International entrepreneurs can apply to Turkish work permit by registering their company in Turkey if they meet capital Turkish employee number criteria. You cannot get work permit directly after registering a company in Turkey. You need to meet some criteria to apply to Turkish work permit as a company owner.
If the foreigner invests 100,000 USD as paid-in capital, he can directly apply for Turkish work permit without employing any Turkish employees. This is the fastest rote of getting a work permit in Turkey as a foreigner company owner.
Another alternative is investing 500,000 TL (apprx $12,000) as paid-in capital and employing 5 Turkish employees for each foreigner employee. In the first-time work permit application, Ministry of Labor gives 6 months of work permit without employing any Turkish employees. However, in the renewal, they ask for the employee condition.
In conclusion, paid-in-capital and employment of Turkish citizens are to important criteria of getting a Turkish work permit as a foreigner business owner in Turkey.
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