Here is today’s Turkey news in English, Friday 30 October 2026. The Organization of Turkic States summit in Ankara ended with the Ankara Declaration, a fuel tax rise and a lower electricity subsidy limit were confirmed, and heavy rain flooded parts of Mersin and Diyarbakır.
Turkic States summit in Ankara
– **Ankara Declaration adopted, next summit in Uzbekistan**: Leaders adopted a 163-article declaration, including a plan for dedicated airport lanes, and set the next regular summit for 2027. – **Türkiye takes over the OTS chairmanship**: Erdoğan opened the summit, called for a cybersecurity memorandum and hoped Turkmenistan would become a full member. – **Summit preview and Trump call**: Foreign ministers cleared the draft declaration; Trump phoned Erdoğan during Thursday’s dinner for the leaders.
Money, prices and bills
– **Fuel tax rises on 1 November**: ÖTV on 95-octane petrol goes to 11.36 lira a litre and on diesel to 9 lira under Official Gazette decisions. – **Electricity subsidy limit cut to 3,000 kWh**: EPDK lowered the yearly household limit for 2027; about 6.5 million homes are affected. – **Fund interim payments begin**: 29.3 billion lira is being paid to 235,705 investors in seven funds under extraordinary liquidation. – **Poverty line rises to 123,856 lira**: TÜRK-İŞ put October’s hunger line for a family of four at 38,024 lira. – **Record 25.5 billion dollars in tourism revenue**: Third-quarter income was the highest on record, the tourism minister said. – **Binance TR suspends crypto withdrawals**: The Turkish arm halted withdrawals after a security breach at global Binance; trading and lira transfers continue. – **Volkswagen weighs car production in Türkiye**: Doğuş Otomotiv signed a letter of intent; no plant or timeline was named.
Weather, roads and the courts
– **Floods in Mersin and Adıyaman**: Ground floors flooded overnight and a tobacco warehouse burned in Mersin’s Karaduvar. – **Diyarbakır floods close underpasses**: Homes and shops flooded and two small bridges collapsed in Çermik. – **Istanbul Marathon closures on Sunday**: The 15 July Martyrs’ Bridge, Galata Bridge and Eurasia Tunnel close from 03:00. – **Kahramanmaraş earthquake trial adjourned**: A new expert report found no link between a bakery renovation and the deadly collapse.
New guides
– **Living in Dalyan and Köyceğiz**: Buses, the protected-area building rules, İztuzu beach, hospitals, rents and prices. – **Living in Göcek and Dalaman**: Airport buses, flood risk, coastal-law setbacks, rents and asking prices.
Tomorrow we will follow the new pump prices from 1 November and the weekend weather from 08:00.
Sources
- Ankara Declaration adopted, next summit in Uzbekistan (Turkey Daily News)
- Türkiye takes over the OTS chairmanship (Turkey Daily News)
- Fuel tax rises on 1 November (Turkey Daily News)
- Floods in Mersin and Adıyaman (Turkey Daily News)
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