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How Turkey sells citizenship and residence for investors: 1 citizenship programme, open today; and 2 residence programmes, 0 of them open today. Every number and rule below links to the document it comes from.

30 documents and articles behind this page, listed at the bottom.

Residence

Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later. Turkey: 2 residence programmes, 0 of them open today; 0 numbers, 18 prices and rules. Every country's residence programmes

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Residence·Status unclear·since 2016

Turkey short-term residence permit for investors (Law 6458, art. 31(1)(j))

Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later.

Lowest price when it closed: not determined

No amount: the law (art. 31(1)(j), from 13 Aug 2016) leaves the scope and amount of the investment to a presidential decision, which is not stored.

Notes from the research

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.

Prices and rules

Ways in that apply today (minimum amounts)

What is measured

No published numbers found for this programme. That is itself worth knowing: see the notes and the documents below.

Residence·Status unclear

Turkey short-term residence permit for owners of real property (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanunu 6458, art. 31(1)(b))

Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later.

Lowest price when it closed: not determined

No amount stored: owners of a dwelling in Turkey can get a short-term residence permit. Since 30 Nov 2024 the Interior Ministry sets the type and value of property that qualifies (art. 31(6)); that threshold is not stored. Before then the law set no minimum.

Notes from the research

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).

Prices and rules

Ways in that apply today (minimum amounts)

What is measured

No published numbers found for this programme. That is itself worth knowing: see the notes and the documents below.

Citizenship

Sells citizenship, and with it a passport. Turkey: 1 citizenship programme, open today; 258 numbers, 67 prices and rules. Every country's citizenship programmes

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Status
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Citizenship·Open·since 2017

Citizenship by investment

Sells citizenship, and with it a passport.

Official name: Turkish citizenship by investment (Türk Vatandaşlığı Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik, Art. 20(2))

Lowest price for one person: US$400,000

USD 400,000 in built property (since 13 June 2022; only built/condominium units since 12 Dec 2023), held 3 years. Deposit, bonds, funds, capital and pension routes are USD 500,000.

Notes from the research

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.

Investors approved, not counting family members, on a date
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The line follows the official figure for each date; faint dots are other sources and earlier versions.

People who became citizens, on a date
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The line follows the official figure for each date; faint dots are other sources and earlier versions.

All money paid by buyers, including property purchases, on a date (US dollars)
US$0US$5bnUS$10bnUS$15bnUS$20bn202220232024202520262027

The line follows the official figure for each date; faint dots are other sources and earlier versions.

Prices and rules

Ways in that apply today (minimum amounts)
Fees today

What is measured

  • Homes sold to foreigners171
  • Program citizenships revoked34
  • Irregular naturalisations detected13
  • Investors approved, not counting family members10
  • People who became citizens5
  • All money paid by buyers, including property purchases4
  • Dependants granted citizenship4
  • Properties acquired for citizenship4
  • Applications pending2
  • Investment eligibility certificates issued2
  • Processing time2
  • Investment by programme investors2
  • and 5 more; see Explore below.
Gaps

What we know is missing

  • Turkey short-term residence permit for investors (Law 6458, art. 31(1)(j)): we found no published numbers at all, only rules and events.
  • Turkey short-term residence permit for owners of real property (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanunu 6458, art. 31(1)(b)): we found no published numbers at all, only rules and events.
  • Citizenship by investment: no yearly figures at all for applications or people let in or money raised.

A gap means no figure is in our data: either it was never published or we haven't found or read it yet. Charts leave gaps open rather than drawing across them.

Explore

All the numbers we have for Turkey

258 numbers about Turkey's citizenship and residence programmes. Pick a programme and what you want to see. Each dot is one number from one document; click anything to open its source.

Timeline

What happened, and when

Sources

The 30 documents behind this page

The stories behind the numbers

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