More Funding for Science and Technology in 2025: 236.3 Billion TL
According to TÜİK data, 178.6 billion TL was spent on R&D activities from the central government budget in 2024. An allocation of 236.3 billion TL was set aside for 2025. Universities received the largest share of R&D spending.
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According to central government budget data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), 178 billion 580 million TL was spent on R&D activities in 2024.
This amount accounted for 1.51 percent of the central government budget, while its share of the 43 trillion 410 billion 514 million TL Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was 0.41 percent. For 2025, based on initial budget allocations, 236 billion 262 million TL is projected to be allocated to R&D.
In 2024, 68.3 percent of R&D expenditures were allocated to universities for general knowledge development. This was followed by industrial production and technology at 9.3 percent, general knowledge development (other sources) at 5.2 percent, agriculture at 4.3 percent, and defense at 4.0 percent. In the 2025 allocations, universities are expected to receive a 69.5 percent share.
Industrial production and technology follow with 7.9 percent, general knowledge development (other sources) with 5.4 percent, agriculture with 4.8 percent, and defense with 3.6 percent.
In 2024, 1.03 billion TL was allocated to international R&D programs; the largest share—461 million TL—went to international R&D organizations, while 367 million TL was allocated to bilateral/multilateral programs and 202 million TL to European programs. In 2025, this amount rose to 1.17 billion TL; 500 million TL will be allocated to bilateral/multilateral programs, 475 million TL to organizations, and 198 million TL to European programs.
