Under the Employment Protection Support Programme, businesses with an up-to-date Business Declaration operating in sectors supported by KOSGEB may apply, provided their main activity NACE code falls under Section C – Manufacturing.
Under the Employment Protection Support Programme, businesses with an up-to-date Business Declaration, operating in sectors supported by KOSGEB (the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organisation), whose head office or branch main activity NACE code falls under Section C – Manufacturing in the following divisions may apply:
- 14 – Manufacture of wearing apparel,
- 15 – Manufacture of leather and related products,
- 31 – Manufacture of furniture,
- 13 – Manufacture of textiles.
Businesses operating in these sectors may apply.
In determining the sector of the business, the main activity code recorded in the administrative registers as at 31 December 2024 is taken as the basis.
Businesses may benefit from the support programme once only.
General points to know about the programme
- Under the programme, non-repayable performance support is provided to businesses that maintained in 2025 their average number of premium days for the last three months of 2024.
- The support amount for 30 premium days is TRY 2,500.
- The support programme runs for 12 months.
- The business receiving the support payment must have no overdue debt to KOSGEB.
Application dates for the Employment Protection Support Programme: 31 January – 31 March 2025.