Industry Findings: Enterprise demand for cloud compute in Turkey continues to rise as organizations modernize digital platforms while responding to data localization requirements and operational resilience needs. Enterprises across manufacturing, retail, logistics, BFSI, and public administration are expanding cloud-based compute to support enterprise IT systems and analytics workloads. Policy direction sharpened in Jun-2024 when Turkey reinforced cloud and data protection guidance for public-sector and regulated workloads, emphasizing domestic data handling and continuity standards. This guidance has influenced private-sector cloud adoption, particularly for production systems supporting critical services. Hybrid deployment models have gained traction, allowing organizations to balance scalability with regulatory alignment. Demand remains focused on general-purpose and compute-optimized virtual machines supporting enterprise IT and analytics workloads. Elastic compute supports development and testing environments. Through 2025, enterprises continue prioritizing predictable performance, incremental migration, and cost discipline rather than rapid capacity expansion.
Industry Player Insights: Companies shaping Turkey’s cloud compute landscape include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Turkcell Cloud. In Sep-2024, Turkcell expanded cloud compute capacity supporting enterprise and public-sector workloads hosted in Turkey. In Feb-2025, Google Cloud increased regional availability of compute-optimized virtual machines, improving support for analytics and data-intensive enterprise applications.