Istanbul Market Today — Sunday 25 October 2026
- Emlak Konut puts the “5. Levent” plot in Eyüpsultan up for tender on 27 October
- TOKİ offers 725 plots in 61 provinces at auction on 5 and 6 November
- Halkalı West (phase 3) tender: three firms bid after the first session
- Home sales in September 2026: 142,390 units, foreigners 2,167 (+9.9%)
- Home prices in September 2026: Istanbul +28.1% nominal and −1.9% real
- Central bank cuts the policy rate to 36%, dollar at 49.77 lira
- Citizenship through property: USD 400,000 threshold unchanged, valuation validity now 12 months
- Istanbul investigation: a 3.5 billion-lira case linked to citizenship files via a hotel scheme
- Özak opens a Hayat Flora show flat and Turkcell invests in the financial centre