Turkey reports shifts in housing sales and domestic tourism spending

Data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) reveals divergent trends in the Turkish economy for 2026. In the real estate sector, September saw varying regional performances. While Çankırı experienced a decline in housing sales, with 251 homes and 24 workplaces sold, Kahramanmaraş recorded 1,220 housing sales, heavily dominated by second-hand transactions. In Isparta, 682 homes were sold during the same period. Nationally, first-hand housing sales rose by 3.9 percent, while second-hand sales fell by 15.3 percent.

In the tourism sector, domestic travel trends for the second quarter (April–June) showed that while the total number of trips decreased by 3.6 percent to 16.4 million, total spending by domestic tourists surged by 32.6 percent, reaching approximately 155 billion TL. The most common reason for travel was visiting friends or relatives, accounting for 60.1 percent of trips. Spending was highest in the food and beverage sector, which saw a 39.1 percent annual increase.