Turkish investment and private pension funds posted modest weekly gains, with precious metals leading the performance amid divergent results across categories, highlighting a broadly positive but uneven market for savers.
Turkey’s investment funds posted modest weekly gains, with average returns of 0.81% for investment funds and 1.28% for private pension funds, or BES, according to an AA report carried by Haberler. The figures cover the week ending August 15, 2026, and show a broadly positive period for savers, though performance varied sharply across categories.
Among investment funds, precious metals funds led the field with a 3.41% rise, while free funds delivered the weakest average return at 0.43%. The report said most categories finished in positive territory, including exchange-traded funds, up 1.89%, mixed and variable funds, up 1.61%, and equity funds, up 1.21%. In BES, precious metals again topped the table with a 3.52% gain, while OKS participation funds lagged with a 0.75% increase.
The weekly data also showed that gains were widespread, with 1,801 investment funds rising in value and 222 falling, while 380 BES funds gained and 19 declined. Separate industry analysis from the Turkish Pension Fund Association has long assessed BES performance against inflation, deposit rates and equity benchmarks, underlining how pension savers often judge returns not just by headline gains but by how well they preserve purchasing power over time.
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