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ARTICLE · 18 MARCH 2021

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Acquiring Turkish Citizenship Through Investment

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With the amendments in the Turkish citizenship laws enacted on September 19, Turkish government reduced the minimum limit of required investments for foreign investors to acquire Turkish citizenship.

TurkeyGovernment, Public Sector
Deniz Baran
Deniz Baran

With the amendments in the Turkish citizenship laws enacted on September 19, Turkish government reduced the minimum limit of required investments for foreign investors to acquire Turkish citizenship. The thresholds of the different investment categories for acquiring citizenship dropped to one fourth or one sixth of the previous minimum investment limits, however, any investment made before 19.09.2018 was excluded from the scope of those amendments.

Accordingly;

  • The threshold for acquiring citizenship by investing in real estate has been lowered from USD 1,000,000 to USD 250,000. The investment cannot be sold for a period of 3 years. Any type of real estate (apartments, villas, commercial buildings, agricultural lands, lands) is accepted under this investment category. It is possible for investors to combine more than a real estate to reach 250,000 USD. It is also possible for multiple investors to invest in the same real estate and utilize that investment in

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