MIDWOOD Studios will bring $200 million to the Turkish economy

MIDWOOD Studios

Entrepreneur Ahmet San announces that MiddWood İstanbul Film Studio will open on October 29, 2023. Turkish and foreign investments in the project amounted to 200 million dollars. This will be the largest film plateau in Europe, which is expected to bring together international filmmakers.

The complex is being built in the Büyükçekmece district (near Arnavutköy and Zekeryaköy) on an area of ​​about 400,000 square meters. It is planned that MIDWOOD Studios will be able to produce a full range of services for 10 films at the same time. In total, the film studio plans to shoot 50 films a year, of which 15 are major Hollywood productions.

The complex will provide jobs for about 15,000 people when it is fully operational. It will include an educational institution for 4,000 students, an elite residential complex with 250 rooms, a sociocultural and residential space consisting of 300 different enterprises, industry offices and shops.

A global marketing network for the project is also being created. MIDWOOD USA, headquartered in Los Angeles, is in the process of recruiting. Also, 14 offices will be set up in target countries such as Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran.