Turkiye

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Location:
- Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (the West of the Bosporus portion is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea;
- Neighbours: Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Syria.

Climate:
- temperate;
- hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters;
- harsher in interior.

Natural hazards:
- severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van.

Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface:783,356 km2
Population*:82.0million
Pop. density*:104.6people/km2
GDP*:611.4EUR billion
GDP/capita*:7,456.1EUR

European Union:
Candidate

Currency: Lira
Code: TRY
Since: 2005


Insurance market portfolio
* 2018 estimates
TOTAL LIFE*:13%
TOTAL NON-LIFE*:87%
Overall Property*:22%
Overall Motor*:43%

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STATISTICS: TÜRKIYE 3Q2025: maintaining a steady growth

According to the quarter figures published by the Insurance Association of Türkiye - at the end of September 2025 the local insurance market increased by 50.2% y-o-y reaching TRY 856.83 billion (~EUR 17.54 billion). In European currency, due to about 28% depreciation of the Turkish Lira against Euro throughout the last 12 months, the market change was +17.6% y-o-y.

TURKIYE: The Northern Cyprus insurance sector is open to international cooperation

The Northern Cyprus insurance sector is open to international cooperation with Türkiye, the Organization of Turkic States, and European countries within the framework of international cooperation and education initiatives, as Chairman of the Northern Cyprus Insurance and Reinsurance Companies Association Borte Barlasoglu said at the "Turkic States InsurTech Summit 2025", Trend reports.





STATISTICS: TÜRKIYE 1H2025: Market expands 52%, but MTPL losses weight on profitability

Türkiye’s insurance market continued to expand rapidly in the first half of 2025, with total gross written premiums (GWP) up 51.6% year-on-year to TRY 576.75 billion (approx. EUR 12.35 billion, +14.3%), according to the Insurance Association of Türkiye (TSB). The sharp 30% depreciation of the Turkish lira against the euro significantly altered growth figures when expressed in foreign currency, highlighting the ongoing impact of exchange rate volatility on market performance.

TURKIYE: Digital transformation is in almost every aspect of insurance operations

The Turkish insurance industry is seeing the impact of digital transformation in almost every aspect of insurance functions, from customer relations to preventing insurance fraud, as Mr Emine Feray Sezgin, vice president of the Insurance and Private Pension Regulation and Supervision Agency (SEDDK) said at the recent 4th International Insurance Summit organized by the Insurance Association of Turkiye (TSB).








AM Best upgrades Credit Ratings of Millî Reasürans Türk Anonim Şirketi

AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to C++ (Marginal) from C+ (Marginal) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “b” (Marginal) from “b-” (Marginal) of Millî Reasürans Türk Anonim Şirketi (Milli Re) (Türkiye). Concurrently, AM Best has revised the outlook for the Long-Term ICR to Positive. The outlook for the FSR is stable.