Citizenship and residence guide
Citizenship by Investment and Residence by Property in Türkiye 2026
For citizenship through property, the official sources state at least US$400,000 and a three-year no-sale note; for the other monetary investment routes the threshold is US$500,000. For a short-term residence permit by title deed, the Migration Management document list asks for a home worth at least US$200,000 in lira at acquisition; the permit runs for at most two years each time.
A foreign investor who buys property in Türkiye has two separate official routes: citizenship by investment and a short-term residence permit. They are handled by different institutions, with different thresholds and different outcomes. This report collects what we could verify in official sources as of 29 October 2026 and says plainly where we could not.
Thresholds at a glance
| $400,000 | Citizenship by investment: property worth at least US$400,000, with a note on the title deed that it cannot be sold for at least 3 years. |
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| $500,000 | Other investment routes: fixed capital, bank deposit, government bonds, or real estate or venture capital investment fund units. |
| $200,000 | Short-term residence by title deed: the home's value at acquisition must be at least US$200,000 in Turkish lira; at most 2 years each time. |
Turkish citizenship by investment
Source: Investment Office of the Presidency (Invest in Türkiye).
- Real estate: acquiring property worth at least US$400,000 in total, with a note on the title deed that it cannot be sold for at least three years.
- Other routes: fixed capital investment, a bank deposit, government bonds, or real estate or venture capital investment fund units of at least US$500,000. Deposits, bonds and fund units must be held for three years.
- Employment: a route of creating at least 50 jobs is also listed; this is not a dollar threshold.
- The official page of the Capital Markets Board refers to the amendment of 6 January 2022 under which the investment amount is sold before the transaction to a bank in Türkiye, and by the bank to the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye.
Short-term residence permit by title deed
Source: Presidency of Migration Management; e-İkamet document list and extension notes.
- The home's value at the date of acquisition must be at least US$200,000 in Turkish lira; the condition appears in the Migration Management document list for short-term applications and in the extension form.
- The property must be a residence and be used by the applicant as a home.
- A short-term residence permit based on property ownership can be issued for at most two years each time.
- An extension application must be made before the current permit expires; according to the e-İkamet notes it must be completed within 30 days of starting the application and in any case before the permit ends.
- A spouse, a minor child and a dependent adult child can apply under this heading only if they hold a share (joint or shared ownership) in the property. The owner's whole family is not covered automatically.
What we do not state on this page
For the order of steps in a citizenship application, the complete list of documents, the total processing time, the scope for spouse and children, the valuation-report practice and the closed-neighbourhood rules for residence permits, we have no verified official source to cite on this page. Our advisor confirms the current position with the competent authority.
A senior economist, graduate of Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and a graduate of Istanbul University Business Administration with 33 years in business; founder of Avla Real Estate. He reads every selection and every agreement himself.
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