New Guidelines For Acquisition Of Turkish Citizenship

A newly revised set of rules ("Guideline") concerning the acquisition of Turkish Citizenship through purchase of real property was published by the Foreign Affairs Department of the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre on 20 December 2022.

Some of the notable changes introduced by the Guideline can be summarized as follows:

• For citizenship applications based on the execution of a promise to sell real property agreement, the real property sales amount required by the legislation for eligibility of citizenship acquisition - which is currently USD 400,000 - must now be paid in a single contract. Within this framework, more than one real property can be subject to a single contract, however, submission of more than one promise to sell real property agreement will not be deemed eligible for citizenship applications.