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International Market Research Support

🔍 Overseas Market Research Support (2025): Discover Target Markets On-Site

The Overseas Market Research Support is a business travel support that allows Turkish firms to conduct one-on-one fieldwork in target markets to analyze customers, distributors, competitors, and market dynamics on-site. The state covers the transportation and accommodation costs of these exploratory trips at certain rates.

Who Can Benefit and Which Expenses Are Covered?

Who Can Benefit?

This support appeals to a wide audience with export potential:

  • All Turkish firms with export potential

  • SMEs, new exporters, and companies looking to expand their market

  • All industry players who want to expand abroad for the first time

Which Expenses are Covered?

The support covers the basic costs of a market research trip:

  • 👥 Round-trip transportation expenses for up to 2 company employees.

  • ✈️ Transportation expenses are limited to economy class airline tickets.

  • 🏨 Daily accommodation expenses (approximately 9,486 TRY per person per day for 2025).

  • 🗓️ A maximum of 10 days of a trip is supported.

  • 🌍 A maximum of 2 trips to the same country in the same calendar year are supported.

2025 Support Rate and Limit

  • Support Rate: 70% of transportation and accommodation expenses

  • Annual Upper Support Limit per Company: Approximately 300,000 TRY

Application Process and Required Documents

Application Steps

  1. 1. Completion of the Trip

    The market research trip is carried out and all expense documents (tickets, invoices, etc.) are collected.


  2. 2. Application via DYS

    An online application must be made via DYS (Support Management System) within 3 months at the latest from the end date of the trip.


  3. 3. Uploading Necessary Documents

    The supporting documents listed below are uploaded completely with the application.


  4. 4. Evaluation and Payment

    The relevant Exporters' Association reviews the application, and the support payment is made in TRY for the approved expenditures.


Basic Documents Required for the Application

Document Type Why is it Necessary?
✈️Flight Ticket and Boarding PassesProves that the trip took place and the transportation cost.
🏨Hotel InvoiceDocuments the accommodation cost and duration.
💳Payment ReceiptsShows that all expenditures were made by the company.
🛂Passport Entry-Exit PagesConfirms that the persons on the trip were in the relevant country.
🗒️Market Research ReportThis is the mandatory report containing the commercial purpose of the trip, the meetings held, and the market information obtained.

⚠️ Special Notes and Points to Consider

  • Trips for holidays or personal purposes are definitely not covered by the support.

  • The persons participating in the trip must be registered as SSI employees on the company's payroll as of the travel date.

  • The market research report to be submitted after the trip is one of the most critical documents for the application to be approved and must be prepared with care.