Investment and Finance Office of Türkiye: What It Does
What the Presidency's Investment and Finance Office (Yatırım ve Finans Ofisi) offers investors, and a plot plan for the questions of a first meeting.
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The Investment and Finance Office (Yatırım ve Finans Ofisi) is the Presidency’s body for people who want to invest in Türkiye. It promotes the country to investors and helps them before, during and after they set up. It answers directly to the President, and its services are free of charge and confidential.
In short · checked 08.11.2026
One Presidency office for a foreign investor to start with. This is what it does, and where to look next.
- What it is: an office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, answering directly to the President.
- What it does: eight services, from advice and site search to launch events and support after opening. A plot plan turns each one into a question for a first meeting.
- What it costs: its services are free of charge and handled in confidence.
- Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese and Chinese.
- Incentives: the state incentive system belongs to the Ministry of Industry and Technology. The office helps with the documents and the applications.
- Taxes: current rates are on the pages of the Revenue Administration (Gelir İdaresi Başkanlığı, GİB).
Plan your first meeting · checked 08.11.2026
The plot plan
Each stake on this survey plan (parsel planı, a plan of a plot of land) is one service of the office. Plant the ones you want to ask about, then copy your note.
Eight stakes, eight services
The Investment and Finance Office (Yatırım ve Finans Ofisi) has eight services, free of charge and confidential. The stakes follow the office’s own order, from 1 to 8.
Tap a stake to read what the service covers and to put a question in your note, with a Turkish line to match.
1Customized consultingİhtiyaca Uygun Danışmanlık
Briefings for investors on the current rules on foreign investment, on setting up a company, on sectors and the wider economy, on state incentives, running costs and taxes. The office also publishes sector analyses and reports.
A question to ask
Sektörüm için hangi yatırım mevzuatı ve devlet teşvikleri geçerli, işletme maliyetleri ve vergiler nasıl?Which investment rules and state incentives apply to my sector, and what are the running costs and taxes?2Coordination with stakeholdersPaydaşlarla Koordinasyon
The office keeps in touch with public bodies, local authorities, business associations, universities, service providers and civil-society groups. It sets up meetings with them, and first meetings with possible suppliers, customers and service providers.
A question to ask
Projem için kamu kurumları, yerel yönetimler ve olası tedarikçilerle ilk görüşmeler ayarlanabilir mi?Can first meetings be arranged with public bodies, local authorities and possible suppliers for my project?3Business facilitationYatırım Destek Hizmetleri
For projects in its field, the office informs investors about procedures and follows each stage, to speed them up: setting up the business, work and residence permits, incentive applications, the environmental impact assessment and other licences.
A question to ask
Projem ofisin sorumluluk alanına giriyor mu? Şirket kuruluşu, izinler, teşvik başvurusu ve çevresel etki değerlendirmesinde nasıl destek veriyorsunuz?Is my project in the office’s field, and how do you help with company set-up, permits, incentive applications and the environmental impact assessment?4Site selection supportArazi Bulma Desteği
The site team searches for suitable land and provides the costs of buying it and of electricity, natural gas and water. It joins site visits, follows infrastructure work, coordinates land development and gathers the data a feasibility study needs.
A question to ask
Projem için uygun arazi var mı? Arazi edinimi, elektrik, doğal gaz ve su bağlantısı maliyetleri nedir?Is there suitable land for my project, and what would buying it and connecting electricity, natural gas and water cost?5Tailor-made delegation visitsYatırım Heyeti Ziyaretleri
Logistics for an investor’s visit to Türkiye: meetings with business people and public bodies, help finding a hotel, and transfers between the airport, the hotel and the meeting places.
A question to ask
Heyetimizin ziyareti için toplantılar, konaklama ve ulaşım ayarlanabilir mi?Can meetings, accommodation and transfers be arranged for our delegation’s visit?6Project launchProje Lansmanları
For investors who have decided to invest: press releases for the announcement, groundbreaking and opening ceremonies, and other public-relations work for the launch.
A question to ask
Yatırımımız için basın bülteni hazırlanabilir ve temel atma ya da açılış töreni düzenlenebilir mi?Can a press release be prepared and a groundbreaking or opening ceremony be organised for our investment?7Partnership development assistanceOrtak Bulma Desteği
The office helps foreign and Turkish companies find partners for joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and projects to be carried out in Türkiye.
A question to ask
Ortak girişim, birleşme-satın alma veya proje için uygun bir ortak bulunmasına yardımcı olur musunuz?Can you help find a suitable partner for a joint venture, a merger or acquisition, or a project?8Ongoing supportYatırım Sonrası Hizmetler
After a project is complete, the office keeps in touch and helps with investment-related issues: contact between the government and the investor, help with expansion, workshops, surveys and policy advocacy on the investment climate.
A question to ask
Yatırım tamamlandıktan sonra bir sorun çıkarsa ofis nasıl destek veriyor ve bizimle ne sıklıkla iletişime geçiyor?If a problem comes up after the investment is complete, how does the office help, and how often does it get in touch with us?
What the office is and whom it serves
The office is part of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye and answers directly to the President. Its task is to present Türkiye’s investment opportunities to the world’s business community and to help investors at every stage of a move into the country. It backs high-technology, high-value investments that create jobs, and follows them through the whole process. Its services are free of charge and handled in confidence.
The office in brief
- Name
- Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye (T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı Yatırım ve Finans Ofisi)
- Also called
- Investment Office. Older pages and the site’s privacy text still use that name.
- Answers to
- The President of Türkiye, directly.
- Cost
- Free of charge, confidential.
- Languages
- English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese.
Who runs it and where it works
Head and places
- Head: A. Burak Dağlıoğlu, President of the Investment and Finance Office (checked 08.11.2026).
- In Türkiye: a headquarters in Ankara and an office in İstanbul.
- Abroad: local consultants in countries across Asia, Europe, the Gulf and the United States. The office’s locations page shows them country by country.
The investment guide ten pages, one by one
The office keeps an investment guide on its website. Each page covers one question an investor meets, in English and in Turkish (Yatırım Rehberi). Here is what the pages cover, checked on 08.11.2026.
Establishing a business
The company types of the Turkish Commercial Code, how a company is registered at the trade registry, and the rules for branch and liaison offices. A foreign investor has the same rights and duties as a local one.
Work permit
Who needs one, and its three kinds: temporary, permanent and independent. The Ministry of Labor and Social Security issues it.
Residence permit
Needed to stay beyond the time of a visa, or for more than ninety days. Applications go to the provincial directorate of migration management through the state’s e-residence system.
Property and citizenship
The requirements and application steps for buying property and for Turkish citizenship through investment.
Cost of doing business
Wages, and electricity, water and natural gas costs, in tables. The 2026 minimum wage is in the number band that follows.
Investment zones
Organized industrial zones (organize sanayi bölgesi, OSB), technology development zones and free zones: areas with their own infrastructure and advantages for investors.
Incentives guide
The state’s incentive types and the 23 support instruments. They have their own chapter, Incentives.
Tax guide
Income and corporate taxes and double-taxation treaties. Current rates are on the pages of the Revenue Administration (GİB).
Legal guide
Protection of foreign investment, business structures, labour law, property rights, finance and insurance, environmental law, competition law, public procurement and personal data.
Investment process guide
An online step finder for the procedures from setting up a company to commissioning a facility. It runs on its own site, ipg.invest.gov.tr.
Minimum monthly wage · valid 01.01.2026 to 31.12.2026
TRY 33,030 gross
The net minimum wage is TRY 28,075.50 a month. The figures come from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, as shown on the office’s cost page, checked 08.11.2026.
Setting up a company
The steps of registering a company have their own page on Turkpidya: Starting a Company in Turkey.
Incentives the types and the 23 instruments
State incentives for investments belong to the Ministry of Industry and Technology (Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanlığı). The office’s incentives team prepares reports for a company, helps with the documents and the applications, and works with the public bodies involved. The incentive types fall into five groups.
- 1 · DevelopmentTechnology incentives for medium-high and high-technology products on the Ministry’s priority list; local development incentives for areas the Ministry sets city by city; strategic incentives for high-value, research-heavy investments that cut dependence on critical imports.
- 2 · Sectoral and regionalPriority incentives for products on the Ministry’s priority list, and target incentives: regional support schemes for particular sectors and local conditions.
- 3 · Project-basedThe HIT-30 programme: tailor-made packages, settled by negotiation, for large strategic projects of national importance.
- 4 · Research and design centresSupport for companies that run approved research and development or design centres.
- 5 · Free zonesIncentives for export-oriented manufacturers in free zones.
Under these types sit 23 instruments, from tax exemptions to cash support.
| Instrument and its Turkish name | What it means |
|---|---|
| VAT exemption for machinery · Makinede KDV İstisnası | No value-added tax (VAT) on the machinery and equipment bought. |
| Customs duty exemption · Gümrük Vergisi Muafiyeti | No customs duty on machinery and equipment brought in from abroad. |
| Corporate tax reduction · Kurumlar Vergisi İndirimi | Corporate tax is paid with a reduction. |
| Social security support, employer’s share · Sosyal Güvenlik Prim Desteği (İşveren Payı) | The state covers the employer’s share of the social security premium for the jobs created. |
| Social security support, employee’s share · Sosyal Güvenlik Prim Desteği (Çalışan Payı) | The state covers the employee’s share of the premium, worked out on the legal minimum wage. |
| Income tax withholding support · Gelir Vergisi Stopajı Desteği | The income tax set for the jobs created is not paid. |
| Interest rate support · Faiz Oranı Desteği | The state covers part of the interest on loans taken. |
| Land allocation · Arazi Tahsisi | Land is allocated for the investment when there is some available, under the rules of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization. |
| VAT exemption for construction · İnşaatta KDV İstisnası | No VAT on building and construction costs. |
| Infrastructure support · Altyapı Desteği | The investor’s needs for electricity, natural gas and similar infrastructure can be met. |
| Energy support · Enerji Desteği | Part of the energy spending is paid back to the investor. |
| Capital contribution support · Sermaye Katkısı Desteği | The state can put capital into the investment. |
| Purchasing guarantee · Alım Garantisi | The public sector can guarantee to buy the products made under the investment. |
| Easier permits and licences · İzin-Ruhsat-Lisans Süreçlerinde Kolaylık | A presidential decision can make exceptions to permit, allocation, licence and registration rules, or change legal and administrative steps, to speed investments up. |
| Training support · Eğitim Desteği | İŞKUR, the state employment agency, pays daily expenses and approved training costs. |
| Qualified personnel support · Nitelikli Personel Desteği | The gross pay of qualified staff is covered for a limited period, up to a cap set against the gross minimum wage. |
| R&D and design discount · Ar-Ge/Tasarım İndirimi | Research and design spending can be deducted in full from the corporate tax base. |
| Corporate tax exemption · Kurumlar Vergisi Muafiyeti | No corporate tax is paid. |
| Cashback support · Nakit (Geri Ödeme) Desteği | The body giving the support pays back the eligible spending after it has been paid. |
| Credit support · Kredi Desteği | Loans at reduced rates for investors, to improve exports. |
| Special consumption tax exemption · Özel Tüketim Vergisi Muafiyeti | Businesses in free zones do not pay special consumption tax. |
| Property tax exemption · Emlak Vergisi Muafiyeti | No property tax on land and buildings. |
| Stamp duty exemption · Damga Vergisi Muafiyeti | No stamp duty on documents. |
Reaching the office and its sources
The office has its headquarters in Ankara and an office in İstanbul. Contact goes through its own website, invest.gov.tr.
Sources and dates
Every fact here is from the office’s own website, checked on the date shown. The website states that the office does not warrant that its information is kept up to date, so rules and figures can change.
- Investment and Finance Office, who we are — name, place in the state, languages, cost; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment and Finance Office, Turkish page Kimiz — the Turkish name; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment and Finance Office, services — the eight services; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment and Finance Office, Turkish page Hizmetlerimiz — the Turkish service names; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment and Finance Office, message from the President of the office — the head’s name and title; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment and Finance Office, global locations — headquarters, office and consultants; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment guide, index — the ten guide pages; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment guide, establishing a business — company types and registration; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment guide, obtaining a work permit — kinds of work permit; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment guide, obtaining a residence permit — who needs one, how to apply; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment guide, cost of doing business — minimum wage 2026, valid 01.01.2026 to 31.12.2026; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment guide, incentives guide — incentive types and 23 instruments; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment guide, Turkish page Teşvik Rehberi — Turkish instrument names; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment guide, tax guide — scope and the 2024 income-tax table; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment guide, legal guide — topic list; checked 08.11.2026
- Investment and Finance Office, website disclaimer — no warranty that the information is kept up to date; checked 08.11.2026
The photographs are from Wikimedia Commons, each with its author, date, licence and file page. The plot plan is a drawing.