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Türkiye’s R&D spending reached 980.4 billion liras in 2025
Türkiye’s research and development spending reached 980.4 billion liras in 2025, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute.
The total was 328.6 billion liras higher than in 2024, and R&D spending rose from 1.46 percent to 1.55 percent of GDP.
Businesses accounted for 65 percent of the spending, while higher education institutions accounted for 30.3 percent and government and non-profit organizations for 4.7 percent.
Personnel costs made up 58.8 percent of total R&D spending.
Türkiye had 317,982 full-time equivalent R&D workers in 2025.
Most worked in businesses, which employed 67.9 percent of R&D personnel, while higher education employed 29 percent.
Women made up 34.1 percent of R&D personnel, with 108,453 full-time equivalent employees.
Türkiye’s gross domestic expenditure on research and development reached 980.4 billion liras in 2025, up 328.6 billion liras from the previous year.
R&D spending rose to 1.55 percent of gross domestic product, from 1.46 percent in 2024.
Financial and non-financial corporations accounted for 65 percent of total R&D expenditure.
The number of full-time equivalent R&D personnel reached 317,982, with women making up 34.1 percent.
- Who
- Türkiye’s research and development sector, with spending data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute.
- What
- Gross domestic R&D expenditure reached 980.4 billion liras in 2025.
- When
- In 2025; the data were reported on Oct. 30 and 31, 2026.
- Where
- Türkiye.
- Why
- Not stated.
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R&D spending accounted for 1.46 percent of Türkiye’s gross domestic product.
Gross domestic R&D expenditure reached 980.4 billion liras, or 1.55 percent of GDP.
Sabah reported on Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır’s assessment of the Turkish Statistical Institute’s 2025 R&D survey results.
Hürriyet Daily News reported the Turkish Statistical Institute’s R&D expenditure figures.
- Gross R&D expenditure
- 980.4 billion liras in 2025
- Increase in expenditure
- 328.6 billion liras
- Share of GDP
- 1.55 percent in 2025; 1.46 percent in 2024
- Corporate share of spending
- 65 percent
- R&D personnel
- 317,982 full-time equivalent employees
- Female share of R&D personnel
- 34.1 percent
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