Turkey reports surging e-commerce and targets $40B trade with Italy

Turkish Trade Minister Ömer Bolat announced that Turkey’s e-commerce volume exceeded 4.5 trillion lira in 2025, representing a 52.2% increase from the previous year. This growth brings the total volume to approximately 115.5 billion dollars. Retail e-commerce specifically rose by 52% to 2.5 trillion lira. The share of e-commerce in the national income has grown from 2.7% in 2019 to roughly 7% in 2025, with total transaction numbers reaching approximately 6 billion.

In a separate development regarding international relations, Minister Bolat met with Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in Rome. The discussions focused on strengthening economic ties, with a shared goal of reaching a 40 billion dollar bilateral trade volume between Turkey and Italy. Currently, total trade exceeds 30 billion dollars. Bolat noted that 1,645 Italian firms have invested over 4 billion dollars in Turkey, particularly in sectors such as white goods, ceramics, defense, and automotive.