Türkiye•Horizon 24 Oct 2026•Source 23 Oct 2026•News
EBRD records up to EUR 100 million for green leasing in Türkiye
EBRD’s project record for Türkiye GEFF III – İş Leasing describes up to EUR 100 million of senior unsecured financing for eligible green investments by private-sector sub-borrowers and vendors. At least 30% is intended for earthquake-affected regions.
Business implication
Equipment vendors and potential lessees should obtain current İş Leasing and GEFF eligibility guidance, then document the asset, baseline consumption or risk,…
Financial and professional servicesEnergy and transitionIndustrial manufacturing
Türkiye•Horizon 22 Oct 2026•Source 22 Oct 2026•News
CBRT reduces Türkiye’s policy rate to 36% while retaining a tightening option
Türkiye’s central bank reduced its one-week repo rate by one percentage point to 36% and lowered both overnight rates. It said underlying inflation was decelerating and domestic demand remained weak, while elevated energy prices and geopolitical tensions continued to pose upside risks.
Business implication
Treasury and finance teams should refresh borrowing and deposit quotes, floating-rate debt, working-capital scenarios, supplier and customer payment terms, hedging…
Financial and professional servicesConsumer, retail and lifestyleIndustrial manufacturing
Türkiye · Azerbaijan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyz Republic · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan•Horizon 21 Oct 2026•Source 21 Oct 2026•Regulatory update
Turkic customs authorities back wider eTIR use across regional corridors
IRU reports that customs leaders from the Organization of Turkic States reaffirmed support for TIR and eTIR. Several Central Asian corridors are already operational, while Türkiye–Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan operations and wider links to Europe and China are being prepared.
Business implication
Carriers, forwarders, customs-software providers and shippers should map each intended route separately.
Transport and logisticsDigital, ICT and innovationFinancial and professional services
Türkiye•Horizon 21 Oct 2026•Source 21 Oct 2026•News
EBRD approves up to EUR 30 million for a Türkiye-focused mid-cap equity fund
EBRD approved an equity commitment of up to EUR 30 million to Astra Equity Partners Fund I, which has a EUR 200 million target size and intends to invest in growth-oriented mid-cap companies in Türkiye. The approval adds a potential source of control and significant-minority growth capital.
Business implication
Prospective companies and advisers should prepare a factual investment case: ownership and financial history, EBITDA and cash generation, funding need and use, growth…
Financial and professional servicesIndustrial manufacturing
Türkiye•Horizon 20 Oct 2026•Source 19 October 2026•News
Türkiye links Eskişehir’s Hasanbey Logistics Center to ports and the BTK rail route
Türkiye’s Investment and Finance Office reports that the Green Road project has connected Eskişehir’s Hasanbey Logistics Center to Derince port, with the first freight train departing on 19 October. The protocol also envisages rail movements on the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars route, creating a defined intermodal…
Business implication
Build a product-and-route file for each candidate flow: origin plant or warehouse; commodity, HS classification and packing; container, rail and port handover;…
Transport and logisticsConstruction and infrastructureIndustrial manufacturing
Kazakhstan · Azerbaijan · Türkiye · Kyrgyz Republic · Georgia•Horizon 20 Oct 2026•Source 16 October 2026•Regulatory update
Kazakhstan expands electronic road-permit exchange across key Trans-Caspian partner markets
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport reports that electronic exchange of foreign road-transport permits expanded in 2026 to Azerbaijan, Türkiye and the Kyrgyz Republic, while a test exchange with Georgia began. For carriers, exporters and logistics teams, the update strengthens the case for building…
Business implication
Shippers, forwarders, carriers, manufacturers and distributors should add a digital-permit workstream to each planned road movement: identify the exact bilateral…
Transport and logisticsDigital, ICT and innovationIndustrial manufacturing
Kazakhstan · Azerbaijan · Georgia · Türkiye•Horizon 20 Oct 2026•Source 15 October 2026•Events
Middle Corridor partners adopt bottleneck plan and port-finance steps at Astana transport forum
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport reports that delegations from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Türkiye adopted a protocol, a route-bottleneck action plan and a port-infrastructure financing arrangement at the October New Silk Way forum. For logistics, terminal, maritime, rail, equipment and digital…
Business implication
Logistics providers, ports, rail operators, equipment manufacturers, maintenance teams, digital and visibility platforms, insurers, trade-finance providers and cargo…
Transport and logisticsConstruction and infrastructureDigital, ICT and innovation
Türkiye•Horizon 20 Oct 2026•Source 14 October 2026•News
Türkiye refreshes transit and TIR information for more disciplined cross-border shipment planning
Türkiye’s Ministry of Trade updated its Transit and TIR information resources with current procedural references, including pre-declaration, export-accompanying documents, transit simplifications and local coordinators. The update gives exporters, forwarders and logistics teams a useful basis for…
Business implication
For an authorised shipment, create one live transit file covering commodity and HS treatment, seller/buyer/importer of record, transit jurisdictions, chosen document…
Transport and logisticsFinancial and professional servicesDigital, ICT and innovation
Kyrgyz Republic · Azerbaijan · Kazakhstan · Türkiye · Uzbekistan•Horizon 20 Oct 2026•Source 2 October 2026•News
Turkic health ministers adopt a 2026 to 2027 cooperation agenda covering medicines, workforce and digital health
Health ministers from Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Türkiye and Uzbekistan met in Bishkek and approved an Organization of Turkic States health-cooperation action plan for 2026 to 2027. The agenda gives health, pharmaceutical, medtech, training and digital-health organisations a timely framework for…
Business implication
For an authorised health, medtech, pharmaceutical, training or digital-health case, select one country and one use case first.
Healthcare and life sciencesDigital, ICT and innovationEducation and skills
Türkiye•Horizon 20 Oct 2026•Source 1 October 2026•News
Türkiye–Ukraine free trade agreement opens a defined 2027 tariff-planning window
Türkiye and Ukraine’s free trade agreement entered into force on 1 October 2026, while the Turkish Ministry of Trade states that scheduled tariff concessions for goods will apply from 1 January 2027. The sequence gives manufacturers, exporters, importers, distributors and logistics providers time to…
Business implication
Create a product-and-route preference file for each intended flow: HS classification and product description; country of origin and applicable rule of origin; bill of…
Industrial manufacturingAgri-food and food systemsTransport and logistics
Türkiye•Horizon 20 Oct 2026•Source 15 September 2026•News
Türkiye sets an official TIDIP route for priority industrial decarbonisation projects
Türkiye’s Industrial Decarbonization Investment Platform now sets out how priority-sector companies can frame and submit a decarbonisation project for assessment. For steel, cement, aluminium and fertiliser businesses, the practical opportunity is to turn a defined plant or process intervention into a…
Business implication
Industrial technology, engineering and finance teams can prepare a concise eligibility and project file: facility and process; energy, material and emissions…
Industrial manufacturingEnergy and transitionFinancial and professional services
Türkiye•Horizon 20 Oct 2026•Source 17 August 2026•News
Türkiye’s free zones reach USD 7.7 billion in exports in the first seven months of 2026
Türkiye’s Investment and Finance Office reported that the country’s 19 free zones generated USD 7.7 billion in exports between January and July 2026, 6.9% above the corresponding period a year earlier. The figures reinforce the role of selected zones as export-oriented manufacturing, logistics and…
Business implication
Build a zone-by-zone decision file before selecting a location: target product and customer/export markets; legal entity and activity classification; candidate free…
Industrial manufacturingTransport and logisticsConsumer, retail and lifestyle