APPLICATION PROCESS FOR TURKISH CITIZENSHIP BY PURCHASING REAL ESTATE

SELECTION OF REAL ESTATE (sales price must be at least USD 400.000 excluding VAT or equivalent foreign currency or Turkish Lira)

BANK ACCOUNT and TAX NUMBER (You can open a bank account by going to the branch of the bank you want to transfer your money to. You can obtain the tax number by applying in person at the tax offices or by applying through the online system. )

REALISATION OF MONEY TRANSFER (After your money arrives in your bank account opened in Turkey, the receipt that you will use for citizenship application in the future must be signed and stamped).

TAPU PROCEDURES (After having the expertise report of the real estate, you should make an online appointment with the General Directorate of Land Registry Cadastre of the province you have purchased. On the appointment day, you can go to the relevant institution; after making the necessary payments and submitting the required documents, you can receive your title deed issued in your name).

APPLICATION FOR TURKISH CITIZENSHIP Application to the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs (After performing the above steps, you should apply by submitting the necessary documents determined by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation that a) You can acquire Turkish citizenship with the decision of the President within the scope of subparagraph (b) of the first paragraph of Article 12 of the Law on the exceptional acquisition of Turkish Citizenship, b) You should apply by submitting the necessary documents determined by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation that you have purchased the immovable property amounting to at least 400,000 US Dollars or equivalent foreign currency or equivalent Turkish Lira with the condition of placing an annotation not to be sold for three years in the title deed records).