An opinion piece from Yeni Safak argues that the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is not just a climate policy but a trade bill for Türkiye. With about 43 percent of Turkish exports going to the EU, carbon-intensive producers face rising costs from 2026 unless they can show they already paid a domestic carbon price. The column notes Türkiye passed a Climate Law in 2025 to set up an emissions trading system, but says the system has to work properly and the revenue has to fund the transition. The article also points to progress in renewables: installed capacity passed 127 GW in September 2026, with 63.1 percent from renewable sources. But it warns that actual generation tells a different story, with renewables at 44.5 percent of electricity and coal still at 33 percent. The author then raises a fairness question about who should carry the cost of decarbonisation, arguing that countries that industrialised on cheap coal should not load the full transition bill onto developing economies.
