Is it possible to buy apartment or land in Turkey for foreigners?
Before making explanations regarding to this issue, we would like to state that it is not possible to buy apartment or land in Turkey for Syrian citizens.
The subject of obtaining real estate in Turkey for foreigners is amended by the Turkish Deed Law numbered 2644, Article 35. According to the Article 35, it is possible to buy apartment or land in Turkey in conformity with the limitations stated in Article 35.
Firstly, the total amount of the real estate’s bought by foreigners shall not exceed %10 percentage of the related county and one foreigner shall obtain maximum 30 hectares in Turkey.
Example of The International Private Law
Secondly, the foreigner shall not be a citizen of the country that doesn’t allow Turkish citizen to buy apartment or land in their own country. For instance, because the country of Syria doesn’t allow Turkish citizen to buy apartment or land in Syria, Syrian citizens shall not buy apartment or land in Turkey.
Thirdly, if you are the first foreigner who buys an apartment or land in county, the permission from Garrison Command needs to be taken and that process shall take nearly 1.5-2 months. If you are not the first person (that means if any different foreigner did buy apartment or land in the county, you would like to have an apartment or land) it is not necessary to take the permission from that institution and you will not wait for that process.
Finally, you need to be a citizen of the country listed by the Council of Ministers because there are some types of limitations for some county’s citizens. As an example, 31 countries’ citizen shall only obtain land, workplace and apartment in Turkey. On the other hand, the citizens of Egypt, Morocco, Latvia and Afghanistan cannot buy agricultural land in Turkey. Nevertheless, the citizens of Albania cannot buy land in Turkey.
List of Countries
On the other part, some of the countries’ citizens need to take permission from Minister of Interior such as China, Iran and Palestine. The citizens of the countries listed below shall obtain any real estate in Turkey without any limitations and permission from Minister of Interior.
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