Turkiye grants citizenship to foreign investors who buy real estate with a title-deed and valuation value of at least US$400,000 held for three years, or make a US$500,000 capital, deposit, bond or fund investment, with no minimum stay, a narrow family definition (spouse and children under 18) and dual citizenship permitted. Alpha acts as an introducer working with licensed Turkish lawyers and developers.
Everything below is written as reference material: the official thresholds and fees we have verified, who qualifies and who is barred, how long it takes, what the passport does and does not give you, and the risks. Where an official schedule figure is not published on this page, we say so rather than estimate it. If another programme fits you better, we say so in the alternatives section.
Turkiye grants citizenship by exceptional procedure to foreign investors who meet one of the thresholds in the Regulation on the Implementation of the Turkish Citizenship Law (Article 20): most commonly the purchase of real estate with a title-deed and licensed-valuation value of at least US$400,000, annotated at the land registry with a three-year no-sale commitment; alternatives include a US$500,000 fixed capital investment, bank deposit, government bond or investment-fund purchase held for three years, or creating employment for 50 people. The investor first receives a short-term residence permit, then applies for citizenship; no minimum stay is required. A spouse and children under 18 (and dependent adult children with disabilities) are included; parents and siblings are not. Dual citizenship is permitted. A Turkish passport does not give visa-free entry to the Schengen area, the United Kingdom or the United States.
Sources: Presidency of the Republic of Turkiye Investment Office (invest.gov.tr) and the official investor-citizenship portal yourkeyturkiye.gov.tr; US$400,000 threshold verified 14 September 2026. Alpha acts as an introducer working with licensed lawyers and developers in Turkiye.
Active. Citizenship by investment was introduced in 2017 and the real-estate threshold was raised to US$400,000 in June 2022. The route is administered by the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre, the Directorate General of Migration Management and the Ministry of Interior, with the Investment Office running the official portal. This page covers the real-estate route unless stated otherwise.
| Route (choose one) | USD |
|---|---|
| Real estate: purchase price on the title deed and licensed valuation report, three-year no-sale annotation | 400,000 minimum |
| Fixed capital investment, confirmed by the Ministry of Industry and Technology | 500,000 minimum |
| Bank deposit in a Turkish bank, held three years | 500,000 minimum |
| Government bonds, real-estate or venture-capital fund units, held three years | 500,000 minimum |
| Employment: jobs created for Turkish citizens | 50 employees |
| Typical transaction costs on the real-estate route (in addition) | |
|---|---|
| Title-deed transfer tax | 4 percent of the declared value (in practice often split or borne by the buyer) |
| Licensed valuation report, notary, translation and residence-permit fees | quoted in writing |
| Value-added tax on new-build purchases | may apply; a first-purchase exemption exists for foreign buyers who pay in foreign currency and hold for one year |
| Alpha's professional fee and the Turkish lawyer's fee | quoted separately in writing |
Thresholds verified against yourkeyturkiye.gov.tr on 14 September 2026. The valuation report must independently confirm the US$400,000 figure; a purchase whose valuation falls below the threshold does not qualify.
Nationals of a small number of countries cannot acquire real estate in Turkiye and therefore cannot use the property route; the list is set by the Turkish government and is checked at pre-screen. Applicants on sanctions lists or with security findings are refused.
The government does not publish a guaranteed timeline; recent cases have typically taken several months from title-deed transfer to the citizenship decision, with the residence-permit and application stages in between. The sequence is:
A Turkish passport gives visa-free or visa-on-arrival entry to a wide range of destinations in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, but not to the Schengen area, the United Kingdom, the United States or Canada. Turkiye has a treaty of commerce with the United States, so Turkish citizens can apply for the E-2 treaty investor visa by investing in a US business; this is a separate US application. Entry rules change; confirm with the destination state before travelling.
Turkish citizenship does not by itself make you tax resident in Turkiye; residency depends on days spent and where your life is centred. Rental income from the property is taxable in Turkiye. Capital gains on the resale of the property are exempt if it is held for at least five years, which is longer than the three-year citizenship holding period. We do not provide tax advice.
Applications are screened by the Turkish security services and the Ministry of Interior. The land registry, the licensed valuer and the bank each certify parts of the investment. Approval is decided solely by the Republic of Turkiye and is never guaranteed.
Alpha Immigration Associates FZC (SPC Free Zone, Sharjah, Reg. 4204438.01; office 309 Opal Tower, Business Bay, Dubai) is an introducer for Turkiye: we pre-screen, help select the property with licensed developers, and manage the file with a Turkish lawyer who acts under power of attorney. Our own government designations (Vanuatu, Nauru, Sao Tome and Principe) are on the accreditations page. Editor: Manpreet Kataria, Managing Director. Page reviewed 17 September 2026.
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