KOBİGEL SME Development Support
Supports Turkish manufacturing firms with project financing for modernization and improved production competitiveness.
KOBİGEL (SME Development Support Program) is a Turkish government grant program administered by KOSGEB — the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization — that funds project-based investments by manufacturing-sector SMEs to improve their competitiveness and add economic value. KOSGEB operates under the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology and has administered SME support programs …
Manufacturing sector SME projects in NACE-coded eligible industries, covering personnel costs, machinery, software, and services up to 2,000,000 TRY per call window.
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