27.10.2025 12:13
MHP Deputy Chairman İsmail Özdemir submitted a bill to the Presidency of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey that includes regulations to increase the tax rate applied to foreign digital media platforms operating in Turkey to 12.5%.
The Deputy Chairman of the MHP and Kayseri Member of Parliament İsmail Özdemir submitted a bill to the Speaker of the Parliament regarding the increase of taxes on foreign digital media platforms.
"INCREASE THE TAX RATE TO 12.5%"
In the justification of the bill titled "Amendment to the Law on Digital Services Tax and Some Laws and the Decree Law No. 375," it was stated that increasing the tax rate applied to foreign companies operating in Turkey to 12.5% would be a fair approach, while maintaining the current application for domestic companies.
"THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TURKISH COMPANIES WILL INCREASE"
The justification emphasized that this would increase the effectiveness of Turkish companies in the market and provide incentives for new ventures. The proposal includes changes to the relevant article that contains the "subject of the tax" in the bill titled "Amendment to the Law on Digital Services Tax and Some Laws and the Decree Law No. 375."
Accordingly, taxes will be levied on the sale of any content (including computer programs, program providers or applications, music, video, games, in-game applications, and similar) in digital environments, as well as on services offered in digital environments for listening, watching, playing, recording on electronic devices, or using this content on these devices. The digital services tax rate for foreign digital media platforms will be 12.5%, while the digital services tax rate for domestic digital media platforms will be 7.5%.