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Asia · Friday, 6 November 2026

Türkiye

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Rising

  1. 1Yardım ve Yataklık

    Rising

    Crime & justice · Apple Podcasts · #27 in podcasts

  2. 2Collision Course

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

  3. 3Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #5 in top sellers

  4. Necati Savaş, EC - Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0

    4Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya

    Breakout

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 60,389 reads

  5. 5Burda Olan Burda Kalır

    Rising

    Celebrities & creators · Apple Podcasts · #29 in podcasts


Top today

  1. 1Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #5 in top sellers

  2. Necati Savaş, EC - Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0

    2Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya

    Breakout

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 60,389 reads

  3. 3Collision Course

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

  4. Zafer, CC BY 4.0

    4Emre Belözoğlu

    New

    Sports · Wikipedia · 6,032 reads

  5. Universal Studios, re-released by Realart in 1948, Public domain

    5The Wolf Man

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #3 in films

  6. 6Sons of the Forest

    Breakout

    Gaming · Steam · #13 in top sellers

  7. 7FreshWomen - Season 3

    New

    Gaming · Steam · #16 in top sellers

  8. 82027 UEFA ülkeler sıralaması

    Rising

    Other · Wikipedia · 4,944 reads

  9. 9The Forest

    Back

    Gaming · Steam · #25 in top sellers

  10. 10Phantom Blade Zero

    Weekly

    Gaming · Steam · #3 in top sellers


What the news is talking about

How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 9,599 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 3.7% of the news · usually 4.0% · 356 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  2. 1.4% of the news · usually 1.2% · 138 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 41% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 34% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

    Survey · Apr 2026 2% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  3. 1.4% of the news · usually 1.2% · 130 articles

    Survey · 2023 81% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

    Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  4. 1.2% of the news · usually 1.1% · 118 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 10% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  5. Jobs and work More than usual
    1.2% of the news · usually 0.7% · 1.8× usual · 112 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  6. 1.2% of the news · usually 1.2% · 111 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

  7. 0.9% of the news · usually 1.0% · 88 articles
  8. 0.1% of the news · usually 0.1% · 12 articles

    Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.

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Issues people are looking up

The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.

  1. Necati Savaş, EC - Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0

    1Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya

    Breakout

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 60,389 reads

  2. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,820 reads

  3. 3Next Turkish parliamentary election

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 2,606 reads

  4. https://www.youtube.com/@cankiripostasi, CC BY 3.0

    4Mustafa Sarıgül

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 1,750 reads

  5. 5Ahmet Burak Erdoğan

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 2,102 reads

  6. Nikolaos Gyzis, Public domain

    6History

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 3,881 reads

Rising on Google

Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 25 October 2026, in most of the country’s regions.

  1. fenerbahçe göztepeBreakout
  2. fenerbahçe göztepe puan durumlarıBreakout
  3. galatasaray konyasporBreakout
  4. konyaspor galatasaray puan durumlarıBreakout
  5. erzurumspor çorumBreakout
  6. barselona alavésBreakout
  7. konyaspor+4,650%
  8. göztepe+3,800%
  9. kocaelispor rizespor+3,500%
  10. ege denizi+2,950%

Google Trends


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1Ahmet Burak Erdoğan

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,102 reads

  2. Nikolaos Gyzis, Public domain

    2History

    Wikipedia · 3,881 reads

  3. 3Ahmet Nazif Zorlu

    Wikipedia · 1,422 reads

Crime & justice

  1. 1Yardım ve Yataklık

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #27 in podcasts

  2. 2Türkiye investment fund crisis of 2026

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,121 reads

  3. 3Karanlık Dosyalar

    Apple Podcasts · #5 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 1Tarihte Acaib ve Garaib

    Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

  2. J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain

    2Ansel Adams

    Wikipedia · 1,757 reads

  3. 3İnancın Yolculuğu

    Apple Podcasts · #22 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 1Kendine İyi Davran

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #9 in podcasts

  2. 26 Minute English

    Apple Podcasts · #12 in podcasts

  3. 3Nereden Başlasam?

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #18 in podcasts

Gaming

  1. 1Football Manager 27

    Breakout

    Steam · #5 in top sellers

  2. 2Sons of the Forest

    Breakout

    Steam · #13 in top sellers

  3. 3FreshWomen - Season 3

    New

    Steam · #16 in top sellers

Health & wellness

  1. 1Merdiven Altı Terapi

    Apple Podcasts · #4 in podcasts

  2. 2Ne Biliyor Us?

    Apple Podcasts · #26 in podcasts

  3. 3Psikopatika

    Apple Podcasts · #36 in podcasts

Movies & TV

  1. 1Collision Course

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

  2. Universal Studios, re-released by Realart in 1948, Public domain

    2The Wolf Man

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #3 in films

  3. 3Surviving Hurricane Otis

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in films

Music

  1. MHIRM, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Mabel Matiz

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. 2Blok3

    Apple Music · #2 in songs

  3. 3Mesut Süre ile Rabarba

    Apple Podcasts · #3 in podcasts

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1Burda Olan Burda Kalır

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #29 in podcasts

  2. 2Meksika Açmazı

    Apple Podcasts · #1 in podcasts

  3. 3Anlatanadam'la Aikido

    Apple Podcasts · #6 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. Necati Savaş, EC - Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0

    1Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 60,389 reads

  2. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Wikipedia · 2,820 reads

  3. 3Next Turkish parliamentary election

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 2,606 reads

Science & space

  1. 1Hiçbir Şey Tesadüf Değil

    Apple Podcasts · #11 in podcasts

  2. 2Bir Aile Meselesi

    Apple Podcasts · #21 in podcasts

Society & beliefs

  1. 1Ortamlarda Satılacak Bilgi

    Apple Podcasts · #2 in podcasts

  2. 2Bu Mu Yani?

    Apple Podcasts · #16 in podcasts

  3. 3Ezgi'nin İzleri - Çocuk Hikâyeleri

    Apple Podcasts · #54 in podcasts

Sports

  1. Zafer, CC BY 4.0

    1Emre Belözoğlu

    New

    Wikipedia · 6,032 reads

  2. 2Mustafa Eskihellaç

    Google Trends · 200,000+ searches

  3. 3S.L. Benfica

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1Barış Özcan ile 111 Hz

    Apple Podcasts · #10 in podcasts

  2. Anna Archivist, CC0

    2Anna's Archive

    Wikipedia · 1,588 reads

  3. 3YouTube

    Wikipedia · 1,244 reads

Travel & places

  1. Hunanuk, CC0

    1Turkey

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 5,785 reads

  2. AlexTref871 , Piotr Matyja , Alexxx1979 , Moyan Brenn , Far-gh , İhsan Deniz Kı…, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Istanbul

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 4,559 reads

  3. 3Arı

    Google Trends · 100+ searches


Industries here

Media & entertainment 20Gaming 19Music 17Sports & fitness 7Government & public sector 4Travel & tourism 2Education 2Tech & software 1Health & pharma 1Science & research 1Nonprofits & NGOs 1


The numbers behind the mood

The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.

Politics in the news

Economy

  • Inflation29.7%Sept 2026Eurostat
  • Unemployment8.4%Sept 2026Eurostat
  • Consumer confidence99.5100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · +0.1 since Apr 2026OECD
  • Central bank rate36.00%Oct 2026 · −1.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
  • Real house prices-5.5%Q2 2026 · −2.2 pts since Q1 2026BIS
  • GDP growth3.6%2025 · +0.3 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
  • Youth unemployment16.0%2025 · −0.2 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
  • Currency vs the euro55.996TRY per euro6 Nov 2026 · euro +0.3% since 30 Oct 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB

Business

  • Business confidence98.0100 = long-run averageApr 2026 · −0.7 since Mar 2026OECD

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Surgery
    613 papers
  • Sociology and Political Science
    600 papers
  • Education
    437 papers
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
    425 papers · rising +29%

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Money Trap

    2. 2Lupin

    3. 3Gupi

    4. 6Dead-End Job

    5. 7Not a Stranger

    6. 8A Couple of Lies

    7. 10Below

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Surviving Hurricane Otis

    2. 2Collision Course

      New

    3. Universal Studios, re-released by Realart in 1948, Public domain

      3The Wolf Man

      New

    4. 4The Addams Family

    5. 5Nowhere to Run

    6. 6Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

    7. 7Ice Age: Continental Drift

    8. 8The Addams Family 2

    9. 9The Alto Knights

    10. 10Animals

      Falling

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. MHIRM, CC BY-SA 3.0

      1Mabel Matiz

    2. 2Blok3

    3. 3Manifest

    4. 5Aykut Aksöz

    5. 10AURA

    Apple Music · 2026-11-07

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1Meksika Açmazı

    2. 2Ortamlarda Satılacak Bilgi

    3. 3Mesut Süre ile Rabarba

    4. 4Merdiven Altı Terapi

    5. 5Karanlık Dosyalar

    6. 6Anlatanadam'la Aikido

    7. 7Kafa Radyo Podcast

    8. 8Tarihte Acaib ve Garaib

    9. 9Kendine İyi Davran

      Falling

    10. 10Barış Özcan ile 111 Hz

    Show the top 100

      Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-07

      Steam · Top sellers

      1. 1Counter-Strike 2

      2. 2Aion 2

        Rising

      3. 3Phantom Blade Zero

        Rising

      4. 4Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

        Falling

      5. 5Football Manager 27

        Breakout

      6. 6EA Sports FC 27

        Falling

      7. 7PUBG: Battlegrounds

      8. 8Dota 2

      9. 10Dead by Daylight

      Show the top 100

        Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-10-27


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