Turkey’s current account posted a deficit of $5.70 billion in April 2026, the smallest shortfall since November 2025, narrowing from a deficit of $8.45 billion in the same month a year earlier. The goods account deficit shrank to $6.82 billion from $9.89 billion in April 2025, while the primary income gap stood at $2.40 billion, compared with $2.38 billion a year earlier. In contrast, the secondary income deficit widened to $0.15 billion from $0.10 billion. Meanwhile, the services account surplus eased to $3.67 billion from $3.94 billion. Excluding gold and energy, the current account registered a surplus of $0.32 billion. In the first four months of the year, the country recorded a current account deficit of $29.37 billion, up from $22.59 billion in the corresponding period of 2025.