Eligibility check

Do You Qualify for Turkey's 20-Year Tax Holiday?

Six questions, 60 seconds, free. Based on Law No. 7582 (Article 20/D) as gazetted 4 June 2026. Tax position depends on facts we don't see; treat the result as orientation, not advice.

1. Have you been a Turkish tax resident in any of the last 3 calendar years (2023, 2024, 2025)?

2. In those 3 years, did you run a Turkish business, work for a Turkish employer, or have active Turkish self-employment that created tax filings?

3. Are you ready to live in Turkey from 2026 onward (settle here or stay 183+ days a year)?

4. Where does the bulk of your income come from?

5. Your home country (for the home-country tax interaction)

6. Approximate foreign-source income per year (for the back-of-envelope savings)

Your read

Eligible

You look eligible.

Back-of-envelope

Foreign income of $250,000 per year, taxed in Turkey at 0% for 20 years, against the same income at your home-country rate of roughly 28%.

Lifetime savings ballpark: $0

Illustrative only. Treaty positions, withholding at source, structure and your actual marginal rate change the number. Foreign withholdings on dividends/interest are not refunded by the Turkish exemption.

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The 20-year exemption is a residence benefit, not a passport perk. Only foreign-source income is exempt; Turkish-source income (Turkish rental, Turkish business) stays taxed at 15 to 40 percent. Home-country rules survive (US worldwide tax, UK exit rules, treaty positions). Law 7582 is days old as of June 2026; the full guide covers the catches in detail.

Want a written read on your specific case?

The check above is the first cut. The clean-slate test, your home-country exit, the structure of your income, the source-of-funds dossier: these are the things that decide whether the exemption actually lands cleanly. Send us the basics and we'll write back with a real-world eligibility letter, free, within one working day.

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