The Ministry of Industry and Technology aims to invest a total of 15.6 billion liras in 3 years for local development in line with regional development goals.
According to the information compiled by the Ministry of Industry and Technology from the 2026 Performance Program, the Regional Development National Strategy will continue to be implemented at the central level for the 2024-2028 period and regional plans will continue to be implemented at the local level.
It is expected that cities will produce more, attraction centers will be created, funds for regional development will be strengthened and social development will accelerate with 7 programs carried out using the resources transferred from the Ministry budget and local stakeholders to development agencies.
In this context, it is envisaged that the number of companies in supported cluster associations, which was 729 last year, will be increased to 750 this year and to 800 by 2028.
In line with the targets of the “Coordination and Support of Regional Development Sub-Program”, a total investment of 4 billion 142 million liras was made from the budget for 2025. The investment amount in question is expected to reach 4 billion 737 million lira in 2026, 5 billion 215 million lira in 2027 and 5 billion 633 million lira in 2028.
Thus, in line with the Regional Development National Strategy targets, the Ministry aims to invest a total of 15.6 billion liras to support local development in the 2026-2028 period.
2 BILLION 750 MILLION LIRA SUPPORT TO DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES THIS YEAR
The largest share in the said budget was allocated to development agencies. There was an increase in all items, especially social projects and support for attraction centers.
It is anticipated that 58 financial support programs and guided projects will be implemented by development agencies this year. For this purpose, 2 billion 750 million liras were allocated to support development agencies. This figure is planned to be increased to 3 billion lira next year.
The Social Development Support Program (SOGEP), which is the only program implemented outside the framework of social services in the field of social development, aims to improve the productive abilities of disadvantaged segments, increase their participation in economic and social life and employability, develop social inclusion, and support the social responsibility activities of the private sector with social enterprise models.
In this context, while 650 million lira will be spent on projects in 2025, 780 million lira in 2026, 826 million lira in 2027 and 900 million lira in 2028 are expected to be spent.
550 MILLION LIRA FOR ATTRACTION CENTERS
With the Attraction Center Support Program, industrial infrastructure will be supported in target regions, complementary investments will be accelerated, trade opportunities will be expanded, and human capital will be developed through vocational training and entrepreneurship centers.
The number of projects completed within the scope of the program increased from 133 in 2024 to 142 in 2025. The number of projects, which is targeted to be 166 this year, is expected to reach 185 next year and 210 in 2028. In this context, 500 million lira resources were allocated to the projects for 2025, 550 million lira for 2026, 610 million lira for 2027 and 659 million lira for 2028.
NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS GOAL FOR 13 CITIES
The Producing Cities Program aims to ensure the balanced development of the industry throughout the country and to ensure that Adana, Antalya, Balıkesir, Denizli, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Konya, Manisa, Mersin, Sakarya and Tekirdağ, which are important industry, service and tourism centers outside the metropolises, have a competitive production structure in the international arena.
In this direction, it was aimed to strengthen the integration of businesses into global production systems, increase the international accessibility of cities and the quality of urban life, and develop industrial, technology and innovation infrastructures, human capital and institutional capacities. Within the scope of the program, 70.5 million lira support will be given to projects this year, 78.2 million lira next year and 84.5 million lira in 2028.
On the other hand, studies are also carried out to increase the institutional capacities of regional development administrations. In this context, although the main focus is on increasing the competence in monitoring processes and developing a common monitoring infrastructure, other issues needed by the administrations will be identified and capacity building activities will be carried out.
