Does a digital company need a website, and which digital assets go with incorporation?
No, a digital company (dijital şirket) does not need a website by law. Law No. 7582, in force since 4 June 2026, does not mention one. Neither KOSGEB’s announcement of 12 October 2026 nor the MERSİS incorporation steps set such a condition. The Ministry of Industry and Technology’s digital company definition was unpublished as of October 2026. The one asking for a website is not the law; it is the customer and the AI.
What this means for you: you need no site to register, you need one for your first customer. Five digital assets go with incorporation: domain, website, 108 articles, 3 accounts and measurement. This article explains the five and their order; the whole topic sits on our digital company page.
Is a website a legal requirement for a digital company?
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- No website condition in the law or in KOSGEB texts
- What registration needs has nothing to do with a site
- Why something that is not required is the first job
No. Registration is done on MERSİS with an e-signature and KEP (registered e-mail); the KOSGEB application goes through e-Devlet. None of these steps asks for a domain or a website. The law side is explained in our guide what is a digital company in Türkiye. Why something not required comes first is explained below.
No website condition in the law or in KOSGEB texts
The digital company provision of Law No. 7582 regulates the dues exemption; it does not mention a website. KOSGEB’s Business Setup and Business Development conditions do not include one either. Whether the Ministry’s definition adds a website condition is unknown. The full list is in our guide digital company preparation checklist.
What registration needs has nothing to do with a site
The articles of association are prepared on MERSİS and signed with an e-signature; a KEP address is obtained. These steps are in our guide to MERSİS, e-signature and KEP. The registry officer does not ask for your domain. The trade registry records the company’s name; no institution records its internet name.
Why something that is not required is the first job
Because it is the only face of the company customers see. They read the website, not the registry entry. An AI system describing a company also reads its site, not the registry. Without a site, the company is registered but invisible, and an invisible company gets no first customer.
Who wants the website: the customer or the AI?
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- The customer searches the name and expects a result
- AI tells what it has read and does not mention what it has not
- For incorporation providers, the site is an “add-on”
Both. The customer types the trade name into a search engine; the AI shows the pages it read when it answers. With no page to read, the company is missing at both doors.
The customer searches the name and expects a result
When a new company is recommended, the customer’s first move is to search its name. If the company’s own page does not appear, trust breaks. Provider listings, registry records or other companies come up, and the customer moves on. The site is the answer to that first search.
AI tells what it has read and does not mention what it has not
AI answers are built from pages the system could read. If what the company does, where it is and which question it answers are not on the site, they are not in the answer. An AI-ready site provides that with structured data and answer blocks. The details are in our guide why AI does not recommend new companies.
For incorporation providers, the site is an “add-on”
Virtual office and incorporation providers say they set up a sole proprietorship in minutes and a limited or joint-stock company within a day. On their lists, website, corporate identity and social media are add-ons: incorporation ends fast, the digital side is left to the end. That order should be reversed.
What are the five digital assets to set up together with incorporation?
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- Domain name and hosting: registered in the company’s name
- Website: 6 top-level pages, 12 sub-pages, 6 categories
- Content and accounts: 108 articles, 3 accounts
- Measurement: GA4 and Search Console
Domain name, website, content, accounts and measurement. Together they form the digital side. Each has an owner, a measure and a place.
Domain name and hosting: registered in the company’s name
The domain is chosen to match the trade name and registered in the company’s name, with one year of hosting. A domain in a founder’s personal account causes trouble when the partnership changes. Which extension to choose is in our guide to matching the domain name and the trade name.
Website: 6 top-level pages, 12 sub-pages, 6 categories
A corporate website built for AI and for users has 6 top-level pages, 12 sub-pages and 6 categories. Top-level pages carry services, sub-pages details, categories articles. Structured data introduces the company as an Organization or LocalBusiness; FAQ blocks answer the AI.
Content and accounts: 108 articles, 3 accounts
108 AI-SEO-ready articles in 6 keyword groups fill the categories; each answers one customer question. 3 social media accounts, WhatsApp Business and a Google Business Profile carry this content to where the customer stands. The accounts are opened with the corporate e-mail.
Measurement: GA4 and Search Console
GA4 and Search Console are connected on launch day. Search Console shows which question found you; GA4 shows where visitors came from. Region and demand measurement records from day one which service is searched where. Set up later, it loses the first months.
Why do the five digital assets come in this order?
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- Domain first, because it is chosen together with the trade name
- Site before content, because it is the home of the content
- Measurement not at the end, but from the start
The order is not arbitrary. The domain is decided with the trade name, the site is built on the domain, the content goes into the site. The accounts distribute the content, and measurement reads it all. Skip a step and the next works for nothing.
Domain first, because it is chosen together with the trade name
While the trade name is checked on MERSİS, the domain should be checked too. If the trade name passes but the domain is taken, the company has two names. That is why the domain is the first line of the list. A domain bought before registration is transferred afterwards.
Site before content, because it is the home of the content
108 articles are written somewhere; that somewhere is the site’s 6 categories. Content without categories scatters. The site comes first, and the content settles into the categories. A social media account cannot be the home of the content; it is a rented shop window, while the site is the address you hold the deed to.
Measurement not at the end, but from the start
Measurement is usually left to the end; that is a mistake. GA4 and Search Console should be connected the day the site goes live, because the first impressions and queries begin then. Measurement connected later cannot see the past. Which numbers to watch after delivery is a separate article.
What does a digital company without a website lose?
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- A place in search results
- A name in the AI answer
- A link on the map and on WhatsApp
Three doors: the search result, the AI answer and the map. Every door leads to the site. Accounts opened without a site do not open them; they only postpone them.
A place in search results
The search engine knows a company by its site. Without one, a name search brings up other people’s pages, and in service-name searches the company is absent. 108 articles put a page in front of each search. Without them, the search door is closed.
A name in the AI answer
An AI system recommending a company looks for a consistent entity: same name, address and service description. That consistency is built on the site and its structured data. Without a site, the AI does not know the company, and does not recommend what it does not know. That is why AI SEO starts with incorporation.
A link on the map and on WhatsApp
WhatsApp Business and the Google Business Profile gain meaning once connected to the site. If the profile’s website field is empty, the customer moves on. When a WhatsApp question is pointed to a page, the answer is written once. The site is the one address behind every door.
How are the five digital assets delivered together with incorporation?
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- The turnkey list
- Extras included in the package
- When to ask for more
In one go, in the company’s name and with measurement. While the accountant handles registration, the agency builds the digital side. The two run in parallel; the site is live in the month of registration.
The turnkey list
The delivery list covers the five assets: domain name proposal and planning, domain and one year of hosting in the company’s name, a corporate website built for AI and for users, 108 AI-SEO-ready articles in 6 keyword groups, and 3 social media accounts. Adapte Dijital delivers this list as the “My Digital Company (Dijital Şirketim Olsun)” package for TL 36,000 + VAT.
Extras included in the package
Six extras join the five assets: region and demand measurement (GA4, Search Console), structured data (Organization/LocalBusiness and FAQ), WhatsApp Business, Google Business Profile, an AI-SEO Diagnostic Card and a handover video. The Diagnostic Card records the site’s starting value; later decisions are made against it.
When to ask for more
Corporate identity, corporate e-mail, e-commerce infrastructure, +180 articles, Google and Meta ads are not for day one; they come once the measurement speaks. When Search Console shows which queries come in, the growth item is picked. We plan the site around a service logic in our website consulting service.
Quick Summary
- Law No. 7582 (4 June 2026) and KOSGEB’s announcement of 12 October 2026 contain no website requirement.
- The Ministry’s digital company definition was unpublished as of October 2026; whether it will include a site condition is unknown.
- Incorporation providers set up a limited or joint-stock company in a day; for them the website is an add-on.
- Five assets: domain, a website with 6 top-level pages, 12 sub-pages and 6 categories, 108 articles, 3 accounts, GA4 and Search Console.
- Order: domain together with the trade name, site before content, measurement on launch day.
Short Glossary
- Category
- Category is the section structure used on a website to keep articles on one subject together.
- Organization schema
- Organization schema is the structured data type used to introduce a company to search engines and AI as a single entity.
- Search Console
- Search Console is the Google tool used to track which searches a site appears in.
Frequently Asked Questions
Next Step
To see how the five digital assets are delivered with incorporation and what is included, book a discovery call on our digital company page.
The definition and conditions of the digital company scheme are not final yet; support amounts and conditions may change. Check the latest information with the Ministry of Industry and Technology, KOSGEB and the Official Gazette before deciding. This is not legal or financial advice.
Sources: Official Gazette, Issue No. 33270, Law No. 7582 (4 June 2026) · KOSGEB, Entrepreneur Support Programme renewed (12 October 2026) · Ministry of Trade, MERSİS (12 May 2026)
Updated: October 2026
Sık Sorulan Sorular
No. There is no website requirement in Law No. 7582, in KOSGEB’s programme announcement or in the MERSİS steps. The Ministry’s definition had not been published as of October 2026; whether a site condition will come with it is unknown.
The domain name. While the trade name is checked on MERSİS, the domain should be checked too and registered in the company’s name. The website, 108 articles, 3 accounts and measurement are built on top of it.
No. An account is a rented shop window; the site is the address you hold the deed to. AI systems and search engines know a company by its site and structured data; accounts become useful once they are connected to the site.