Gram Games also formed a game studio abroad. In other words, Turkey is a country that actually has a game developer fabric. There is also a huge government support in this regard. Tuğbek Ölek, “in my opinion, one of the biggest problems of Turkish game developers today is to decide which government incentive to apply. Even Germany and France do not have this much support for their developers “he says. What a good problem, isn’t it?
TOGED explains these incentives: “We can say that the state offers a comprehensive package of support in different scales and forms, ranging from project-based reimbursement support to financial support for experts hired from overseas. Support is provided by different institutions such as Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communications, TUBITAK and KOSGEB.
These support packages are open for independent developers as well. For example, the Ministry of Economy provides financial support to developers for up to $200,000 for each game project; if you are exporting your game, you can also get up to additional 100 thousand dollars and up to 50 thousand dollars for licensing. In addition, it is possible to get 50% off support for two employee salaries. If you want to open an office abroad, you can also get rent assistance. You can also benefit from multiple support programs at the same time. Apart from these, there are graduate programs in various universities, incubation centers and scholarship degree programs. “