State support for domestic fairs in Türkiye

Not every domestic fair is supported. The Ministry draws up a list from the international fairs run by TOBB-licensed organisers, looking at the number of foreign visitors, foreign exhibitors and the stand area allocated to foreign exhibitors (Circular art. 19); the assessment relies on the observer report, a UFI-approved or independently audited fair monitoring report and TOBB fair statistics.

The 2026 list was updated on 30 September 2026 and holds 78 fairs; most large sectoral fairs at Istanbul Expo Center (CNR Expo), Tüyap and Fuarizmir are on it. The note at the top of the list matters: listed fairs are treated as prestigious, but an exhibitor may use the domestic prestigious support for at most 2 fairs a year, and a prestigious claim used abroad is deducted from that number. If prestigious support is not claimed, the ceiling applied is 392,446 TL.

A fair held for the first time can be admitted to support if it proves after the event, through the monitoring and observer reports, that it meets the conditions; the application window is then 3 months from the approval date of the observer report (art. 26/2).

The application is filed in DYS within 3 months of the end of the fair with the documents in Annex 2; the completion and submission date counts (art. 26). The file is concluded according to the Ministry-approved observer report (art. 27). The TİM document list:

• Signature circular and current Trade Registry Gazette.
• For a producer, the capacity report (the date matters: valid on the fair date or the application date) or an expert report / certificate of activity; for a marketing company, the marketing contract and the producer's documents.
• The space rental invoice and the stand invoice (XML format if an e-invoice).
• A detailed statement of stand expenses: a stamped and signed letter from the stand builder.
• Bank-stamped and signed payment records; for cheque payment, the cheque image and the bank-confirmed clearing record.
• Receipt for the file application fee.

As with the support abroad, missing documents are completed within 2 months, only payments through the banking system are accepted and originals are kept for 10 years. A rejected application does not count toward the yearly limit of 3 fairs; another fair may be claimed in its place within 1 month (art. 48).