Market Report: Türkiye

The live event market here, for music in particular, remains a challenging landscape for ticketing companies.

Covid left a lasting impact that, along with well-documented sociocultural and political turmoil and a seriously devalued lira, hit the sector hard. Demand to see music’s A-list superstars remains.

And while domestic acts, especially Turkish hip-hop, and a number of smaller festivals are doing well, the middle ground, particularly indie, alternative, and rock/pop, is struggling.

“We anticipate that larger production shows from both international and local artists will continue to energise the Turkish live scene”

Karaoğlan Taşçı, MD…