Government of Turkey

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend a conference devoted to the recovery of Ukraine, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a written statement on June 20.

Fidan will attend the 2023 Ukraine Recovery Conference to be held on June 21-22, 2023, in London. It will be his first multilateral meeting after being appointed as the foreign minister.

The new minimum wage has been increased by 34 percent from 8,506 Turkish Liras to 11,402 liras (around $483), Labor and Social Security Minister Vedat Işıkhan has announced.

Ankara's intense irritation with NATO's, and by extension Washington's, intention to include areas in the Eastern Mediterranean that include, and name, the Republic of Cyprus in the new regional plans of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is reflected in its decision last Thursday to derail the process. 

The government is considering extending a 25 percent cap on rent hikes, Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has said.

"Works [on the cap] are ongoing. We are hoping to finalize the respective regulations by July 1," Tunç told reporters following the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) central decision and executive board meeting.

All eyes will be on the Central Bank this week when the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is set to meet on June 22 to decide about the policy rate.

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said his new economic team's priority will be to cut inflation to single digits from its current level of around 40%.

"Now that the elections are over, our hand is stronger," Erdogan said in a speech to a group of Turkish exporters on June 17.

"We will cut inflation to single digits, that will be the priority of the new economy team."

Despite the pressure on Turkey to ratify Sweden's NATO membership bid, with the US saying the sooner this happens the better, Turkey's President Erdogan poured cold water on rising hopes that a deal might be near. While the US is keen on Sweden joining NATO, Erdogan is keen on getting US F-16s, and it seems some have hinted that a quid pro quo could be on the cards.

The government is trying to pay its "debt of gratitude" to Istanbul by protecting its historical and cultural fabric, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said.

"We love this city, which was entrusted to us by Fatih Sultan Mehmet and Ulubatlı Hasan, with all its districts," Erdoğan said on June 16 during a ceremony to reopen the Vaniköy Mosque in Üsküdar following restoration works.

In a decision published in the Official Gazette, the Turkish parliament has announced the extension of its working period.

The assembly, which was scheduled to go on recess on July 1, will now continue its work.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has dismissed all his advisers appointed before June 4, amid growing calls for a change within the party before the March 2024 municipal elections.

"We express our gratitude to each and every one of them for their contributions to the CHP," the party statement said.