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Technopark + R&D Incentives Guide

Law No. 5746, GVK Provisional Art. 75, CTL Art. 5/B — Technopark admission decision and the difference between R&D centre status.

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Turkey Technopark 2026: 100% Corporate Tax Exemption and Hidden Compliance Costs May 28, 2026 · authority
Law No. 4691 Provisional Article 2 grants 100% corporate income tax exemption on software, design and R&D earnings in Turkish Technology Development Zones until 31 December 2028. For foreign investors the headline is attractive, but the operational picture is complex: branch requirement (liaison office structurally excluded under Law 4875), 3% venture capital fund obligation triggered at TL 5,000,000 exempt earnings for FY 2026 (Presidential Decree 10803, Official Gazette 31.12.2025), CPA (YMM) full-attestation report mandatory above TL 500,000 single item or TL 1,000,000 aggregate (Tebliğ 49, OG 30.12.2025), and the 40× minimum wage cap on payroll incentives at TL 1,321,200/month/employee for 2026 (Law 7555, OG 24.07.2025). Compared with Ireland Knowledge Development Box (10% effective, Section 40 Finance Act 2022, commencement order signed 5 Sept 2023, operative 1 Oct 2023) and UK Merged RDEC (20% headline, 15% net), Turkey wins for groups under €750M consolidated revenue; above that, OECD Pillar Two QDMTT (Law 7524) tops the rate up to 15% because the Turkish exemption is not a qualifying refundable tax credit.