Guide
Foreign Investor Onboarding Guide
An end-to-end roadmap for foreign investors entering Türkiye: A.Ş./Ltd. incorporation, bank account, liaison office, sector incentives (gaming, RHQ). From the first email to the first dividend.
Articles in this guide (4)
- RSUs From a Foreign Parent: The Tax That Lands Before the Cash, and the Social-Security Cost Nobody Mentions
An RSU can be taxed before you ever sell the share — the trigger is when legal and economic control passes to you. The 2026 exemption is closed to most multinational subsidiaries, and income tax is not the whole bill.
- Foreign-Owned Company Formation in Türkiye (2026): 14 Steps from Registration to First Invoice
A practical guide to MERSIS, powers of attorney, shareholder-level JSC capital deposits, bank KYC, tax registration and the first-invoice route for a foreign-owned Turkish company.
- A Foreign Game Studio's Journey into Turkey: From the First Email to the First Dividend
Relocating an 80-person Latvian game studio to Turkey: the A.Ş. decision, Technopark regime, 100% service-export deduction, transfer pricing.
- From Bureaucracy to Geopolitics: The Invisible Side of Banking for Foreign Investors in Türkiye
Company incorporation in Türkiye takes a week — opening a bank account can take months. Six structural barriers and three golden rules.