INDEX, the organiser of Dubai’s content market, has signed with Turkey’s TV and film producers’ union to launch a two-day Istanbul Content Market in 2027.
INDEX Conferences & Exhibitions, part of Dubai’s INDEX Holding, is taking a format built in Dubai and helping another city become a hub for trading content. According to Urdupoint, it signed the cooperation agreement with TESİYAP, Turkey’s professional union of TV and film producers, on 11 November. The signing came at the close of the Dubai International Content Market (DICM) 2026 at Madinat Jumeirah. INDEX also announced the deal in a press release.
The Istanbul event will bring together producers, content makers, distributors, buyers, investors, and people from TV channels and digital platforms. INDEX hasn’t announced dates or a venue yet. In a statement, the company called the launch a new phase of international expansion, “transferring successful business models and adapting them to global markets” (our translation from Arabic).
According to WAM via HiDubai, DICM 2026 was the show’s ninth edition. It drew 800 attendees from 50 countries over two days, with more than 200 buyers and over 80 exhibitors. Turkey’s TRT was a sponsor, and ICC Türkiye ran a pavilion alongside Korea’s KOCCA and Russia’s ROSKINO. Türkiye was also guest of honour at an earlier edition.
DICM supports INDEX’s aim of strengthening Dubai’s role as a hub linking the global content industry with opportunities across the Middle East and North Africa.
Tariq Abdulsalam AlMadani, Board Member and CEO of Exhibitions and Experiences at INDEX Holding
The Istanbul market is the latest step in Dubai’s content push, this time taking the city’s content-trading model abroad. Once INDEX names dates, Turkish producers will have a Dubai-style market of their own on home ground.
