INVESTMENT ADVANTAGES

Wide Range Tax Advantages

The Aegean Free Zone provides unique advantages for companies with its focus on manufacturing, which generates employment and increases trade volume.

The most widen advantages are given for manufacturing companies. The advantages for companies investing in the Zone are as follows:

100% Corporate Tax Exemption for manufacturing companies. (Trading companies pay the corporate tax at the end of the financial year from their profits. The corporate tax rate is 22%.
100% Income Tax exemption on employee’s salaries for manufacturing companies which export 85% or more of their products. (Trading companies pay the income tax for their personnel. The income tax rate changes between 15%-35% according to the salary ranges.) (please see detailed explanation example below)
No Customs Duties for goods, equipment and machinery brought into the Zone.
Opportunity to buy Turkish products at export prices without the Sales and Value Added Tax.

Young and Skilled Labor Force

The demographics of Türkiye’s population have a positive impact on the country’s economy, representing a window of opportunity in many respects.

The young and well-educated population of Türkiye is considered to be a great asset as investors are facing considerable challenges elsewhere in Europe, such as ageing and shrinking populations. Türkiye offers excellent opportunities with its growing, young, and dynamic population — an indispensable contributor to a strong labor pool and a lucrative domestic market.

Over 30,5 million young, well educated and motivated professionals.
Approximately 735.000 students graduate per year from over 193 universities.
More than 950.000 high school graduates with around half from vocational and technical high schools.

Turkish workforce consists of talented, well educated, skilled and industrious professionals. World Bank and OECD reports indicate that Türkiye is one of the most advantageous countries in Europe in terms of labor force and the working age capacity. The same reports also demonstrate that Türkiye is expected to keep this advantage in an increacing pace, even in the year 2050.
On the other hand, Türkiye does not only have a large scale of labor force reserves, the productivity and efficiency of this labor force is impressive as well.

Focus on high quality investment

In order to stay competitive in the global arena of business attraction, TÜRKİYE realizes that shaping the investment policies and optimizing incentives is the core criteria in attracting high-quality investments.
Being aware of how to achieve economic development expansion and retention goals for years to come, TÜRKİYE has long determined the key areas for additional incentives to increase the capability of attracting investments.