Politics · Turkey · 3 hrs ago
Turkey offers defence staff rewards for patented inventions
Turkey’s Defence Ministry staff can receive awards for patented inventions under a regulation that took effect on 21 October 2026.
The awards cover new products and projects for the Turkish Armed Forces, as well as improvements to existing methods.
A patent is required for a product or project to qualify.
The payment is calculated using a senior colonel’s monthly salary, and the maximum award is 14 times that amount with the minister’s approval.
Approval by the chief of the general staff allows up to nine times that salary, while approval by force commanders or deputy ministers allows up to four and a half times.
The scheme aims to encourage useful innovation for the armed forces’ needs.
Turkey’s Defence Ministry has introduced rewards for ministry staff whose inventions or projects meet the armed forces’ needs and receive patents.
The regulation took effect on 21 October 2026 after publication in the Official Gazette.
The maximum award is 14 times the salary of a senior colonel, with the amount depending on the approving authority.
The regulation also covers innovations to existing methods.
- Who
- Staff of Turkey’s Ministry of National Defence.
- What
- Eligible staff can receive an award for patented inventions, projects or innovations to existing methods that meet the Turkish Armed Forces’ needs.
- When
- The regulation took effect on 21 October 2026.
- Where
- Turkey.
- Why
- To encourage ministry staff to develop inventions and projects for the Turkish Armed Forces’ needs.
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- Maximum award
- 14 times a senior colonel’s salary, with the minister’s approval
- Chief of General Staff approval
- Up to 9 times a senior colonel’s salary
- Force commanders or deputy ministers’ approval
- Up to 4.5 times a senior colonel’s salary
- Eligibility requirement
- The product or project must receive a patent