broadcast.
Türkiye plans to acquire the necessary defence systems from its NATO allies and other partners until its domestically produced fighter jet, KAAN, is ready for delivery, a source from the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held an official meeting with Sultan Haitham bin Tarik in Muscat, the capital of Oman, marking the final stop of his three-day Gulf tour.
Türkiye has emerged as Europe’s largest steel producer and the world’s seventh largest in the first eight months of 2025, producing 36.9 million tonnes last year, according to sector officials.
Turkish nationalist leader Devlet Bahceli said the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state should hold a parliamentary vote to join Türkiye, two days after Turkish Cypriots elected a candidate in favour of restarting talks with Greek Cypriots.
Türkiye is ready to assume a de facto guarantor role if a two-state solution in Palestine is implemented, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday.
On Friday, a delegation from the Turkish National Defence Ministry paid an official visit to Damascus, the capital of Syria.
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Türkiye has appointed Mehmet Gulluoglu, former head of its disaster management agency AFAD, to lead its humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza, a Foreign Ministry source confirmed.
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