Here is today’s Turkey news in English, Monday 9 November 2026. An explosion at a steel plant in Aliağa, İzmir, killed 16 people, COP31 opened in Antalya, and Erdoğan announced tourism support measures after the cabinet meeting.
Aliağa steel plant explosion
Aliağa explosion: Sixteen people were killed and 13 injured at the HABAŞ plant in İzmir, President Erdoğan said; a court has imposed a publication ban on the investigation.
Politics and economy
After the cabinet meeting: Erdoğan extended the accommodation tax cut by a year and tourism employee support to 2028; no pension rise was announced.
COP31 opens in Antalya: Minister Kurum called for an "Implementation COP" and a pledge to raise electricity’s share to 35% by 2035.
Fund investigation: A BDDK deputy chairman was arrested, and Yunus Arıncı resigned from Türk Telekom’s board.
Power cuts on Tuesday
Muğla: Çamköy, Karaçulha and Nif in Fethiye, Dalaman, Bodrum and eight more districts.
Antalya: Six districts, including Alanya, Kaş and Kumluca with Adrasan.
İzmir: Fourteen districts, with early-morning cuts in Karşıyaka, Bayraklı and Alaçatı.
New guides
Kalkan vs Kaş vs Fethiye: Airport access, hospitals, winter life and prices compared.
Winter in Fethiye: Weather, heating without mains gas, markets and what stays open.
Home cleaning services: Cleaner prices, what to agree and SGK registration rules.
Tomorrow from 08:00 we will follow the 10 November commemorations, Wednesday’s power cuts and COP31, with new guides on property tax, adding a pool or garden in Muğla, and property management for absentee owners.
Sources
Photo: Alexxx1979 / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
