{"id":1003,"date":"2024-10-01T16:15:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workon.com.tr\/en\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2026-09-19T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T10:30:00","slug":"complete-guide-to-setting-up-a-subsidiary-branch-office-or-liaison-office-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workon.com.tr\/en\/complete-guide-to-setting-up-a-subsidiary-branch-office-or-liaison-office-in-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Company Entry into Turkey: Subsidiary, Branch or Liaison Office (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes. A foreign company can generally own shares in a Turkish company, including a wholly foreign-owned Turkish subsidiary, subject to sector-specific restrictions.<\/strong> When an overseas parent company enters T\u00fcrkiye, the more important question is which market-entry vehicle fits the planned activity: a Turkish subsidiary<\/strong>, a branch office<\/strong>, or a liaison office<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The three structures solve different problems. A subsidiary is a separate Turkish legal entity whose shareholder can be the foreign parent. A branch is a commercial extension of the foreign parent and is not a separate legal entity. A liaison office is a Ministry-licensed, non-commercial representative presence and cannot conduct commercial activity in T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n

The Republic of T\u00fcrkiye Investment Office\u2019s current Establishing a Business guide<\/a><\/strong><\/span> confirms the equal-treatment principle for international investors, the foreign legal-entity shareholder route, the branch framework and the liaison-office licensing rules.<\/p>\n

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