The 2026 Public Investment Program signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been published in the Official Gazette.
The 2026 public investment program included projects of organizations under the central government budget, state-owned economic enterprises (SOEs), organizations under privatization, revolving fund organizations and social security institutions. Only local government projects financed by foreign loans were included in the program.
The preparation of the 2026 public investment program took into account the basic policies and objectives of the 12th Development Plan as well as the policies, priorities and budget sizes of the medium-term program 2026-2028.
The extremely selective definition of the projects in the public investment program prioritized the projects envisaged in the 12th Development Plan, the projects that had to be initiated due to the risk of earthquakes and the projects that had a strong social and economic impact and needed to be brought into the economy immediately.
Allocation of 1.9 trillion lira for 13,000 887 projects
In 2026, a total of 1920.8 billion TL was allocated to 13,887 projects in the public investment program, of which 3,857 were main projects.
The total amount of projects to be implemented by public entities under the 2026 Public Investment Program is approximately 13,999.1 billion TL, and the total amount of funds allocated to these projects has been set at 1,920.8 billion TL.
Last year, 5,000,335 projects were completed
While 5,335 projects were completed in 2025, 5,284 new projects were included in the 2026 public investment program. 2,403 of these projects were multi-year and 2,881 were projects that were scheduled to be completed within one year.
62.8 percent of the 1,920.8 billion TL investments planned under the public investment program in 2026 will be realized by institutions within the framework of the central government budget, 35.4 percent by institutions within the framework of state-owned enterprises and privatizations, and 1.8 percent by revolving fund organizations and social security institutions.
In total, projects worth 697 billion TL were included in the 2026 public investment program for earthquake preparedness. About 45.7 percent of the funds under these projects in 2026 went to the health sector, 19.5 percent to the education sector and 16 percent to the housing sector.
The highest share is in the transport and communications sector.
In the public investment program, investments in the transport and communications sector received the largest share of funding at 26.5 percent and in the mining sector at 18 percent.
Investments in the transport and communication sector received the highest share of 26.5 percent of the investment allowance of 1,920.8 billion TL under the 2026 Public Investment Program. In particular, for the development of rail freight and passenger transport, 145.6 billion TL was allocated for high-standard railway projects, 8.1 billion TL for junction projects that will contribute to the revival of production and trade, and 15.5 billion TL for Divriği-Kars, Kars-Iğdır-Aralık-Dilucu and Development Road Railway Line projects, which will serve to strengthen Türkiye's connection with international freight transport corridors and become an important logistics center of the region.
Allocation of 121.2 billion lira for natural gas, oil exploration and production activities
The transport and communications sector was followed by the mining sector with a share of 18 percent. Work on the Sakarya Natural Gas Field Development Project, which aims to produce 785 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the Black Sea and increase the production capacity of the field, is continuing rapidly and 211.4 billion TL has been allocated to the project. An amount of TL 121.2 billion was allocated for other natural gas and oil exploration and production activities to reduce foreign dependence in the energy sector.
13.2 percent share for education
The share of the education sector in investments in 2026 was 13.2 percent. Developing academic, social and professional skills in line with international standards by ensuring that all people have equal access to quality education and lifelong learning opportunities, based on the principle of inclusion; Ensuring they have competency in analytical thinking, financial literacy and leadership; Within the framework of the Ministry of National Education, 160.5 billion TL has been allocated for educational investments to promote students who have internalized national, spiritual, moral, human and social values and assume responsibility towards their family and society. In order to ensure that students receive the highest quality of education and provide equal opportunities in education, as well as to improve technological infrastructure in schools and ensure more effective use of information technology tools in the learning-teaching process, the second phase of the FATİH EBA Capacity Development Project was included in the public investment program and 4.6 billion TL was allocated to the project.
The agricultural sector receives a share of 10 percent
In the agricultural sector, which will receive a 10 percent share of the investment funds, it is planned to release 64,000 hectares of land for irrigation as part of agricultural irrigation investments and to renew irrigation systems on 15,000 hectares through the General Directorate of State Water Works. Under the CAP Action Plan, 34.1 billion TL was allocated for irrigation projects. In addition, 35 billion TL was allocated for flood protection projects. It is planned to complete the consolidation registration work of about 352,000 hectares of land and allocate 5.96 billion TL for land consolidation projects.
While efforts to establish organized agricultural zones have been accelerated to expand the scale of enterprise in agricultural production and ensure the integration of agriculture and industry, a total of 14 organized agricultural zone projects, including seven new projects, have been included in the scope of the public investment program. A subsidy of 3.9 billion TL was allocated to the projects in question, the total cost amounted to 17.3 billion TL. Within the framework of these projects, it is planned to complete and make available to entrepreneurs the infrastructure of the organized agricultural zone for greenhouse cultivation on a total area of 18,000,841 decares, livestock farming on an area of 28,000,494 decares and aquaculture on an area of 6,000,337 decares. As part of forest firefighting, four small firefighting aircraft will be part of the General Directorate of Forestry's aircraft fleet in 2026.
6 municipal hospitals are completed
The healthcare sector's share of investments was 9 percent in 2026. The aim is to further improve progress in physical infrastructure, access to services and service quality in healthcare and to reduce regional disparities. With the funds allocated to the Ministry of Health in 2026, 11,000 334 beds and 155 units will be put into operation. In 2026, under the central government budget, the construction of 15 municipal hospitals with a capacity of 18,000 265 beds will continue, and 6 of these hospitals with a capacity of 6,000 200 beds will be completed.
Allocation of 35.8 billion lira to the Ministry of Industry and Technology
The Ministry of Industry and Technology has been allocated 35.8 billion TL to create more investment opportunities for investors and entrepreneurs and increase production and employment. In this context, 17.6 billion TL was allocated for organized industrial zone projects and 12.6 billion TL for small industrial site projects.
In order to increase Türkiye's R&D and innovation capacity, a total of 39 billion TL was allocated to research support programs such as TÜBİTAK TARAL, research infrastructure projects at universities and public institutions, and the Research Universities Support Program.
In addition, a total investment grant of 70.5 billion TL was provided to universities in 2026 to improve the quality of higher education, improve physical facilities, improve health infrastructure and strengthen research infrastructure.
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