İSTKA Global Entrepreneurship Events Call (Küresel Girişimcilik Etkinlikleri Çağrısı)
Supports organisations in Istanbul participating in global entrepreneurship events and strengthening cross-border startup ecosystems.
The 2026 Global Entrepreneurship Events Call (Küresel Girişimcilik Etkinlikleri Çağrısı) is an open program announced by İSTKA — Istanbul Kalkınma Ajansı on May 13, 2026. İSTKA is the Istanbul regional development agency established under Cabinet Decision No. 2008/14306 and Law No. 5449, operating under the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology with a single-province mandate covering the TR10 Istanbul region. The call falls outside the flagship annual Financial Support Programs (Mali Destek Programları) cycle — those 2025 calls totalled TRY 550 million and closed May 5, 2025 — and appears to operate under İSTKA's direct-support or Güdümlü Proje framework rather than a competitive scoring round.
The call supports Istanbul-based organisations to participate in or organise global entrepreneurship events. Detailed award amounts, formal eligibility criteria, and a published deadline were not disclosed on the pages scraped at the time of research. Based on İSTKA's standard eligibility patterns for similar instruments, eligible applicants are expected to include non-profit organisations, universities, public institutions, professional chambers, and NGOs operating in Istanbul, with private for-profit firms typically acting as consortium partners rather than lead applicants. Applications are processed through the KAYS national portal (kaysuygulama.sanayi.gov.tr).
Organisations targeting this call should verify current specifications directly on the KAYS portal and the İSTKA website, as detailed program documents were not published in the available scraped sources. İSTKA's annual funding calendar typically concludes award notifications within three months of application closure — the 2025 cycle awards were announced August 14, 2025. Given the program opened in May 2026, applicants should monitor the KAYS portal for any imminent deadline and prepare documentation demonstrating Istanbul-region impact and alignment with the agency's Regional Plan priorities.
Global entrepreneurship events — participation in or organisation of international entrepreneurship events representing Istanbul.
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