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ARTICLE · 22 JUNE 2026

Minimum Capital Compliance In Turkey And Dissolution Risk After 31 December 2026

Turkey’s 31 December 2026 capital compliance deadline requires valid corporate procedure, funding analysis, pre-emptive rights and timely registration.

TurkeyCorporate/Commercial Law

I. Introduction

Law No. 7511 on Amendments to the Turkish Commercial Code and Certain Other Laws, published in the Official Gazette dated 29 May 2024 and numbered 32560, introduced Provisional Article 15 into the Turkish Commercial Code, which set new minimum capital requirements in Turkey. The provision requires joint-stock and limited companies whose capital remains below the new minimum amounts under Articles 332 and 580 of the Turkish Commercial Code to complete the required capital compliance by 31 December 2026.

Joint-stock companies must therefore increase their capital to at least TRY 250,000, while limited companies must increase their capital to at least TRY 50,000. A separate TRY 500,000 threshold applies to the initial and issued capital of non-public joint-stock companies that have adopted the registered capital system. Failure to comply within the prescribed period results in deemed dissolution for joint-stock and limited companies or, where the relevant conditions are

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