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ARTICLE · 27 OCTOBER 2021

Recent Developments On Supporting The Film Industry In Turkey

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Support for the film industry in Turkey was previously regulated by the Regulation on Supporting the Motion Picture Movies published in the Official Gazette dated 13 November 2004 and numbered 25642...

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Kemal Altug Ozgun
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Support for the film industry in Turkey was previously regulated by the Regulation on Supporting the Motion Picture Movies published in the Official Gazette dated 13 November 2004 and numbered 25642 (“Previous Regulation”) 1 which was based on Law No. 5224 on the Evaluation, Classification and Supporting of Motion Picture Movies (“Law”)2. On 15 October 2019, The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism (“Ministry”) abolished the Previous Regulation by publishing the Regulation on Supporting the Film Industry (“Regulation”)3 based on the same Law.

The enactment of the Regulation has been followed by several changes over the past two years. Most recently, the Regulation on Amending the Regulation on Supporting the Film Industry (“Amending Regulation”) entered into force with its publication in the Official Gazette on 15 October 20214 setting an exception for foreign motion picture movie productions in Article 9(5) of the Regulation restricting the number of

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