Nearshore digital marketing team in Turkey: senior people, European hours, a smarter cost base.

A nearshore team is an external marketing team in a nearby country that works on your hours, in your language and under your contracts, but at that country's cost base. From Istanbul, Rebel Co. Group works one to two hours ahead of Central Europe and the UK, in English and German, with EUR, GBP or USD invoicing. Offshore teams, by contrast, sit four or more time zones away and usually work asynchronously.

Almost all execution and most strategy: Google, Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn campaign management, SEO and content production, creative and video production, web and e-commerce development, analytics and CRM automation. What stays with you is decision ownership, brand approvals and customer relationships. We design the split with you in the first two weeks.

Typically 40 to 60 percent less than an equivalent senior team from a UK or German agency, for the same certifications and the same seniority. The exact figure depends on the channel mix and the hours you need. You receive a written monthly retainer or project price. Media is always paid from your own ad accounts with no margin.

With a data processing agreement, EU standard contractual clauses, data minimisation and, where you prefer, all customer data staying inside your own EU hosted systems. Turkey also has its own data protection law, KVKK, which our team applies daily. Ad platforms, analytics and CRM remain in your name, we work as users inside them.

Both models exist. A dedicated team gives you named specialists who work only on your account for an agreed number of days per week. A retainer team gives you a senior lead plus specialists shared across a few accounts, which is cheaper for smaller scopes. Agencies can also white label our production and media teams under their own brand.

Onboarding takes two weeks: access, tracking audit, brand and tone briefing, working rhythm. Existing campaigns are usually taken over inside the first week. New campaigns and creative production follow in weeks three to six. We agree the first 90 day plan in writing before the start.

For English and German, campaign copy, reports and calls are handled by team members who work in those languages every day. Consumer facing creative for your market is reviewed by a native speaker before it goes live. For other European languages we work with vetted native reviewers and say so openly.

The first cycle is a defined 90 day scope with a review date. Notice periods are short, everything is in your name, and at handover you receive documented accounts, campaign structures, creative files and a written status. Nothing is locked behind our systems.