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Problem

Saving a Site Template with activated Publishing Feature is not possible in SharePoint 2013 (menu link missing).

When using the direct browser link (which worked perfect in SharePoint 2010) http://YourSharePointSite/_layouts/15/savetmpl.aspx you get the error The "Save site as template" action is not supported on this site.

Solution 

Modify the SaveSiteAsTemplateEnabled property in your SPWeb object via PowerShell.

# Store your Site in a variable:
$SiteToModify = Get-SPWeb http://YourSharePointSite

# Display the current value of the property:
$SiteToModify.AllProperties["SaveSiteAsTemplateEnabled"]

# Set the property to true:
$SiteToModify.AllProperties["SaveSiteAsTemplateEnabled"] = "true"
$SiteToModify.Update()

When now trying the savetmpl.aspx link again, you can save your template:
http://YourSharePointSite/_layouts/15/savetmpl.aspx