Applications for Employment Support for SMEs and Businesses End on October 31

Applications continue to be accepted until October 31 for the KOSGEB Employment Protection Support Program, which is implemented to support the continuity of production and employment in the manufacturing industry.

The KOSGEB Employment Protection Support Program is implemented to facilitate access to finance for businesses in the manufacturing industry and to increase the resilience of the sector. Within the framework of the program, businesses are granted the opportunity to use loans with a maximum grace period of 6 months for the principal and maturities of up to 36 months, with a 12-point financing support.

The upper credit limits have been determined as 50 million TL for SMEs and 150 million TL for large enterprises. In order to benefit from the financing support, businesses are required to maintain their average monthly premium days in the January-June period of 2026 also during the July-December period. Applications are made via KOSGEB's online system.

In the program, where the applications of 38,208 businesses were approved in the previous period, as of August 2026, a total of 11.2 billion TL in support was transferred to 17,843 businesses, thereby contributing to the protection of 685,953 jobs.