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Residency Through Property in Turkey

Property can support a residence application only through the relevant immigration route. Buying property does not guarantee residence at that address, permanent residence or citizenship.

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Scope

Use the Turkey Passport for current structured rules

Property can support a residence application only through the relevant immigration route. Buying property does not guarantee residence at that address, permanent residence or citizenship.

OwnASea separates ownership, immigration, citizenship, tax, tourism, banking, cadastral procedure and building-risk evidence. Conditional and under-review facts are never reduced to a simple yes/no answer.

Country facts

Turkey Passport values

Property Gives ResidencyOwning a qualifying residential property can support a short-term residence application, subject to current immigration conditions; it is not automatic residence.Verified

Presidency of Migration Management — residence permit types ↗e-İkamet — current property-owner application form ↗

Ownership Alone Grants ResidencyOwnership alone does not grant residence: the applicant must apply, meet immigration conditions and use the property as residence.Verified

Presidency of Migration Management — residence permit types ↗e-İkamet — current property-owner application form ↗

Property Based Residency AvailableThe current official application form states a residential property value of at least USD 200,000 equivalent in TRY at acquisition; the property must be used as the applicant’s residence and current grandfathering must be checked.Verified

Presidency of Migration Management — residence permit types ↗e-İkamet — current property-owner application form ↗

Minimum Property InvestmentUSD 200,000 is the current application-form anchor for property-based short-term residence, not a permanent-residence or citizenship threshold.Verified

e-İkamet — current property-owner application form ↗

Qualifying Property TypesThe property-residence route requires a residential house used for that purpose; do not generalise it to every property category.Verified

Presidency of Migration Management — residence permit types ↗e-İkamet — current property-owner application form ↗

Location RestrictionsBuying a property and registering a new residence address are separate checks; closed neighbourhood lists can change.Verified

Antalya Provincial Migration Authority — closed neighbourhood policy notice ↗Presidency of Migration Management — residence procedures ↗

Closed NeighbourhoodsA neighbourhood may be closed to new foreign residence registrations even where ownership is not automatically prohibited.Verified

Antalya Provincial Migration Authority — closed neighbourhood policy notice ↗

Holding PeriodResidence renewal depends on continuing conditions; citizenship-by-property uses a separate three-year no-sale annotation.Verified

NVI — citizenship services FAQ ↗Presidency of Migration Management — residence permit types ↗

Physical Presence RequirementResidence and citizenship procedures can require appointments, biometrics or personal steps; property ownership is not a fully remote status.Verified

NVI — citizenship services FAQ ↗Presidency of Migration Management — residence procedures ↗

Family IncludedVerification pending — see the Turkey Country Passport.Under review

NVI — citizenship services FAQ ↗Presidency of Migration Management — residence permit types ↗

Work RightsA property-based residence permit does not itself create unrestricted employment rights.Verified

Presidency of Migration Management — Law No. 6458 ↗

Permanent Residency PossibleLong-term residence is a separate route with continuity, absence, income, insurance and other conditions; property ownership does not guarantee it.Verified

Presidency of Migration Management — Law No. 6458 ↗

Citizenship PathThe property-investment citizenship route is conditional on the full current statutory and administrative procedure, not an automatic passport purchase.Verified

NVI — citizenship services FAQ ↗TKGM — valuation reports for foreign acquisitions ↗Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901 ↗

Minimum Total InvestmentUSD 400,000 is the property-investment threshold anchor for citizenship, separate from the USD 200,000 property-residence route.Verified

NVI — citizenship services FAQ ↗

Citizenship Direct From PropertyA qualifying investment can support a citizenship application but does not create automatic citizenship; conformity, payment, valuation and other checks apply.Verified

NVI — citizenship services FAQ ↗Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901 ↗

Residence, address and citizenship

Property ownership, residence registration and citizenship are different routes

The property-residence route, closed neighbourhoods, long-term residence and citizenship-by-investment route must not be collapsed into one promise. Check the exact address and current official procedure before relying on a property.

Presidency of Migration Management — residence permit types ↗e-İkamet — current property-owner application form ↗

Minimum Property InvestmentUSD 200,000 is the current application-form anchor for property-based short-term residence, not a permanent-residence or citizenship threshold.Verified

e-İkamet — current property-owner application form ↗

Closed NeighbourhoodsA neighbourhood may be closed to new foreign residence registrations even where ownership is not automatically prohibited.Verified

Antalya Provincial Migration Authority — closed neighbourhood policy notice ↗

Permanent Residency PossibleLong-term residence is a separate route with continuity, absence, income, insurance and other conditions; property ownership does not guarantee it.Verified

Presidency of Migration Management — Law No. 6458 ↗

Citizenship PathThe property-investment citizenship route is conditional on the full current statutory and administrative procedure, not an automatic passport purchase.Verified

NVI — citizenship services FAQ ↗TKGM — valuation reports for foreign acquisitions ↗Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901 ↗

Minimum Total InvestmentUSD 400,000 is the property-investment threshold anchor for citizenship, separate from the USD 200,000 property-residence route.Verified

NVI — citizenship services FAQ ↗

Holding PeriodResidence renewal depends on continuing conditions; citizenship-by-property uses a separate three-year no-sale annotation.Verified

NVI — citizenship services FAQ ↗Presidency of Migration Management — residence permit types ↗

Key points

What to remember

Use the Turkey Passport and current official source for the exact asset, address and procedure.
Do not treat an under-review fact as a verified national rule.
Property ownership, residence address, citizenship and tax residency are separate statuses.
100 days is the maximum single tourism rental threshold, not an annual allowance.
DASK is insurance, not a structural-safety certificate; kat irtifakı is not automatically illegal.
Confirm significant decisions with TKGM, Göç İdaresi, GİB, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism or a qualified professional.

See the Turkey Country Passport and the adjacent guides below.

General information: This guide is not legal, tax, immigration or investment advice.

Evidence first

Official and primary sources

Links come from the shared OwnASea Source Registry. Discovery sources are not used as sole authority for legal, tax or immigration claims.

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