“New Dreams, Entrepreneurial Ideas” Project Competition
Entrepreneurial business ideas project competition organized by Gaziantep Young Entrepreneurs Board in previous periods and attracting great attention; It is being revived to support new ideas, dreams and entrepreneurship.
Who Can Participate?
There will be no main topic restrictions in the project competition. Anyone who wants; Participants will be able to participate in the competition alone or as a team with original, previously unimplemented or previously implemented but revised or updated innovative venture ideas. In addition to their monetary awards, entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to explain and introduce themselves and their projects to jury members who are prominent in their fields and to business people and angel investors who follow the competition.
Application Process – Screening – Awards
Applications will be made by filling out the application form on www.gto.org.tr, the official WEB site of our Coordinator Chamber, Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce. After the applications are completed, project owners will be interviewed face to face during the evaluation and pre-selection process, which will last approximately 15 days; Afterwards, 7 projects that will make it to the finals will be determined.
Finalists will be given 10 minutes each to present their projects to the main jury and answer their questions. The awards to be given to the finalists after the main jury evaluation are as follows:
First Project: 100,000 TL
Second Project: 50,000 TL
Third Project: 30,000 TL
Competition Calendar
13 April 2026 – 04 May 2026 - Receiving Project Applications
05 May 2026 – 20 May 2026 - Project Evaluation and Pre-Selection Process
21 May 2026 - Grand Final with the Main Jury
Preliminary Jury
TOBB Gaziantep Young Entrepreneurs Board Executive Committee Members