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Domestic Fair Support

📍 Domestic Fair Support (2025): The First Step to Export

The Domestic Fair Support is a Ministry of Trade incentive provided for the expenses of companies participating in specific sectoral fairs of international nature held within the borders of Turkey. This support encourages firms participating in domestic fairs to meet new buyers and to promote themselves in the domestic and regional markets.

As participation in domestic fairs is a stepping stone for SMEs, in particular, to begin exporting, the state partially covers these participation costs.

Who Can Benefit and Which Expenses Are Covered?

Who Can Benefit?

All Turkish exporting capital companies that open a stand at domestic fairs included in the scope of the support can benefit from this incentive. The support is only valid for events on the "list of supported sectoral domestic fairs" announced annually by the Ministry. Manufacturer/exporter companies with a participation contract for the relevant fair are eligible to apply by obtaining a participant certificate from the fair organizer. Sole proprietorships and participants in fairs not on the list cannot benefit from this support.

Which Expenses are Covered?

  • Stand space rent

  • Stand construction and setup expenses

  • Technical services such as stand decoration, electricity, internet (under certain conditions)

  • Overseas promotional activities of fair organizers (for organizer companies only)

2025 Support Rates and Limits

Beneficiary Party Support Rate Support Upper Limit (2025)
🏢Participant Company50%~303,500 TRY
🌍Organizer Company (Overseas Promotion)75%~5,720,000 TRY
🇹🇷Organizer Company (Domestic Promotion)75%~1,900,000 TRY

Note: A participant company can receive support for a maximum of 3 fairs within a calendar year.

Application Process and Special Notes

Application Conditions and Process

  1. The application must be made via DYS (Support Management System) within 3 months at the latest following the end of the fair.

  2. The company applies to the relevant Exporters' Association with the participation certificate received from the fair organizer and the invoices for expenditures.

  3. Basic documents to be attached to the application: stand rental invoice, service invoices, fair catalog, payment receipts.

  4. After the Exporters' Association conducts the necessary review, it forwards the file to the Ministry.

  5. The support payment for approved requests is made in TRY.

Special Notes

  • The support is only valid for fairs determined by the Ministry of Trade and announced annually. (Example: The 2025 list was announced on May 15, 2025).

  • The Ministry may classify some major fairs as "Prestigious Domestic Fairs," and the support rate and upper limits for these fairs may be increased.

  • It is mandatory that the products to be promoted at the fairs are of Turkish origin.