Ownership in Turkey
In May 2012 a new law was implemented by the Turkish government which opened the Turkish property market to nationals of more than 129 different countries.
Some rules still remain in place, such as that which states real estate owned by a foreign national in a Turkish town can’t exceed 10% of the town’s land area and a foreign national can’t purchase more than 300,000 sqm of land in Turkey without first acquiring approval from the ministry of interior in Turkey.
Nationals of these countries CANNOT buy property in Turkey at all:
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Armenia |
Syria |
North Korea |
Nigeria |
Cuba |
Yemen |
Restrictions are in place for nationals of the following countries to buy
Property in Turkey, but they can still buy real estate in Turkey:
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China |
Jordan |
Fiji |
East Timor |
Denmark |
Nationals of the following countries CAN now buy property in Turkey:
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The United Arab Emirates |
Saudi Arabia |
Lebanon |
Kuwait |
Azerbaijan |
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Kazakhstan |
Turkmenistan |
Uzbekistan |
Kyrgyzstan |
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Nationals of this countries have some restrictions on the type of property that they can buy in Turkey:
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Morocco |
no agricultural land permitted |
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Egypt |
no agricultural land permitted |
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Latvia |
no agricultural land permitted |
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Afghanistan |
no agricultural land permitted and they need special permission for other types of property |
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Albania |
Can only buy residential property and office space in Turkey. No other type of property in Turkey permitted |
Nationals of the following nations need to obtain permission from the Ministry of Interior in Turkey before they can purchase:
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China |
Iran |
Palestine |
Iraq |
India |
Foreign nationals of the following countries CAN buy property in Turkey
Without any special permissions needed:
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Argentina |
Belgium |
Belize |
Benin |
Bosnia |
Brazil |
Slovakia |
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Bulgaria |
Burkina Faso |
Burundi |
Chad |
Estonia |
Finland |
UK |
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France |
Republic of Cote D’Ivoire |
Gabon |
Gambia |
Germany |
Guinea |
USA |
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Georgia |
Dominican Republic |
Croatia |
Holland |
Ireland |
Spain |
Serbia |
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Sweden |
South Africa |
Switzerland |
Italy |
Canada |
Kenya |
Romania |
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Colombia |
South Korea |
Kosovo |
Libya |
Lebanon |
Mali |
Peru |
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Moldova |
Northern Cyprus |
Luxembourg |
Monaco |
Namibia |
Niger |
Portugal |
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Norway |
Poland |
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