Is a digital company a new legal entity type, what does Law 7582 say about LLCs and JSCs?

No. The paragraph says only “companies”. The paragraph right before it, on techno-startup badge holders, cites the Commercial Code; the digital company paragraph does not.

It grants an exemption. A qualifying company is exempt for up to 3 years from its founding date from the fees and dues covered by Article 24 of Law 5174, the law governing TOBB, Türkiye’s Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges. No tax exemption is part of this provision.

The power sits with the Ministry of Industry and Technology. The definition itself is not in the law, and no published definition could be found on the Ministry’s site. Until it appears, the exemption stays on paper.

The law was published on 4 June 2026, and the words “digital company” appeared in it. Some readers took this to mean “the digital company is now in force”. In fact, the only provision in force is the dues exemption, and applying it depends on the definition.

KOSGEB, Türkiye’s Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization, renewed its Entrepreneur Support Programme on 12 October 2026. It refers to “businesses that fit the Digital Company definition to be set by the Ministry”. That is eligibility language, not entity-type language.

Look for a law number, an article and an Official Gazette date behind it. A source that says “this will change soon” without showing a text gives you nothing to stand on at the contract table. When in doubt, open the current text of the law on mevzuat.gov.tr, Türkiye’s official legislation database.

A software or technology startup coming out of an incubator in a technopark is the closest candidate. The incubator condition in the law points straight at that ecosystem. If the definition fits its business model, the chamber and exchange costs of the first 3 years get lighter.

Under today’s text, a traditional SME that has not been through incubation falls outside the exemption. So does a retailer moving its shop online or a freelancer setting up an agency without incubator status. Because the provision says “founded and operated”, it is unclear whether an existing company can gain the status later.

Accountants and law firms that handle incorporations are the first to face this question. Technopark managers and incubators may also get questions because of the incubator condition.

Five criteria are enough: legal basis, whether you can set it up today, conditions, outcome and who it suits. For an LLC or JSC, you can incorporate today and the outcome is a company. For the digital company, the basis is the paragraph added to Law 5746 and the outcome is a 3-year fee and dues exemption.

For anyone who needs a company today, the right route is one of the existing types. Digital company status could become an extra advantage for a qualifying techno-startup once the definition appears. The two are layers, not rivals.

If you need to start trading, weigh the cost of waiting against what the exemption could bring. A startup that cannot issue invoices has no cash coming in. For foreign partners, our article on remote setup for foreign founders walks through today’s incorporation steps.

A domain that matches your trade name keeps incorporation papers and bank correspondence consistent.

A working product page, a clear value proposition and technical documentation make your business model easy to explain.

Keep shareholdings, capital movements and contracts in one digital folder. Tidy records help in every scenario.

Discuss “LLC or JSC?” together with the number of partners, the capital plan and the chance of raising investment later. Treat digital company status as a layer that may be added later, not as a parameter of this decision.

Ask the incubator at the technology development zone you belong to, or plan to join, in writing. File their written answer about your incubator entrepreneur status. Without it, keep the exemption out of your business plan.

Planning the website, domain and digital records in the same week as incorporation keeps things moving. We do digital consulting work; you can see the scope on our digital consulting page. For the basics, our article on what a digital company is in Türkiye explains where it sits in the law.

No. The official text contains no such type; a company is formed as one of the existing types, and the Ministry’s definition has not been published yet.

No. The provision introduced by Law 7582 exempts qualifying companies from chamber and exchange fees and dues for up to 3 years; it contains no tax exemption.

That is not clear yet. The provision refers to companies “founded and operated” in line with the definition; the position of existing companies will become clear with the definition.