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1. Developing entrepreneurial skills through cultural activities

2. Support young entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative sectors

Developing entrepreneurial skills through cultural activities

In order to enhance cultural communication and interaction, promote artistic and cultural values, preserve Turkey’s cultural assets, and support culture-related investments and enterprises that contribute to the national economy, the Law No. 5225 on the Promotion of Cultural Investments and Enterprises was enacted in 2004. This law provides incentives such as income tax reductions, social security premium discounts, water and energy subsidies, and the ability to employ foreign expert personnel and artists.
 

The 2024-2028 Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has adopted "Ensuring Sustainable Growth in Cultural Industries" as a key objective. To achieve this goal, the plan includes:

• Supporting cultural investments and enterprises,
• Promoting literary production and the publishing sector,
• Encouraging artistic production.

Within the scope of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Youth Projects Support Program (Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı Gençlik Projeleri Destek Programı), the cultural and historical heritage of professions is revived and training courses on entrepreneurship opportunities are delivered. Particularly by teaching the skills and moral codes specific to the traditional guilds of Türkiye, a straightforward entrepreneurship framework is prepared for young people.

1 Master 10 Apprentices Project: Directorate General of Education, Research and Coordination within the Ministry of Youth and Sports carries out many projects in order to introduce traditional crafts to young people, contribute to their professional enterprises and strengthen their cultural acquisition. 1 Master 10 Apprentices Project (1 Usta 10 Çırak projesi) is a culture, art and volunteering project aimed at promoting Anatolian handicrafts that have almost sunk into oblivion, raising awareness on the past’s cultural treasures among young people, ensuring that young people meet their peers within the framework of a cultural and creative activity and helping them learn a handicraft which they may use to find a job in the future or for recreation.

As part of the project, young participants receive training in various art disciplines for 8 days and practical workshop sessions are conducted. At the end of the project, participants are awarded participation certificates. The first implementation of the "1 Master 10 Apprentices" project took place between May 22 and July 3, 2022 with participants selected from Van, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Adana and Trabzon. The second implementation was held in İstanbul between November 6 and 21, 2022 with participants selected from Sakarya and Tekirdağ.

Support young entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative sectors

The subsidy projects summarized below are carried out by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to improve the entrepreneurial skills of young people by ensuring their participation in cultural activities and cultural sectors:

Various competitions are organized in Türkiye to support contemporary art and artists, discover young talents, increase innovative productions, and bring these works to wider audiences. In 2023, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism organized various competitions, including the State Competition for Painting and Sculpture , the State Photography Competition, the Şefik Bursalı Painting Competition, the State Turkish Decorative Arts Competition, the Young Art: Contemporary Art Project Competition, the Young Art: Poster Design Competition, the Polyphonic Choral Composition Competition, the Young Instrumentalists Performance Competition, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Special Awards.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism carries on its efforts to enhance the entrepreneurship skills of young people by involving them in theater activities and providing them with opportunities to make their artistic dreams come true.

In addition, young people are admitted to internship programs and assisted in getting acquainted with the sector in the area of culture and art at the Yunus Emre Institute centers in five continents.