Turkey Citizenship by Investment: real estate from USD 400,000 and a passport for the whole family

Article 12(1)(b) of the Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901: foreigners holding a residence permit under Article 31(1)(j) of Law No. 6458 (investors in the scope and amount set by the President), their foreign spouse and minor or dependent children may acquire citizenship by decision of the President, provided there is no security obstacle. The investment amounts are set by Article 20(2) of the Regulation on the Implementation of the Law.

Real estate from USD 400,000 or the equivalent in foreign currency with a 3-year no-sale restriction. The financial routes start from USD 500,000: a deposit, government bonds, units in real estate or venture capital investment funds, the pension system — all for 3 years. Or creating jobs for 50 people. Separately: valuation, title deed and land registry fees, residence permit and application fees, insurance, translations and our fees.

Yes. India does not permit dual citizenship, and OCI is not dual citizenship. Acquiring Turkish citizenship means surrendering the Indian passport and switching to OCI for your ties to India. Turkey itself does not require renunciation — the constraint is on the Indian side. For families whose main need is a base in Turkey rather than a new nationality, a residence permit — including the investor permit of up to 5 years — solves the task without that trade-off.

Since 12 December 2023 — only property with condominium ownership (kat mülkiyeti), a construction servitude (kat irtifakı) or land with a building on it. Agricultural land and vacant plots do not count. A share in a property is not accepted. The value is confirmed by a report from an appraiser licensed by the Capital Markets Board, valid for 12 months, and by the actual payment through a bank.

The Regulation speaks of real estate worth USD 400,000 or more, and the land registry answers this question in its own guidance. We check how it applies to your set of properties under the registry's current practice on the transaction date and do not promise in advance.

The foreign currency is sold to a bank operating in Turkey and by the bank to the Central Bank before the transaction is registered; the land registry receives the currency-sale certificate and confirmation of payment. This is required by Article 20(10) of the Regulation, and the procedure is set by the Central Bank. Cash or payments without bank confirmation do not count for citizenship. For resident Indians the money leaves India under the LRS, which caps remittances at USD 250,000 per person per financial year — so the payment is usually structured across family members or financial years.

There is no statutory term. The stages: transaction and registration, certificate of conformity, investor residence permit, application to the population directorate, security check, Presidential decision, passport. Our research puts the whole path at several months, depending on the authorities' workload and the completeness of the file. We do not promise a 'passport in two months'.

No. Five years of residence and knowledge of Turkish are conditions of general naturalisation under Article 11. The exceptional route under Article 12 has neither. Personal presence is needed, though: the certificate of conformity, residence permit, card and citizenship application are filed in person; these steps cannot be done by power of attorney.

Turkey does not require it: Law No. 5901 contains no renunciation condition in either the general or the exceptional route. How your own country treats a second passport is a separate question we check before filing — and for Indian citizens the answer is that India does not allow dual citizenship.

As at the verification date Turkish citizens need a visa for the Schengen area (German Federal Foreign Office list) and for the UK (Turkey is on the visa national list of the UK Immigration Rules). A Turkish passport solves tasks inside the country and in a number of destinations, but not the task of 'visa-free Europe' — we say so at once.

The registry annotation bars a sale for 3 years, and the commitment not to sell is a condition of acquiring citizenship. An early sale breaches that condition, and the law provides for the annulment of naturalisation where its conditions are breached. We do not plan an exit before the term and assess liquidity on a 3-year horizon.

Men who acquire citizenship fall under Turkish military-service legislation; the obligations depend on age at acquisition and service in the country of origin. This must be checked for the sons and men of the family before filing — a separate item in our diagnosis.

Passport with a notarised translation, marriage and birth certificates with apostille or legalisation and translation, photographs, the identity declaration form for the land registry, DASK insurance for residential property, the currency-sale certificate and the bank's confirmation of payment and, where needed, a sworn translator at the transaction. UAE documents are attested through the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Indian documents carry an apostille from the Ministry of External Affairs. Police certificates are requested at the residence-permit and citizenship stages.

Parents — no: Article 12(1)(b) of Law No. 5901 names only the foreign spouse and the minor or dependent children of the investor and the spouse. An adult child is included if their dependency is documented; an independent adult child needs their own investment.

It does not: the USD 400,000 threshold for real estate or USD 500,000 for the financial routes is one for the investor with spouse and children. Only per-person fees are added — residence permit, card, citizenship application, insurance, apostille and translations. Their amounts are revised every year, so we calculate them on the filing date. Resident Indians also plan the remittance within the LRS cap per family member.

Yes. If the application is refused through the fault of our team or an error in building the case, we refund the company's service fee less a minimal retention for costs actually incurred. Refund terms, the payment schedule and the rules on retaining service costs are fixed in the contract before work begins. Before we start, we check your documents and risk history free of charge and tell you about any risks in advance.