Türkiye Citizenship by Investment
Full Turkish citizenship — not merely residence — through a real estate investment held for three years, with dual nationality permitted.
Türkiye Citizenship by Investment Overview
Türkiye grants citizenship to qualifying foreign investors under Article 12 of the Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901, which empowers the President of the Republic to grant citizenship as an exceptional acquisition to those making a qualifying economic contribution. The programme is one of the most actively used citizenship-by-investment routes globally, and — unlike most Caribbean and European programmes on Indohill's Global Matrix — it confers full citizenship directly, not a residence permit with a later citizenship option.
An Implementation Regulation Amendment effective 13 May 2022 raised the qualifying real estate threshold from $250,000 to $400,000, alongside other investment routes (business, bank deposit, government bonds) that remain set at $500,000 and above.
Benefits of Türkiye Citizenship by Investment
- Full Turkish citizenship, not merely a residence permit, granted through presidential exceptional-acquisition authority under Article 12 of Law No. 5901
- Dual nationality is permitted — no requirement to renounce an existing citizenship to acquire Turkish citizenship this way
- Spouse and dependent children may be included on the same application
- The qualifying real estate is a genuine, retained asset rather than a non-refundable donation, though it must be held for a defined minimum period
- One of the fastest citizenship-by-investment programmes by realistic timeline among those Indohill tracks
Requirements
The main applicant must be at least 18 years old, hold a clean criminal record, and complete a qualifying real estate purchase settled via documented bank transfer (cash payments are not accepted):
1. Real Estate Investment
Purchase of one or more properties — residential, commercial, or land — with a combined value of at least $400,000, registered under the investor's name, free of encumbrances, and confirmed by an official valuation report. A title deed annotation restricts resale of the property for a minimum of 3 years from the date citizenship is granted.
Procedure
The process runs through legal due diligence on the target property, transfer of the title deed, verification of the bank-transfer payment (via Türkiye's DAB currency-conversion certificate process), registration of the mandatory 3-year resale-restriction annotation, a real-estate conformity approval confirming the property qualifies, an investor residence permit, and finally the citizenship application itself. Average processing runs around 12 months in practice, though well-prepared applications can complete in as little as 3 to 6 months.
Fees & Costs
Beyond the $400,000 property investment itself, applicants pay Turkish government processing and title-registration fees, plus separate legal, valuation, and due-diligence advisory fees. Indohill discloses the full statutory and legal fee breakdown for this programme, and every other programme we track, in the Global Matrix Marketplace fee breakdown tool before you commit to a specific property.
The Property Cannot Be Resold for 3 Years
A title deed annotation legally restricts resale of the qualifying property for a minimum of three years from the date citizenship is granted. Indohill confirms this holding period with every client before recommending a specific property, rather than presenting the investment as freely liquid.
Background & Legal Considerations
Türkiye's citizenship-by-investment route operates under Article 12 of the Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901 (enacted 29 May 2009), which grants the President of the Republic authority to confer citizenship as an exceptional acquisition for qualifying economic contribution, implemented in practice through Presidential Decree No. 5042 (Cumhurbaşkanı Kararı) and its subsequent Implementation Regulation amendments — most significantly the 13 May 2022 amendment that raised the real estate threshold from $250,000 to $400,000.
Why Indohill Advises This Program
- A private, advisor-reviewed intake — every application is scoped by a person, with the target property's valuation and title status independently confirmed before any recommendation
- Coordination with independently licensed Turkish immigration counsel and property valuation experts, vetted against Indohill's Certified Partner Network standards before any introduction is made
- Full statutory and legal fee disclosure through the Global Matrix Marketplace, including the mandatory 3-year resale restriction, before you commit
- The same 5-phase advisory methodology Indohill applies across every program, from initial audit through lifelong governance and renewal support
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