Free Trade Zones (FTZ) in Turkey provide infrastructure, open
and covered warehousing and ready-to-use factory sites to
investors.
Free Trade Zones are outside customs territory and hence,
neither tariffs nor duties apply to goods that are imported into
Free Trade Zones. Companies registered at Free Trade Zones can
stock their goods for unlimited period of time. Manufacturing
companies operating in free trade zones enjoy exemption from the
corporate tax, VAT, employee income tax and stamp tax. Sales from
free trade zones to the domestic market are permitted.
There are 20 free zones in Turkey operating close to the EU and
Middle East markets adjacent to major Turkish ports on the
Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Seas, with easy access to
international trade routes.
