Frequently Asked Questions

Planning to invest in real estate in Turkey, but you still want more information about the various axes and procedures?

Investment legislation and laws in Turkey
Average real estate price in Istanbul
Real estate residence permit
Turkish Nationality
Title Deed (Tabu)

And many more..

We are fully aware that you have many questions and inquiries about real estate investment in Turkey, and what are the best plans and services that you can get, to be aware and confident that your investment will achieve the desired success.

At Al-Hayat Real Estate Company, we offer you the most frequently asked questions, which most of our clients have asked us, and they are renewed questions and inquiries. By answering them, we try to provide a clear vision and modern, correct and accurate information about everything you need to know for the best real estate investment in Turkey.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Turkish Citizenship

Anyone who wants to come to Turkey and wants to obtain Turkish citizenship can apply. Each country has the right to decide to grant its citizenship in accordance with the law, and this is what Turkey offers to become Turkish citizens through various options.

The easiest and fastest way to obtain Turkish citizenship in less than 90 days is to apply for citizenship after purchasing a property that complies with the requirements of citizenship in Turkey.

Investors with Turkish citizenship enjoy all the rights and privileges of Turkish citizens, and they will also obtain a Turkish passport that qualifies them to enter several countries without a visa.

Turkish law allows obtaining a Turkish passport and Turkish identity as a Turkish citizen through several ways, the most important of which is buying a property in Turkey with a value of 250.000 USD.

According to the amendments to the real estate ownership law in Turkey, citizens of the world can buy real estate in Turkey freely. Therefore, investors of all nationalities who are allowed to own property in Turkey can apply for Turkish citizenship and Turkish passport after purchasing real estate in Turkey worth more than 250 thousand US dollars.

Yes, they are entitled to do so by purchasing a property worth more than 250 thousand dollars in Turkey.

Usually these procedures require 90 days, then the Turkish passport is at your disposal.

You can appoint a representative from our legal team in Real Estate Life to follow up all the procedures on your behalf, and you can rest assured and make sure that you receive golden and integrated care when you invest in real estate in an atmosphere of confidence and commitment.

Our real estate advisory and legal team will be with you step by step in all official and governmental procedures related to obtaining Turkish citizenship, by making sure that all required papers and documents are ready, ratifying and translating them, and submitting the file in a complete and verified form for all conditions related to Turkish citizenship.

The application for Turkish citizenship goes through eight stages as follows:

The first stage: preparing the required documents and papers and verifying them by government agencies and departments.
The second stage: sending the file to the competent department in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
The third stage: the evaluation and audit of the Turkish Citizenship Department in the application.
Fourth stage: Research, review and investigation by several Turkish directorates and ministries, in order to issue the final evaluation on the application.
Fifth stage: Preparing the application file for obtaining Turkish citizenship for approval by the Office of the Presidency of the Republic.
Sixth stage: Issuance of the final decision.
Seventh stage: After the application for granting Turkish citizenship is approved, the application is sent to the Soul Department.
Eighth stage: final preparation for the issuance and receipt of Turkish citizenship and identity.

No, Turkish language proficiency is not required to obtain Turkish citizenship.

Turkish law allows passport duplication, and therefore you can enjoy Turkish citizenship while retaining the original citizenship.

If the investor is over 22 years old, he will be exempted from military service in Turkey when they obtain Turkish citizenship.

  • Choosing a suitable property that complies with the conditions of Turkish citizenship.
    Completing the purchase of the property and paying its price by bank transfer, whether from inside or outside Turkey.
    Commitment not to sell the property for a period of 3 years after obtaining the Tapu (title deed).
    Acknowledgment by the Real Estate Registry Department that the real estate investment has fulfilled all the conditions for obtaining Turkish citizenship.
    Preparing and processing the citizenship application file, and sending it to the relevant departments in the capital, Ankara.
    If the file is approved, the citizenship decision is issued to the investor, his wife and children under the age of 18.

    The investor and his entire family can receive passports and national identity cards from Turkey or one of the Turkish authorities abroad.

  • The Turkish government has opened a special office for citizenship that receives investor requests and speeds up the process of studying files. It takes up to 90 days for the citizenship decision to be issued after receiving the file with all the required documents.