Updated 11 October 2026

Turkey economic indicators: the economy on one page

Prices, money, jobs, trade, spending and what markets expect, in plain words. 15 indicators from TÜİK and the central bank, each with its date and source and compared with last month and last year.

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Prices

What things cost, measured three ways

Consumer prices are what households pay. Core inflation leaves out the items that jump around, so it shows the trend. Producer prices show what factories receive, often a first sign of what shops will charge.

Inflation (consumer prices)

TCMB data

29.73%a year, September 2026

A month earlier (Aug 2026)
31.51%−1.78 pp
A year earlier (Sept 2025)
33.29%−3.56 pp

Prices are 29.73% higher than a year ago: what cost ₺100 then costs about ₺130 now. In September 2026 alone, the monthly change was 1.84%.

Core inflation (C)

TCMB data

28.71%a year, September 2026

A month earlier (Aug 2026)
30.06%−1.35 pp
A year earlier (Sept 2025)
32.54%−3.83 pp

With the items that jump around left out (food, energy, alcohol, tobacco, gold), prices still rise 28.71% a year. Headline inflation is 29.73%.

Producer prices (PPI)

TCMB data

27.38%a year, September 2026

A month earlier (Aug 2026)
27.95%−0.57 pp
A year earlier (Sept 2025)
26.59%+0.79 pp

What factories receive for their goods is 27.38% higher than a year ago; the monthly change was 2.07%. Rises here often reach shop prices later.

Also measured: core inflation B, which leaves out unprocessed food, energy, alcohol, tobacco and gold, stands at 28.99% a year (September 2026). Every indicator is in the table below.

Money

The central bank’s cushion and the lira’s real value

Reserves are the foreign currency and gold the central bank can use to steady the lira. The real exchange rate says whether the lira buys more or less abroad once price differences are counted.

Central bank reserves

TCMB data

$167.4 bnon 2 Oct 2026

Four weeks earlier (4 Sept 2026)
$184.2 bn−9.2%
A year earlier (3 Oct 2025)
$186.2 bn−10.1%

On 2 Oct 2026 the central bank held $167.4 bn in foreign currency and gold in total, −10.1% compared with a year earlier. A bigger cushion gives it more room to steady the lira.

Real exchange rate (REER)

TCMB data

105.45index, 2025 = 100, September 2026

A month earlier (Aug 2026)
105.00+0.4%
A year earlier (Sept 2025)
98.54+7.0%

The index is 100 in 2025. At 105.45, the lira is about 5.5% higher in real terms: imports and trips abroad are relatively cheaper, while Turkish goods and holidays cost foreigners more.

Jobs

How many are looking for work

The unemployment rate is the share of the labour force with no job that is looking for one. This is the seasonally adjusted figure, so one month can be compared with the next.

Unemployment rate

TCMB data

7.8%seasonally adjusted, August 2026

A month earlier (Jul 2026)
8.1%−0.3 pp
A year earlier (Aug 2025)
8.6%−0.8 pp

About 78 of every thousand people in the labour force have no job and are looking for one (7.8%).

Trade

What Türkiye sells and buys abroad

Exports bring foreign currency in, imports send it out. The balance is the difference; this page works it out from the two TCMB series.

Exports

TCMB data

$23.5 bnfor August 2026

A month earlier (Jul 2026)
$25.6 bn−8.4%
A year earlier (Aug 2025)
$21.7 bn+8.1%

For August 2026, Türkiye sold $23.5 bn of goods abroad, +8.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months exports add up to $280.3 bn.

Imports

TCMB data

$28.7 bnfor August 2026

A month earlier (Jul 2026)
$33.0 bn−12.9%
A year earlier (Aug 2025)
$26.0 bn+10.5%

For August 2026, Türkiye bought $28.7 bn of goods from abroad, +10.5% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months imports add up to $378.0 bn.

Trade balance

Calculated

−$5.2 bnfor August 2026

A month earlier (Jul 2026)
−$7.3 bn+$2.1 bn
A year earlier (Aug 2025)
−$4.3 bn−$0.9 bn

For August 2026, imports exceeded exports by $5.2 bn: exports paid for 82% of what was bought. Over the last 12 months the trade deficit adds up to $97.8 bn.

Exports against imports, last 12 months

ExportsImports
Spending

What cards really spent

Debit and credit card spending is a quick read of how much is going through shops and services. It is counted in lira, so part of any rise is just higher prices; the estimate beside it takes prices out.

Card spending

TCMB data

₺2.71 trnfour weeks to 2 Oct 2026

Four weeks earlier (4 Sept 2026)
₺2.73 trn−0.8%
A year earlier (3 Oct 2025)
₺1.96 trn+38.0%

Debit and credit cards were used for ₺2.71 trn in the four weeks to 2 Oct 2026; the latest week alone was ₺723 bn. These are lira, so part of any rise is just higher prices.

Expectations

What markets expect by the end of the year

Each month the central bank asks economists, bankers and business people where inflation and the dollar will be. These are their answers, not a forecast by Turkpidya or by the bank.

Inflation expected at year end

TCMB survey

29.61%end of 2026, September 2026 survey

A month earlier (Aug 2026)
29.43%+0.18 pp
A year earlier (Sept 2025)
29.86%−0.25 pp

In the September 2026 survey, market participants expect annual inflation of 29.6% at the end of 2026. The latest actual reading is 29.7%.

Inflation expected in 12 months

TCMB survey

23.70%12 months ahead, September 2026 survey

A month earlier (Aug 2026)
23.69%+0.01 pp
A year earlier (Sept 2025)
22.25%+1.45 pp

In the September 2026 survey, market participants expect annual inflation of 23.7% twelve months from now. The latest actual reading is 29.7%.

Dollar expected at year end

TCMB survey

₺51.57end of 2026, September 2026 survey

A month earlier (Aug 2026)
₺51.66−0.2%
A year earlier (Sept 2025)
₺43.85+17.6%

In the September 2026 survey, market participants expect the dollar at ₺51.57 at the end of 2026: +4.8% from today’s ₺49.22.

Dollar expected in 12 months

TCMB survey

₺58.6012 months ahead, September 2026 survey

A month earlier (Aug 2026)
₺57.43+2.0%
A year earlier (Sept 2025)
₺48.96+19.7%

In the September 2026 survey, market participants expect the dollar at ₺58.60 twelve months from now: +19.1% from today’s ₺49.22.

Inflation: the last reading and what is expected

  1. Last reading, September 202629.7%
  2. End of 2026, survey29.6%−0.12 pp
  3. 12 months ahead, survey23.7%−6.03 pp

Annual inflation. The arrows show the difference in percentage points from the last reading.

The dollar in lira: today and expected

  1. Today, 9 Oct₺49.22
  2. End of 2026, survey₺51.57+4.8%
  3. 12 months ahead, survey₺58.60+19.1%

Today’s rate is the central bank’s dollar selling rate. The arrows show how far above today’s rate the survey expects the dollar.

Survey of market participants, September 2026: economists, bankers and business people answer and the central bank publishes the average. The figures are what they expect, not what will happen.

Release days

Released this month

Each figure sits under the day it was published, with the period it covers, the value before it and the change. A day is shown only when the data platform recorded it; none is estimated.

October 20269 releases

September 202620 releases

  • Unemployment rateTCMB data

    seasonally adjusted, August 2026

    New value
    7.8%
    Previous
    8.1%Jul 2026
    Change
    −0.3 pp
    TÜİK

  • ExportsTCMB data

    for August 2026

    New value
    $23.5 bn
    Previous
    $25.6 bnJul 2026
    Change
    −8.4%
    TÜİK

  • ImportsTCMB data

    for August 2026

    New value
    $28.7 bn
    Previous
    $33.0 bnJul 2026
    Change
    −12.9%
    TÜİK

August 202620 releases

  • ExportsTCMB data

    for July 2026

    New value
    $25.6 bn
    Previous
    $24.9 bnJun 2026
    Change
    +3.0%
    TÜİK

  • ImportsTCMB data

    for July 2026

    New value
    $33.0 bn
    Previous
    $35.3 bnJun 2026
    Change
    −6.6%
    TÜİK

July 202622 releases

  • ExportsTCMB data

    for June 2026

    New value
    $24.9 bn
    Previous
    $22.4 bnMay 2026
    Change
    +11.1%
    TÜİK

  • ImportsTCMB data

    for June 2026

    New value
    $35.3 bn
    Previous
    $28.1 bnMay 2026
    Change
    +25.7%
    TÜİK

June 202623 releases

  • Unemployment rateTCMB data

    seasonally adjusted, May 2026

    New value
    8.1%
    Previous
    8.2%Apr 2026
    Change
    −0.1 pp
    TÜİK

  • ExportsTCMB data

    for May 2026

    New value
    $22.4 bn
    Previous
    $25.4 bnApr 2026
    Change
    −11.8%
    TÜİK

  • ImportsTCMB data

    for May 2026

    New value
    $28.1 bn
    Previous
    $33.9 bnApr 2026
    Change
    −17.2%
    TÜİK

May 202617 releases

  • ExportsTCMB data

    for April 2026

    New value
    $25.4 bn
    Previous
    $21.9 bnMar 2026
    Change
    +15.8%
    TÜİK

  • ImportsTCMB data

    for April 2026

    New value
    $33.9 bn
    Previous
    $33.1 bnMar 2026
    Change
    +2.5%
    TÜİK

  • Card spendingTCMB data

    four weeks to 15 May 2026

    New value
    ₺2.45 trn
    Previous
    ₺2.37 trn8 May 2026
    Change
    +3.5%
    Banks via TCMB

April 202622 releases

  • Central bank reservesTCMB data

    on 24 Apr 2026

    New value
    $171.1 bn
    Previous
    $174.5 bn17 Apr 2026
    Change
    −2.0%
    TCMB

  • ExportsTCMB data

    for March 2026

    New value
    $21.9 bn
    Previous
    $21.0 bnFeb 2026
    Change
    +4.2%
    TÜİK

  • ImportsTCMB data

    for March 2026

    New value
    $33.1 bn
    Previous
    $30.1 bnFeb 2026
    Change
    +10.0%
    TÜİK

  • Card spendingTCMB data

    four weeks to 24 Apr 2026

    New value
    ₺2.28 trn
    Previous
    ₺2.28 trn17 Apr 2026
    Change
    0.0%
    Banks via TCMB

March 202620 releases

  • Unemployment rateTCMB data

    seasonally adjusted, February 2026

    New value
    8.4%
    Previous
    8.1%Jan 2026
    Change
    +0.3 pp
    TÜİK

  • ExportsTCMB data

    for February 2026

    New value
    $21.0 bn
    Previous
    $20.3 bnJan 2026
    Change
    +3.4%
    TÜİK

  • ImportsTCMB data

    for February 2026

    New value
    $30.1 bn
    Previous
    $28.7 bnJan 2026
    Change
    +4.8%
    TÜİK

February 202620 releases

  • Central bank reservesTCMB data

    on 20 Feb 2026

    New value
    $206.1 bn
    Previous
    $211.8 bn13 Feb 2026
    Change
    −2.7%
    TCMB

  • ExportsTCMB data

    for January 2026

    New value
    $20.3 bn
    Previous
    $26.3 bnDec 2025
    Change
    −22.7%
    TÜİK

  • ImportsTCMB data

    for January 2026

    New value
    $28.7 bn
    Previous
    $35.7 bnDec 2025
    Change
    −19.7%
    TÜİK

  • Card spendingTCMB data

    four weeks to 20 Feb 2026

    New value
    ₺2.23 trn
    Previous
    ₺2.15 trn13 Feb 2026
    Change
    +3.7%
    Banks via TCMB

January 202622 releases

  • ExportsTCMB data

    for December 2025

    New value
    $26.3 bn
    Previous
    $22.5 bnNov 2025
    Change
    +16.8%
    TÜİK

  • ImportsTCMB data

    for December 2025

    New value
    $35.7 bn
    Previous
    $30.5 bnNov 2025
    Change
    +17.1%
    TÜİK

December 20257 releases

  • ExportsTCMB data

    for November 2025

    New value
    $22.5 bn
    Previous
    $24.0 bnOct 2025
    Change
    −6.0%
    TÜİK

  • ImportsTCMB data

    for November 2025

    New value
    $30.5 bn
    Previous
    $31.5 bnOct 2025
    Change
    −3.2%
    TÜİK

November 20257 releases

  • ExportsTCMB data

    for October 2025

    New value
    $24.0 bn
    Previous
    $22.5 bnSept 2025
    Change
    +6.4%
    TÜİK

  • ImportsTCMB data

    for October 2025

    New value
    $31.5 bn
    Previous
    $29.5 bnSept 2025
    Change
    +6.9%
    TÜİK

Planned dates are on the publishers’ own calendars: TÜİK release calendar (in Turkish) · TCMB data release calendar.

Everything in one table

Every indicator, its latest value and its source

Every figure with its date and source, as of 11 October 2026. A line is grey when the source has not published a newer figure.

Turkey economic indicators: latest value, date, changes and source (checked 11 October 2026)
IndicatorLatestDateVs last monthVs last yearSourceDownload
Inflation (consumer prices)TCMB data29.73%−1.78 pp−3.56 ppTÜİKCSVJSON
Core inflation (C)TCMB data28.71%−1.35 pp−3.83 ppTÜİKCSVJSON
Core inflation (B)TCMB data28.99%−1.69 pp−3.86 ppTÜİKCSVJSON
Producer prices (PPI)TCMB data27.38%−0.57 pp+0.79 ppTÜİKCSVJSON
Central bank reservesTCMB data$167.4 bn−9.2%−10.1%TCMBCSVJSON
Real exchange rate (REER)TCMB data105.45+0.4%+7.0%TCMBCSVJSON
Unemployment rateTCMB data7.8%−0.3 pp−0.8 ppTÜİKCSVJSON
ExportsTCMB data$23.5 bn−8.4%+8.1%TÜİKCSVJSON
ImportsTCMB data$28.7 bn−12.9%+10.5%TÜİKCSVJSON
Trade balanceCalculated−$5.2 bn+$2.1 bn−$0.9 bnTÜİKCSVJSON
Card spendingTCMB data₺2.71 trn−0.8%+38.0%Banks via TCMBCSVJSON
Inflation expected at year endTCMB survey29.61%+0.18 pp−0.25 ppTCMBCSVJSON
Inflation expected in 12 monthsTCMB survey23.70%+0.01 pp+1.45 ppTCMBCSVJSON
Dollar expected at year endTCMB survey₺51.57−0.2%+17.6%TCMBCSVJSON
Dollar expected in 12 monthsTCMB survey₺58.60+2.0%+19.7%TCMBCSVJSON

All series in one file, every month or week the page holds.

How it works

Four things to know before you rely on a figure

The page does no guessing. It reads, it subtracts and divides, and it says when it has nothing new.

Where the numbers come from

Every figure is read from the Turkpidya data platform, which collects the series of TÜİK and the central bank (TCMB) through the bank’s EVDS data service. Nothing is typed in by hand: the value, its date and its source are the ones the platform holds when the page is built.

How the changes are worked out

“A month earlier” is the previous month (for weekly series, four weeks earlier) and “a year earlier” is the same month or week a year back. Inflation, producer prices and core inflation are annual rates worked out from the index: the index of the month divided by the index of the same month a year before. Rates (inflation, unemployment, survey answers) change in percentage points; amounts (exports, reserves) change in percent. The trade balance is exports minus imports, calculated here.

When a card turns grey

A card turns grey, with “not updated since …”, when the newest figure is older than the platform allows for that series: 65 days for monthly price data and 21 days for weekly data (jobs and trade come out later, so they are given longer). A grey card still shows its last figure and the date, so nothing is hidden.

What this page does not do

It does not predict when a figure will come out. The “Released” section lists only publication days the data platform recorded, and planned dates are left to the publishers’ calendars, linked there. It makes no forecast either: the expectations are the survey’s, not ours. And the reserves are gross (foreign currency and gold together), not net of what the central bank owes.

Questions

Questions people ask about Türkiye’s economy

What is the inflation rate in Türkiye right now?

For September 2026, annual consumer price inflation was 29.73%: prices were that much higher than a year earlier. The change over the month itself was 1.84%. Core inflation (index C, which leaves out the most volatile items such as food and energy) was 28.71%. A month before, the annual rate was 31.51%.

What is the difference between consumer prices, core inflation and producer prices?

Consumer price inflation (29.73% for September 2026) measures what households pay in shops and for services. Core inflation (28.71%) leaves out the most volatile items such as food and energy, so it shows the underlying trend. Producer prices (27.38%) measure what producers receive for what they sell, and they often move before shop prices do.

What is the unemployment rate in Türkiye?

For August 2026, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.8%, a change of −0.3 pp from the month before. It counts people who have no work, are looking for it and are able to start, as a share of the labour force.

How large are the central bank’s reserves?

On 2 Oct 2026, the gross reserves of the central bank, foreign currency and gold together, stood at $167.4 bn. Against four weeks earlier, the change was −9.2%. They are gross figures: what the bank owes is not taken off.

What is Türkiye’s trade balance?

For August 2026, goods exports were $23.5 bn and imports $28.7 bn, so the trade deficit for the month was $5.2 bn. Over the last 12 months the trade deficit adds up to $97.8 bn. These are goods only; services such as tourism are not included.

What do markets expect for inflation and the dollar?

In the central bank’s survey of market participants for September 2026, the expected annual inflation was 29.6% at the end of 2026 and 23.7% twelve months ahead. For the dollar, the survey expected ₺51.57 at the end of 2026 and ₺58.60 twelve months ahead. These are what the people surveyed expect, not forecasts by Turkpidya.

On which day did a figure come out?

The “Released this month” section lists every figure under the day the data platform recorded as its publication day, with the period it covers, the previous value and the change. The latest one recorded is Central bank reserves for 2 Oct 2026, published on 8 October 2026. A day the platform did not record is not shown, and planned dates are not guessed: for those, see the publishers’ calendars linked in that section.

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Sources

Where every number comes from

  • TÜİK: Consumer Price Index

    The index of what households pay, monthly (TÜİK, via TCMB EVDS). Annual inflation is worked out here from the index: the month’s index divided by the index of the same month a year before.

    Checked 11 October 2026

  • TÜİK: core inflation indices B and C

    B leaves out unprocessed food, energy, alcohol, tobacco and gold. C also leaves out all food and non-alcoholic drinks. Annual rates are worked out from the index levels.

    Checked 11 October 2026

  • TÜİK: Domestic Producer Price Index

    What producers receive for goods sold in Türkiye, monthly. Annual and monthly rates are worked out from the index.

    Checked 11 October 2026

  • TÜİK: Labour Force Statistics

    The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, monthly.

    Checked 11 October 2026

  • TÜİK: Foreign Trade Statistics

    Goods exports and imports in US dollars (general trade system), monthly. The balance is worked out here: exports minus imports.

    Checked 11 October 2026

  • TCMB: International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

    Gross reserves of the central bank, foreign currency and gold together, weekly, in US dollars.

    Checked 11 October 2026

  • TCMB: Real Effective Exchange Rate

    Consumer-price-based index of the lira against a basket of trading partners’ currencies, monthly. Above 100, the lira is worth more in real terms than in the base year.

    Checked 11 October 2026

  • TCMB: Survey of Market Participants

    Monthly survey of decision makers and experts in the financial and real sectors. The figure shown is the central bank’s own average of the replies (its “appropriate mean”): expectations, not outcomes, and not a forecast by Turkpidya.

    Checked 11 October 2026

  • Banks via TCMB: debit and credit card expenditure

    Weekly total reported by banks, in lira and not adjusted for prices, distributed through the central bank’s EVDS.

    Checked 11 October 2026

  • TCMB EVDS: the central bank’s data service

    The service through which the Turkpidya data platform reads every series above.

    Checked 11 October 2026

  • TÜİK data release calendar

    When TÜİK plans to publish each statistic (Turkish only). Linked for planned dates; this page itself shows only days the data platform recorded.

    Checked 1 October 2026

  • TCMB data release calendar

    When the central bank plans to publish its statistics. Linked for planned dates; this page itself shows only days the data platform recorded.

    Checked 1 October 2026

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