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What is the Situation of the Transaction to be Made Between Foreigners?

Updated: Mar 11, 2022

Real estate(s) subject to sale or promise to sell; (i) must not be registered in the land registry on behalf of foreign real persons (including the spouse and children of the foreign real person to acquire), (ii) the real estate must not have been transferred by the foreigner who will obtain the citizenship himself, his spouse and children after 12.01.2017 (however, after the transfer of the real estate registered in the name of the foreign real person after 12.01.2017 to a Turkish citizen/company, it is possible for another foreign natural person to acquire citizenship), (iii) the real estate subject to sale or promise to sell must not be registered in the land registry in the name of the company legal entity of which the foreign real person who will acquire the real estate is a partner or manager.


Foreign natural persons who have acquired Turkish citizenship through the acquisition of real estate (with a statement in the MERNIS record that citizenship acquisition "according to article 12, subparagraph b of the Turkish Citizenship Law numbered 5901") will be considered as foreigners in this context until their undertaking is lifted. It is not possible for these persons to sell their registered real estate during the undertaking period. During the undertaking period, the real estate of these persons (if any) without undertaking; It is possible to sell to foreign real persons or Turkish citizens who do not have the purpose of acquiring Turkish citizenship, but it is not possible to sell to foreign real persons who want to acquire real estate for the purpose of gaining Turkish citizenship.

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