Turkey.

Exceptional naturalisation under Law 5901 Art. 12(1)(b) by presidential decision (Council of Ministers until Sept 2018). Routes: real estate, fixed capital, jobs, bank deposit, government bonds, investment funds, private pension (from 2022). Certifying bodies: TKGM/Ministry of Environment (real estate), Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Labour, BDDK, Treasury, SPK, SEDDK. Security vetting by police and MİT; decision prepared by the DG of Population and Citizenship Affairs.

In scope under METHODOLOGY 15: an investor route whose amount is left to a later decision is in scope, amount unset. Law 6735 art. 27 added art. 31(1)(j): foreigners who do not work in Turkey but invest in the scope and amount set by the President (Council of Ministers until KHK 703, 9 Jul 2018), with spouse and minor or dependent children; permits up to five years at a time (art. 31(5)). In force 13 Aug 2016 per the law's list of amending acts. The presidential scope and amount are not stored.

In scope under METHODOLOGY 15: buying property is in scope even without a minimum price. Law 6458 (adopted 4 Apr 2013, published 11 Apr 2013; residence provisions in force one year after publication, art. 125(1)(b)) lists foreigners who own real property in Turkey among those who may get a short-term residence permit, issued for at most two years at a time (art. 31(2)). Since Law 7533 (in force 30 Nov 2024) the Ministry sets the qualities and value of the property (art. 31(6)); that ministerial threshold is not stored. Whether the earlier residence law (Law 5683) already had a property ground was not checked, so launched is left empty. Separate from citizenship by investment (tur-cbi).