Netflix has announced a ₺10 billion investment package for locally produced films and television series in Türkiye over the 2026-2028 period. The spending plan was unveiled as the streaming platform marks its tenth year in the country.
According to the company, the funding will support new productions filmed in different parts of Türkiye. It is also expected to create work for professionals across the creative industries, including production crews, writers,, technical teams and post-production specialists.
The announcement builds on Netflix’s existing local production activity. The company said it has filmed projects in more than 30 cities over the past decade and made over 90 Turkish productions available to viewers.
Productions planned beyond major cities
The investment is expected to bring more projects to locations outside the country’s usual production centres. Diego Ávalos, Vice President of Content for Netflix in Spain, Portugal, Türkiye and the Middle East, said the company intends to bring previously untold stories from different parts of Anatolia to the screen.
Ávalos said the new funding is designed to support both original stories and employment across the sector. He added that Turkish productions released through Netflix have reached audiences in many markets, with titles entering the platform’s Top 10 lists in more than 90 countries.
The company did not provide a project-by-project breakdown of the ₺10 billion budget or announce the names of the productions that will receive funding.
New pitch event for writers, producers and
As part of its search for new projects, Netflix will hold the Next Story: Netflix Project Pitch Day on November 30. The event will allow participants who have not previously worked on a Netflix Türkiye production as a screenwriter, or producer to present their projects to the platform’s content teams.
The initiative is aimed at expanding the range of people who can enter the company’s local production pipeline. It may offer an opportunity for creators with projects at an early stage to receive feedback or attract interest from the platform.
Netflix also stated that it has organised more than 40 free training programmes in Türkiye. These programmes have included courses and workshops in screenwriting,, visual effects and adaptation.
Türkiye’s content-export figures
Ahmet Burak Dağlıoğlu, head of the Presidency Investment and Finance Office, described the investment as a sign of confidence in Türkiye’s production capacity and skilled workforce.
Dağlıoğlu pointed to the international reach of Turkish television exports, stating that Turkish series are distributed to 190 countries and have generated more than $1 billion in export revenue. He said the new investment could help locally produced stories reach broader audiences.
The company’s Türkiye Talent Map programme has also been operating for two years. It has offered sector training to young people in cities including Çanakkale, Mardin, Konya and Hatay. Netflix plans to extend the programme to three further cities in Anatolia during its next phase.
With the new three-year budget, Netflix has set out its next stage of local content spending in Türkiye, while details on individual films and series are expected to be announced separately.
