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İstanbul Development Agency · Turkey

İSTKA 2026 Creative Economy Financial Support Programme (Yaratıcı Ekonominin Güçlendirilmesi Mali Destek Programı)

Open

Applications close on 4 Dec 2026.

Deadline
4 Dec 2026 (in 19 days)
Grant amount
TRY 5–20 million per project
Funding rate
Up to 75% of eligible costs (you co-fund at least 25%)
Funder
İstanbul Development Agency (İSTKA)
Reference
İSTKA/2026/YEG
Last checked
13 Nov 2026

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The official texts for this programme are in Turkish.

Programme overview

Call for project proposals implemented in Istanbul to strengthen the creative economy: increasing the creative industries' contribution to sustainable development, cooperation across the ecosystem, creative product and service capacity, and Istanbul's visibility as a creative city.

Who can apply

Projects must be implemented in Istanbul. Eligible applicants, partners and costs are defined in the programme's application guide (Başvuru Rehberi) linked from the official page.

Applicant categories are a starting point. The official call decides eligibility.

Timing

Last application date and time: 04/12/2026, 23.59 (official open-programmes page).

How to apply

  1. Download the application guide and annexes A–E (application form, budget, logical framework, key staff CVs, standard contract) from the official page.
  2. Check applicant and partner eligibility and the 75% maximum support rate (co-financing needed) in the guide.
  3. Register and prepare the application in KAYS, the development agencies' online system; follow the KAYS help document.
  4. Submit in KAYS before 04/12/2026 23.59 and complete any signed commitment steps the guide requires.

From the call text

Who can apply
Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Company stage
Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Single applicant or consortium
Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Where applicants must be based
Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Where to apply
Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page

Where these facts come from

FactValueHow we knowTaken from the source
Deadline4 December 2026
“Last application date and time: 04/12/2026, 23.59 (official open-programmes page).”		checked by hand13 Nov 2026
Amount per applicantUnknown — not stated in the source we holdunknown—
Total budgetUnknown — not stated in the source we holdunknown—
Funding rateUp to 75% of eligible costs (you co-fund at least 25%)checked by hand13 Nov 2026
Who can applyProjects must be implemented in Istanbul. Eligible applicants, partners and costs are defined in the programme's application guide (Başvuru Rehberi) linked from the official page.read from the official text13 Nov 2026
Where to applyUnknown — not stated in the source we holdunknown—

Official sources

Official call page · İSTKA open support programmes

Facts on this page were read from the official page on 13 Nov 2026. The funder's own documents, including later amendments, always take precedence.

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