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The EU Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) is the financial mechanism used to support preparations for Türkiye's EU membership process. The Ministry of Industry and Technology has assumed responsibility as the management authority and contracting authority of IPA.
Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır announced the concrete results of 43 projects. Minister Kacır stated that the Ministry of Industry and Technology has assumed responsibility as the Managing Authority and Contracting Authority in the competitiveness title of the EU Pre-Accession Assistance Instrument (IPA) for nearly twenty years and said, "In the first period of IPA, we established 10 business development centers, 9 joint-use production facilities, 8 R&D centers, 3 licensed warehouses and a logistics center by providing approximately 500 million euros to 46 projects in 43 provinces. In the IPA II period, we established 10 business development centers, 9 joint-use production facilities, 3 licensed warehouses and a logistics center in 23 cities." "We provided 260 million euros of resources to 43 projects," he said.
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CBRT President Fatih Karahan stated at the Bangkok meetings that the depreciation of TL related to the exchange rate level has decreased as a percentage, he did not mention any target or threshold value and emphasized that there is no such thing as 'lets lira fall quicker'.

Netflix decided to lay off around a thousand employees, corresponding to approximately 6% of its global workforce. The cuts will be concentrated in human resources, legal, product development and technology departments. The transaction comes amid concerns about increased competition from free platforms such as YouTube and TikTok and slowing growth. The company is pushing ahead with subscription development and developing new revenue sources such as ad-supported models, gaming and live streaming.

The Plan and Budget Commission of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye accepted the bill regulating payments to investors affected by 131 investment funds in the liquidation process. The proposal envisages that the net investment amount will be updated with inflation, the first-in, first-out principle will be applied and an interim payment of up to 1 million lira can be made per person. Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance İlhan Hatipoğlu announced that the accounts and assets of 278 people from 29 countries were examined by MASAK. The Fund Coordination Board announced that Ziraat Bank paid 6.4 billion liras to 43 thousand 643 investors from the funds in A1, Bulls and Pardus portfolio management companies, and a target of 40.5 billion liras was stated for the liquidation of the remaining funds. Additionally, Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek gave permission for an investigation against former CMB Chairman İbrahim Ömer Gönül.
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey Planning and Budget Commission convened under the chairmanship of AK Party Samsun Deputy Mehmet Muş and accepted the bill regarding some investment funds that were decided to be liquidated. The proposal includes regulations such as converting fund assets into cash, protecting investor rights, collecting losses from those responsible, and determining fund shareholding based on reconciliation with MKK records. Additionally, provisions regarding an interim payment mechanism of up to 1 million lira, optional refund of returns exceeding inflation, and recovery of values removed from fund assets were also added.
The fund proposal in the GNAT Planning and Budget Commission was changed in two articles by the AK Party proposal: the right of investors to receive their money and their amounts will be clarified with MKK and Takasbank records, the calculation of extraordinary earnings refund will be based on the average of CPI and D-PPI and will be detailed by the CMB. In addition, a new regulation that will strengthen the structure of the CMB is being prepared. MASAK reported that it received 48 requests from 29 countries and Recep Keskin and Cennet Alas Şekerbay were elected as KVKK members.

Tera Yatırım Menkul Değerler AŞ stated that applications for debt instrument issuance of 19 billion TL, private capital increase of 50 billion TL and capital increase from internal resources of 28 billion TL were removed from the transaction by the Capital Markets Board, taking into account the current conditions and uncertainties.