Economic and Political Agenda: December 18, 2025

AGENDA

1. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will attend the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards program at the Beştepe National Congress and Culture Center.

(Ankara/18.00)

2. Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Numan Kurtulmuş will hold a bilateral and inter-delegation meeting with Speaker of the National Assembly of Korea Woo Won-Shik.

(Grand National Assembly of Turkey/12.00/12.15)

3. Main Opposition CHP Leader Özgür Özel will attend the European Socialist Party EU Summit Preparatory Leaders Meeting.

(Brussels)

ECONOMY and FINANCE

1. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı will participate in the award ceremony of the "15th International Agriculture, Forestry and Human" photography competition.

(Ankara/19.00)

2. Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat will attend the opening of Konya Promotion Days event.

(Istanbul/16.30)

3. Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey will announce short-term external debt statistics for October, the summary of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting, and weekly money and banking data.

(Istanbul/10.00/14.00)

4. Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency will announce weekly banking sector data.

(Istanbul/14.00)

5. Turkish Statistical Institute will publish environmental protection expenditure statistics for 2024.

(Ankara/10.00)

6. European Central Bank will announce its interest rate decision.

(Frankfurt/16.15)

WORLD DIPLOMACY

1. EU leaders will come together for the final summit meeting in 2025.

(Brussels)

2. The ceasefire process in Gaza, Israel's ceasefire violations, and the humanitarian situation in the region are being monitored internationally.

(Gaza/Jerusalem)

CURRENT

1. Minimum Wage Determination Commission will hold its second meeting to determine the minimum wage for 2026 at the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

(Ankara/14.00)

2. President's Communication Director Burhanettin Duran will participate in the "Turkic States Forum on Combating Disinformation".

(Ankara/10.00)

3. President of the Presidency of Defense Industries Haluk Görgün will attend the Defense Industry Meeting organized by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry and SAHA Istanbul.

(Istanbul/10.00)