Get citizenship by investment in Türkiye.

Property from 400,000 USD with a three-year resale note entered in the land register, or 500,000 USD in a bank deposit, government bonds, fund units, fixed capital or a private pension - and a route that asks for 50 employees instead of money. This is the only non-island programme we run: a G20 economy rather than a fund receipt, and the only one of the seven that opens the U.S. E-1 and E-2 treaty routes. Two stages of the process happen in person in Türkiye, which is why we run these files from our own Istanbul office.

27 yrs
on the international marketon the market
60+
in-house specialistsspecialists
400+
Licenses obtainedlicenses obtained

Updated

Türkiye in brief

Not a programme - an exception written into the citizenship law.

Türkiye has no citizenship-by-investment unit and no citizenship-by-investment act. What exists is article 12 of the Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901 (Resmî Gazete, 12 June 2009, No. 27256), which allows citizenship to be acquired exceptionally - istisnai olarak - by decision of the President of the Republic on the proposal of the Ministry of the Interior. Article 20(2)(b) of the implementing Regulation (Council of Ministers decision 2010/139, Resmî Gazete, 6 April 2010, No. 27544) lists the investments that put you inside that article: property from 400,000 USD, 500,000 USD in a bank deposit, in government debt instruments, in real-estate or venture-capital fund units, in fixed capital or in a private pension contribution, or employment for at least 50 people. Each route is certified by its own regulator, which issues a Uygunluk Belgesi - a certificate of conformity - and the file is then filed in person with the provincial civil registry directorate. Applications are decided by the Directorate General of Population and Citizenship Affairs (NVİGM) and, finally, by presidential decree.

Two things need saying before the numbers. First, the Migration Directorate's own brochure on goc.gov.tr still states 250,000 USD for the property route. That figure was replaced by Presidential Decree No. 5554 of 12 May 2022, published in Resmî Gazete on 13 May 2022 (issue No. 31834), which set the current 400,000 USD; the Investment Office guide reissued on 1 June 2025 confirms it. If a quote you hold is built on 250,000 USD, it is short by 150,000 USD. Second, this is not a Caribbean programme with a statutory committee and a published service standard: the decision is the President's, it is discretionary, no government source publishes a processing time, and nothing in Law No. 5901 creates a right to citizenship once the money has moved. What the law does give is a route no island programme can: the investment stays an asset you own, the threshold does not grow with the size of your family, and Türkiye sits on the U.S. Department of State's Treaty Countries list under both E-1 and E-2.

No CBI unit and no CBI act: art. 12 of Law No. 5901 lets the President grant citizenship exceptionally, on the Interior Ministry's proposal.

Property 400,000 USD since Decree No. 5554 (RG 13.05.2022); goc.gov.tr still shows the dead 250,000 USD figure.

Investment routes

Seven routes in article 20(2)(b) - one at 400,000, five at 500,000, one paid in jobs.

Every threshold below is set in US dollars and may be met in another currency or in Turkish lira, converted at the effective selling rate - or cross rate - published by the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (TCMB) on the relevant date. The amount is per application, not per person: a single applicant and a family pay the same. Every route is confirmed by a different regulator, and the certificate that regulator issues is what makes the rest of the file possible.

Seven routes: one at 400,000 USD, five at 500,000, one paid in jobs.

01 - TAŞINMAZ EDİNİMİ
Real estate

Property from 400,000 USD

Buy real estate worth at least 400,000 USD and accept a restriction on reselling it for at least three years. The restriction is not a promise - it is entered as a şerh, a formal note, in the land register (tapu kütüğü) and appears on the title deed. Conformity is certified by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change.

Buy real estate worth at least 400,000 USD and accept a restriction on reselling it for at least three years. The restriction is not a promise - it is entered as a şerh, a formal note, in the land register (tapu kütüğü) and appears on the title deed. Conformity is certified by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change.

  • 400,000 USD, or the equivalent in another currency
  • Three-year resale note recorded in the tapu kütüğü
  • Uygunluk Belgesi from the Ministry of Environment
  • One threshold, however many people are on the file
  • 250,000 USD applied from 18.09.2018 until 2022 - dead
  • Tapu Kanunu caps still apply: 30 ha, 10% of a district
Start with the property route →
02 - SABİT SERMAYE YATIRIMI

Fixed capital investment - 500,000 USD

A fixed capital investment of at least 500,000 USD, certified by the Ministry of Industry and Technology. This is the one financial route for which the official descriptions state no holding period - unlike the deposit, the bonds, the fund units and the pension contribution, all of which are locked for three years.

500,000 USD fixed capital, certified by the Ministry of Industry and Technology - the only route with no stated holding period.

  • 500,000 USD minimum fixed capital investment
  • Certified by the Ministry of Industry and Technology
  • No holding period stated in the official descriptions
  • In force since the amendment of 18 September 2018
  • Converted at the TCMB rate on the relevant date
  • Suits an operating business, not a passive holding
Ask about fixed capital →
03 - BANKA MEVDUATI

Bank deposit - 500,000 USD

At least 500,000 USD deposited with banks operating in Türkiye, on the condition that the funds are not withdrawn for a minimum of three years. The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) certifies conformity. The simplest route to document, and the one where the three-year lock is felt most directly.

At least 500,000 USD deposited with banks operating in Türkiye, on the condition that the funds are not withdrawn for a minimum of three years. The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) certifies conformity. The simplest route to document, and the one where the three-year lock is felt most directly.

  • 500,000 USD with banks operating in Türkiye
  • Not to be withdrawn for at least three years
  • Uygunluk Belgesi issued by BDDK
  • In force since the amendment of 18 September 2018
  • No per-person surcharge for spouse or children
  • Currency conversion at the TCMB effective rate
Ask about the deposit route →
04 - DEVLET BORÇLANMA ARAÇLARI

Government debt instruments - 500,000 USD

At least 500,000 USD of government debt instruments, counted net and blocked in the account for a minimum of three years. The Ministry of Treasury and Finance issues its determination within five working days and notifies NVİGM and the Migration Directorate - the only published time limit anywhere in this procedure.

At least 500,000 USD of government debt instruments, counted net and blocked in the account for a minimum of three years. The Ministry of Treasury and Finance issues its determination within five working days and notifies NVİGM and the Migration Directorate - the only published time limit anywhere in this procedure.

  • 500,000 USD, counted net, blocked for three years
  • Three years run from the date of the block
  • USD conversion at the TCMB rate on the block date
  • The blocked amount cannot be reduced by sale or transfer
  • Ministry of Treasury and Finance decides in 5 working days
  • NVİGM and the Migration Directorate are notified directly
Ask about government bonds →
05 - GYF / GSYF KATILMA PAYI

Fund units - 500,000 USD

At least 500,000 USD of units in a real-estate investment fund (GYF) or a venture-capital investment fund (GSYF), held for a minimum of three years. The current wording of subparagraph (e) was introduced by the amendment published in Resmî Gazete on 6 January 2022, No. 31711. The Capital Markets Board (SPK) certifies conformity.

At least 500,000 USD of units in a real-estate investment fund (GYF) or a venture-capital investment fund (GSYF), held for a minimum of three years. The current wording of subparagraph (e) was introduced by the amendment published in Resmî Gazete on 6 January 2022, No. 31711. The Capital Markets Board (SPK) certifies conformity.

  • 500,000 USD in GYF or GSYF units
  • Held for a minimum of three years
  • Foreign currency sold to a bank in Türkiye first
  • The bank in turn sells that currency to the TCMB
  • TCMB and the central depository (MKK) both take part
  • Uygunluk Belgesi issued by SPK
Ask about fund units →
06 - BİREYSEL EMEKLİLİK (BES)

Private pension contribution - 500,000 USD

A contribution of at least 500,000 USD into funds designated by the insurance and private pension regulator (SEDDK), on the condition that you remain in the individual pension system for at least three years. The newest route on the list - and the one we are most careful about, for the reason in the ticks below.

A contribution of at least 500,000 USD into funds designated by the insurance and private pension regulator (SEDDK), on the condition that you remain in the individual pension system for at least three years. The newest route on the list - and the one we are most careful about, for the reason in the ticks below.

  • 500,000 USD into funds designated by SEDDK
  • Stay in the private pension system for three years
  • Uygunluk Belgesi issued by SEDDK
  • Added later than the other routes, in 2022
  • The date of the enacting decree is not confirmed
  • SEDDK's own document on it is closed to indexing
Ask about the BES route →
07 - İSTİHDAM OLUŞTURMA

Employment - 50 people

Employ at least 50 people, certified by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. No monetary threshold is attached to this route in any official source - the test is the headcount. It is the route for someone who is already running or acquiring a real Turkish operation rather than placing capital.

Employ at least 50 people, certified by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. No monetary threshold is attached to this route in any official source - the test is the headcount. It is the route for someone who is already running or acquiring a real Turkish operation rather than placing capital.

  • At least 50 people employed
  • Certified by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security
  • No monetary minimum published for this route
  • In force since the amendment of 18 September 2018
  • No holding period stated in the official descriptions
  • Documented through Turkish social security records
Ask about the employment route →

There is no donation and no due-diligence fee. Turkish law charges nothing resembling the 2,000-10,000 USD the island programmes charge a main applicant for screening alone: the only government charge named by any official source is a hizmet bedeli of 135.45 TRY per person, paid into a Treasury account while the file is assembled, and NVİ publishes that figure without a date, so we confirm the current tariff before filing. Four honest caveats. The exact commencement date of the 400,000 USD threshold is not readable on a government source: Decree No. 5554, its date of 12 May 2022 and its publication on 13 May 2022 are confirmed, but resmigazete.gov.tr does not serve its text to automated readers and the decree contains a deferred commencement provision. The exact Turkish wording of the three-year şerh is likewise unavailable - TKGM publishes its land-registry manuals only inside a JavaScript shell. The literal text of article 20(2)(b) could not be pulled from mevzuat.gov.tr; its content is confirmed across four other government sources - invest.gov.tr, nvi.gov.tr, spk.gov.tr and hmb.gov.tr. And because the thresholds are in dollars but tested at the TCMB rate on a given date, exchange-rate movement between payment and certification can drop an investment below the line. Figures verified on 26 August 2026.

Why Türkiye

A G20 economy, an asset you keep, and the E-2 treaty.

Six of the seven programmes we run are islands selling a non-refundable contribution to a national fund. Türkiye is the exception, and the differences are structural rather than cosmetic: what you pay for stays yours, the price does not move with the size of your family, and the passport that comes out sits on the U.S. Treaty Countries table under both E-1 and E-2 - of the other six, Grenada is listed under E-2 alone and Vanuatu is not listed at all.

Not an island fund - a G20 economy

The investment goes into a working market, not into a government development fund. The state's own investment promotion body, the Presidency's Investment Office (Cumhurbaşkanlığı Yatırım Ofisi), publishes the guide to this route, and seven separate ministries and regulators certify the seven investment types. You are buying into an economy, and being examined by the people who regulate it.A working market, with seven ministries and regulators certifying the routes.

The money buys an asset, not a receipt

There is nothing here to donate. Property at 400,000 USD stays yours, subject only to a three-year note on the deed. The 500,000 USD deposit, bond, fund-unit and pension routes are locked for three years and then released. On the island programmes the equivalent 200,000-250,000 USD is a contribution you never see again.Property stays yours; the 500,000 USD routes unlock after three years.

E-1 and E-2 with the United States

The U.S. Department of State lists Türkiye on its Treaty Countries table under both classifications - E-1 treaty trader with effect from 15 February 1933, and E-2 treaty investor from 18 May 1990. For an investor from a country with no U.S. treaty, that is often the entire point of the exercise. It is access to the route, never the visa itself.U.S. State Dept lists Türkiye: E-1 from 1933, E-2 from 1990. Not automatic.

One threshold for the whole family

The amount is set per application. A single applicant and a family pay the same 400,000 or 500,000 USD, and there is no per-head due-diligence charge. Article 12(1)(b) of Law No. 5901 covers the foreign spouse and the minor or dependent foreign children of both the investor and the spouse.Per application, not per head. Spouse and minor or dependent children.

No agent monopoly - and we are in Istanbul

Turkish law has no licensed-agent institution: every official description of the procedure names only state bodies, and NVİ requires the application to be filed in person (bizzat başvuru). But presence is required twice - for the residence permit under art. 31(1)(j) of Law No. 6458 and for filing form VAT-4 - so having lawyers at Perpa Ticaret Merkezi in Istanbul is not a convenience. It is the difference between one trip and three.NVİ requires personal filing; presence needed twice. Our office: Perpa, A Blok.

Dual citizenship, and no residence to keep it

You do not renounce anything. Article 44 of Law No. 5901 provides for a multiple-citizenship note (çok vatandaşlık şerhi) to be entered in the civil register on form VAT-12. Nor does the law oblige you to live in Türkiye afterwards - the residence permit is needed only to file. And Turkish citizenship on its own does not make you a Turkish tax resident.Art. 44 multiple-citizenship note; citizenship is not tax residency.

How it compares

The one that is not an island.

Put Türkiye next to the Caribbean and Pacific programmes and the headline price looks worse: 400,000 USD against 130,000-250,000 USD. That comparison is wrong in the way it counts. The island figure is a contribution that leaves your balance sheet permanently; the Turkish figure is an asset you hold, locked for three years and then free. The islands do sell property routes too, and they are not all dearer - Dominica's approved-project route starts at 200,000 USD held for three years, Antigua's and Saint Lucia's at 300,000 USD, Saint Kitts's at 325,000 USD and Grenada's at 350,000 USD. What you actually trade is legal certainty: a statutory committee with a published service standard on one side, a discretionary presidential decree with no published timetable on the other.

Türkiye vs the island programmes
FeatureTürkiyeThe six island programmes
Legal formPresidential decree, art. 12Statutory CBI act and unit
Entry price400,000 USD - property130,000-250,000 USD donation
The entry price buysAn asset you keepA contribution, not returned
U.S. treaty accessE-1 from 1933, E-2 from 1990Grenada E-2 1989; Vanuatu none
Legal form
TürkiyePresidential decree, art. 12
The six island programmesStatutory CBI act and unit
Entry price
Türkiye400,000 USD - property
The six island programmes130,000-250,000 USD donation
The entry price buys
TürkiyeAn asset you keep
The six island programmesA contribution, not returned
U.S. treaty access
TürkiyeE-1 from 1933, E-2 from 1990
The six island programmesGrenada E-2 1989; Vanuatu none
Country by country
CountryMinimumThe moneyProperty held for
Türkiye400,000 USD - propertyStays your asset3 years
Saint Kitts and Nevis250,000 USD - SISCNot returned7 years
Grenada235,000 USD - NTFNot returned5 years
Antigua and Barbuda230,000 USD - NDFNot returned5 years
Dominica200,000 USD - EDFNot returned3 years
Türkiye
Minimum400,000 USD - property
The moneyStays your asset
Property held for3 years
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Minimum250,000 USD - SISC
The moneyNot returned
Property held for7 years
Grenada
Minimum235,000 USD - NTF
The moneyNot returned
Property held for5 years
Antigua and Barbuda
Minimum230,000 USD - NDF
The moneyNot returned
Property held for5 years
Dominica
Minimum200,000 USD - EDF
The moneyNot returned
Property held for3 years
Before you apply

What article 12 asks, and what it deliberately does not.What article 12 asks.

The striking thing about article 12 of Law No. 5901 is how little it demands. The general naturalisation conditions of article 11 - a residence period, Turkish language, a source of income, a health test - do not apply at all; that is the whole point of the exceptional route. What replaces them is a single discretionary test, an investment, a residence permit, and - on the property route - the ownership limits that apply to every foreigner buying land in Türkiye.

01
No circumstance constituting an obstacle from the standpoint of national security or public order. This is the only substantive condition article 12 sets, and it is assessed through an archive investigation (arşiv araştırması) run by NVİGM.
02
One of the seven investments listed in art. 20(2)(b) of the Regulation, evidenced by a Uygunluk Belgesi from the regulator responsible for that route.
03
A residence permit under art. 31(1)(j) of Law No. 6458, obtained from the provincial Migration Directorate. It is a mandatory link between the certificate of conformity and the citizenship file, not an optional step.
04
Application filed in person on form VAT-4 at the İl Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık Müdürlüğü for your location - NVİ requires bizzat başvuru, and Turkish law recognises no licensed agent who could file in your place.
05
The article 11 naturalisation conditions do not apply: no residence period, no Turkish language test, no proof of income, no health requirement.
06
Dependants are defined by art. 12(1)(b) itself: the foreign spouse, and the minor (ergin olmayan) or dependent (bağımlı) foreign children of the applicant and of the spouse. No upper age for a dependent child is named in the law.
07
Parents, grandparents and siblings cannot be included - a real difference from the Caribbean programmes, which take three generations and, in several cases, adult siblings.
08
Children in the custody of the parent acquiring citizenship acquire it too, provided the other spouse consents (art. 20 of Law No. 5901).
09
Property route: no foreign individual may hold more than 30 hectares in Türkiye in total (Tapu Kanunu No. 2644, art. 35).
10
Property route: foreigners may not collectively hold more than 10% of the private land area within the boundaries of any district (ilçe), and nothing at all in military forbidden zones or military security zones.
11
Property route: the nationalities permitted to acquire property in Türkiye are fixed by government decision, so the reciprocity list is the first thing to check - before a reservation contract, not after.
01
No national-security or public-order obstacle.
02
One of the seven investments, plus a Uygunluk Belgesi.
03
Residence permit under art. 31(1)(j) of Law No. 6458.
04
Personal filing of form VAT-4 - no agent may do it.
05
Art. 11 conditions do not apply: no language, no residence.
06
Spouse and minor or dependent children of both.
07
No parents, grandparents or siblings.
08
Children in custody join with the other spouse's consent.
09
Property: 30-hectare cap per foreign individual.
10
Property: 10% district cap; military zones barred.
11
Property: check the reciprocity list before signing.

The conditions above are the ones stated in Law No. 5901, in the implementing Regulation and in Tapu Kanunu No. 2644 as they stand on 26 August 2026. Some practice-level requirements around the property route - the SPK-licensed valuation report and its validity period, the obligation to settle through a bank, and the Döviz Alım Belgesi - appear in TKGM's land-registry manuals, which the directorate does not publish in a readable form. We confirm those with the land registry in writing for each transaction rather than quote them from memory. The same applies to the TKGM instruction of 23 September 2021 barring a property that already carries the citizenship şerh from being used again: the document exists, its text is not published.Law No. 5901, Regulation 2010/139 and Tapu Kanunu No. 2644, as at 26 August 2026.

How it works

From the investment to the presidential decree.

01
Investment and Uygunluk Belgesi

You make the investment and obtain the certificate of conformity from the regulator that owns your route: the Ministry of Industry and Technology for fixed capital; the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change for property; the Ministry of Labour and Social Security for the 50-employee route; BDDK for a deposit; the Ministry of Treasury and Finance for government debt instruments; SPK for fund units; SEDDK for the private pension contribution.The route's own regulator certifies conformity - one of seven bodies.

02
Residence permit under art. 31(1)(j)

With that certificate you file at the provincial Migration Directorate (Göç İdaresi) for the residence permit granted under subparagraph (j) of art. 31(1) of Law No. 6458 - the permit for a foreigner who has made an investment of the type and on the conditions set by the President.Filed at the Migration Directorate under art. 31(1)(j) of Law No. 6458.

03
Citizenship application on form VAT-4

The citizenship application itself goes in on form VAT-4 to the İl Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık Müdürlüğü for your location. NVİ requires it in person. Your spouse and the minor or dependent children of both of you are named on the same file.In person at the provincial civil registry directorate. Family on one file.

04
File assembly and archive investigation

The provincial directorate assembles the file and forwards it to NVİGM, which runs the archive investigation (arşiv araştırması). This is the stage no one publishes a duration for, and the stage a clean, complete file shortens.NVİGM assembles the file and runs the arşiv araştırması. No published term.

05
Ministry proposal and presidential decree

The Ministry of the Interior puts the proposal, and the President of the Republic decides by decree (Cumhurbaşkanı kararı). The decision is discretionary. We control the quality of the file that goes in; nobody controls the outcome, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something.The Interior Ministry proposes; the President decides. Discretionary.

Quick facts
AuthorityNVİGM · Ministry of Interior
Decision byCumhurbaşkanı kararı
Governing lawLaw No. 5901, art. 12
Regulation2010/139, art. 20(2)(b)
Property route400,000 USD · 3-yr şerh
Financial routes500,000 USD · 3 years
Employment route50 people employed
Processing timeNot published anywhere

No official source - NVİ, the Investment Office or the Migration Directorate - publishes a normative processing time for a citizenship application. The single published deadline anywhere in the procedure is the five working days the Ministry of Treasury and Finance takes to issue its determination on the government-bond route. Any month count you have been given comes from a consultant's experience, not from a service standard, and we will not repeat it as a fact. There is no oath ceremony in Turkish law, but physical presence in Türkiye is required at steps 02 and 03.

On the ground

Run from our Istanbul office.

Prifinance - Istanbul
Istanbul · Turkey
Perpa Ticaret Merkezi, A Blok
+90 212 900 47 64info.en@prifinance.com
Mon-Fri · replies within one business day
01
Our own office in Istanbul

Perpa Ticaret Merkezi, A Blok. Two stages of this procedure happen in person on Turkish soil - the residence permit under art. 31(1)(j) and the filing of form VAT-4 - and there is no agent in Turkish law who can stand in for you. Lawyers in the city is what keeps that to a single trip.Perpa Ticaret Merkezi, A Blok - for the two stages you must attend.

02
Route selection against the real threshold

We price the 400,000 USD property route against the five financial routes at 500,000 USD and the employment route, using the TCMB effective selling rate that will actually be applied, not today's screen rate.400,000 vs 500,000 USD, priced at the TCMB effective selling rate.

03
The Uygunluk Belgesi chain

Seven routes, seven different certifying bodies - the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Industry and Technology, the Ministry of Labour, BDDK, the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, SPK and SEDDK. We take each file to the right one and hold the correspondence.Seven routes, seven regulators. We file with the right one.

04
Title, valuation and the three-year şerh

On the property route we check the reciprocity list, the 30-hectare and 10% district caps and the military-zone position before anything is signed, then follow the valuation report, the payment trail and the entry of the resale note into the land register.Reciprocity, caps, military zones, then the three-year land-register note.

We also have offices in
Estonia
Tallinn
Estonia
Roseni 13
+372 602 65 11
Lithuania
Vilnius
Lithuania
Gedimino pr. 2
+370 520 738 81
Czech Republic
Prague
Czech Republic
Vlkova 532/8, Žižkov
UAE
Dubai
UAE
33 Level, Al Saqr Business Tower
+971 800 0321096
United Kingdom
London
United Kingdom
7 Bell Yard
+44 748 881 18 54
Portugal
Madeira
Portugal
Rua da Alegria 31, 1F
+351 300 528 936
Hungary
Budapest
Hungary
Korányi Sándor u. 4
+36 18 001 911
Good to know

Taxation in Türkiye, and why the passport does not change it.

Türkiye is not a zero-tax jurisdiction and does not pretend to be. What matters for an investor is that the trigger is residence, not nationality: the Revenue Administration's test is where you live and how long you stay, and a Turkish passport in a drawer does not meet it. Rates below are the 2026 tariff published by the Gelir İdaresi Başkanlığı.

Citizenship is not tax residency

Full liability (tam mükellef) attaches to people domiciled in Türkiye, or continuously present there for more than six months in a calendar year. Acquiring citizenship does neither of those things by itself.Test: domicile, or continuous presence over six months a year.

Non-residents pay on Turkish income only

In the Revenue Administration's own words, non-resident taxpayers are taxed only on income and gains obtained in Türkiye. Foreign income is neither taxed nor declared in Türkiye by a non-resident.Foreign income is neither taxed nor declared by a non-resident.

Worldwide income - residents only

If you do become resident, worldwide income comes into charge. That is the line to plan around: the investment routes are neutral, the six-month presence test is not, and the property route can quietly push someone across it.The six-month presence test is the line to plan around.

The 2026 tariff starts at 15%

On non-employment income: 15% up to 190,000 TL; then 28,500 TL plus 20% of the excess to 400,000 TL; then 70,500 TL plus 27% to 1,000,000 TL. Progressive, under Income Tax Law No. 193.15% to 190,000 TL, then 20% to 400,000 and 27% to 1,000,000 TL.

And tops out at 40%

232,500 TL plus 35% from 1,000,001 to 5,300,000 TL, then 1,737,500 TL plus 40% above that. For employment income the third band runs further, to 1,500,000 TL, before the 35% band starts.35% to 5,300,000 TL, then 40%. Employment income bands differ.

CRS, and what we could not confirm

Türkiye signed the multilateral CRS agreement in 2017 and ratified it in 2019; the first automatic exchange took place in 2018 with Norway and Latvia, and exchange has run annually from 2019 data. Capital gains and inheritance rates we could not verify on a government source - see the note.CRS since 2017/2019. Capital gains and inheritance rates unverified.

Tax summary
Residency testDomicile, or 6+ months a year
Worldwide incomeResidents only
Non-residentsTurkish-source income only
Rate to 190,000 TL15%
Top rate40% above 5,300,000 TL
Capital gainsNot confirmed officially
CRS participationYes - signed 2017, ratified 2019

*Two gaps we are not going to fill with plausible numbers. Capital gains tax and inheritance and gift tax (veraset ve intikal vergisi) rates were not confirmed on any Gelir İdaresi Başkanlığı source in the course of this check, so this page states no figure for either - if a competitor's quote gives you one, ask which government page it came from. The same applies to the tapu harcı and döner sermaye charges payable on registering a property transfer: they are real costs on the 400,000 USD route, and no official tariff for them was confirmed here. We obtain both in writing before a purchase is priced. Tariff figures are the 2026 income tax schedule published by the Revenue Administration; verified on 26 August 2026.

Turnkey professional support

Experienced lawyers and international consultants.

We provide end-to-end support, from choosing the route and preparing the source-of-funds file to the certificate of conformity, the residence permit and the personal filing of form VAT-4 - with an individualized approach to each family, and lawyers on the ground in Istanbul for the two stages that require you to be there.

Nikolai Timofejev
Nikolai Timofejev

15 years in cross-border structuring. Matches the family to the right Turkish route - property at 400,000 USD, one of the five financial routes at 500,000 USD, or employment for 50 people and leads the file through due diligence to approval.

Oleksii Kindratenko
Oleksii Kindratenko

Builds the application itself: the Uygunluk Belgesi application to the right regulator, the residence-permit file under art. 31(1)(j), form VAT-4 and the source-of-funds trail behind the transfer. His document sets are the reason files clear due diligence the first time.

Eugeniu Bevziuc
Eugeniu Bevziuc

First point of contact for international families. Runs the whole process remotely, across time zones and languages - from the first call to the presidential decree and the passport.

Follow Prifinance

Active across our channels.

Türkiye · citizenship by investment

Build the Turkish file with people who have an office in Istanbul.

End-to-end support: route and threshold modelling at the TCMB rate, the certificate of conformity from the right regulator, title checks and the three-year şerh on the property route, the residence permit under art. 31(1)(j), and the personal filing of form VAT-4.

Get a consultation →
Free legal opinion

Is Türkiye the right programme for your family?

Our legal team will assess your case at no cost and put it in writing: which of the seven routes fits, what the investment really costs once conversion and transfer charges are counted, who can be included, and whether a U.S. E-2 application afterwards is realistic in your circumstances.

Written assessment within 2-5 business days
Request a free conclusion →
FAQ

Turkish citizenship by investment, answered.

How much does Turkish citizenship actually cost?+

The lowest threshold is 400,000 USD for real estate, with a three-year restriction on resale entered as a note in the land register. The five financial routes are all 500,000 USD: a fixed capital investment, a bank deposit, government debt instruments counted net, units in a real-estate or venture-capital fund, or a contribution into the private pension system. The seventh route is not paid in money at all - you employ at least 50 people. There is no donation and no due-diligence fee: the only government charge named by any official source is a hizmet bedeli of 135.45 TRY per person, and NVİ publishes that figure without a date, so we confirm the current tariff before filing.

Why do government pages still show 250,000 USD?+

Because one of them was never updated. The Migration Directorate's brochure on goc.gov.tr still gives 250,000 USD for the property route. That threshold applied from 18 September 2018 until it was replaced by Presidential Decree No. 5554 of 12 May 2022, published in Resmî Gazete on 13 May 2022, issue No. 31834. The current 400,000 USD is confirmed by invest.gov.tr, by the Investment Office guide reissued on 1 June 2025, and by NVİ's own FAQ. A quote built on the old number is short by 150,000 USD. One honesty point in the other direction: we could not read the commencement article of Decree No. 5554 on a government source, because resmigazete.gov.tr does not serve its text to automated readers, and the decree carries a deferred commencement provision.

Does a Turkish passport give me visa-free travel in Europe?+

No, and be careful with anyone who says otherwise. The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains the official table of visa regimes for Turkish nationals, and it places the Schengen states squarely in the category vizeye tabidir - a visa is required - for holders of an ordinary Turkish passport (umuma mahsus pasaport). Visa-free access does exist for a real list of destinations, among them Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Morocco, Iran, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica and Angola up to 90 days, Belarus, Mongolia and Uzbekistan up to 30 days, and the Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Fiji and Qatar. The Ministry does not publish a total count, so neither do we.

Does Turkish citizenship give me a U.S. E-2 visa?+

It gives you access to the route, not the visa. The U.S. Department of State's Treaty Countries table lists Türkiye - under the name Turkey - for E-1 treaty trader with effect from 15 February 1933 and for E-2 treaty investor from 18 May 1990. That is why investors from countries with no U.S. treaty, including China, India, Russia and the Gulf states, look at this passport in the first place. But E-2 is a separate application: you must make a real, substantial, at-risk investment in an active U.S. enterprise that is not marginal, and satisfy a consular officer. E-2 is a non-immigrant visa; it is not a green card and does not lead directly to one. The Department of State can change its list.

Is this a citizenship-by-investment programme?+

Not in the sense the Caribbean uses the term, and the difference matters. Türkiye has no CBI unit and no CBI act. The legal construction is exceptional acquisition of citizenship - istisnai olarak - under art. 12 of Law No. 5901, decided personally by the President of the Republic on the proposal of the Ministry of the Interior. There is no statutory processing time. There is no right to citizenship on completing the investment: the law creates a discretion, and discretion is what it remains. In exchange you get something the island programmes do not offer - an investment that stays yours.

Who can I include on the application?+

Article 12(1)(b) of Law No. 5901 defines the circle itself: your foreign spouse, and the minor (ergin olmayan) or dependent (bağımlı) foreign children of both you and your spouse. The law names no upper age for a dependent child. Article 20 of the same law adds that children in the custody of the parent acquiring citizenship acquire it on the date the parent does, provided the other spouse consents. Parents, grandparents and siblings cannot be included - if bringing your parents matters more than anything else, several Caribbean programmes do that and Türkiye does not. The compensation is price: the threshold is per application, so a family pays exactly what a single applicant pays.

Do I have to live in Türkiye?+

Not to keep the citizenship - Turkish law sets no residence obligation after the grant. But you do have to be there during the process. The residence permit under art. 31(1)(j) of Law No. 6458 is a mandatory step, and NVİ requires the citizenship application on form VAT-4 to be filed in person at the provincial directorate. There is no oath ceremony. This is one of the reasons we run these files out of our Istanbul office rather than remotely.

What does the three-year restriction actually mean?+

On the property route it is a şerh - a formal note - entered in the land register (tapu kütüğü) and reflected on the title deed, recording that the property will not be sold for three years. In the Investment Office's wording, you acquire property worth at least 400,000 USD 'with a title deed restriction on its resale for at least three years'. On the deposit, government-bond, fund-unit and pension routes the same three years are enforced by blocking the account or the holding; on government debt instruments the clock runs from the date of the block, and the blocked amount cannot be reduced by sale or transfer. We flag one gap honestly: the literal Turkish text of the land-register note is not published in readable form by TKGM, so we confirm the wording with the land registry for each transaction.

Can I file the application myself, without an agent?+

Yes - and in fact there is no alternative, because Turkish law has no licensed-agent institution at all. Every official description of the procedure names only state bodies, and NVİ specifies personal filing (bizzat başvuru). That is a genuine structural difference from the Caribbean programmes, where filing directly with the committee is prohibited and an authorised agent is compulsory. What a lawyer does here is different work: choosing the route, getting the certificate of conformity out of the right regulator, checking title and reciprocity, and building a source-of-funds file that survives the archive investigation.

Will I be taxed in Türkiye on my worldwide income?+

Only if you become a Turkish tax resident, and citizenship alone does not do that. The Revenue Administration's test is domicile in Türkiye or continuous presence for more than six months in a calendar year. Non-residents are taxed only on income and gains obtained in Türkiye and do not declare foreign income there. If you do cross the residence line, the 2026 tariff is progressive from 15% up to 190,000 TL to 40% above 5,300,000 TL. Türkiye also participates in CRS - it signed the multilateral agreement in 2017, ratified it in 2019, and has exchanged annually since 2019 data, so this is not a privacy structure.

What does it cost?+

400,000 USD in property, or 500,000 USD in one of five financial routes. Or 50 jobs. No donation.

Why do I see 250,000 USD?+

goc.gov.tr was never updated. Decree No. 5554 raised it to 400,000 USD in May 2022.

Visa-free Europe?+

No. The Turkish MFA lists Schengen as vizeye tabidir - a visa is required.

Does it give me a U.S. E-2 visa?+

Access to the route only. Türkiye is listed for E-1 from 1933 and E-2 from 1990.

Is this a CBI programme?+

No unit, no act. Art. 12 exceptional acquisition, by discretionary presidential decree.

Who can I include?+

Spouse and minor or dependent children of both. No parents, grandparents or siblings.

Must I live in Türkiye?+

Not after the grant. But you must attend in person for the permit and the filing.

What is the three-year restriction?+

A şerh in the land register on property; a block on the account for the cash routes.

Can I file it myself?+

Yes - Turkish law has no licensed agents, and NVİ requires personal filing.

Taxed on worldwide income?+

Only if resident: domicile or 6+ months. Türkiye is in CRS since 2017/2019.

Client notes
Google4.7★★★★★

Founders who wanted it done right.

Google4.7★★★★★
★★★★★Google
“As a software development crew at FewMoreTaps OÜ, we've had the pleasure of working with Prifinance on some key financial moves.First of all, navigating the world of corporate banking and finance can be a maze, but Prifinance made it feel like a walk in the park. They helped us set up a corporate bank account without the hassle of jumping on a plane or drowning in paperwork. Everything was done remotely, smoothly…”
K N
K N
Google
★★★★★Google
“I had their assistance in company registration and I would recommend them. They were answering all my clarification during the process and offering all their supportThank you Daniel and Irinia”
Mina Kedis
Mina Kedis
Google
★★★★★Google
“We found PRIFINANCE COMPANYvia the Internet and asked for help in organizing the opening of their company in Estonia. PRIFINANCE COMPANY specialists helped us a lot with this. Their professional, competent approach and knowledge of their business left us with only the best impressions.”
Юрий Валерьевич
Юрий Валерьевич
Google
★★★★★Google
“I'm thrilled with my experience with PriFinance! They helped me obtain a crypto license in Estonia without any hassle. The team was super understanding and always available to answer my questions and assist. It was great to see how they put effort into preparing the documents to ensure everything went smoothly. I'm delighted with the outcome and highly recommend PriFinance to anyone looking to get a license…”
Anna Anna
Anna Anna
Google
★★★★★Google
“Opening an account with Prifinance in a Swiss bank was such an easy and quick process that I was shocked. It all started with the first call, where I received detailed guidance on the required documents and the entire procedure.One of the key highlights was their attention to detail. As someone who usually gets tangled up in paperwork, I was pleasantly surprised when they sent me all the documents and…”
Анастасия Одокиенко
Анастасия Одокиенко
Google
★★★★★Google
“I recently had the pleasure of working with Boris.. and I must say, it was a fantastic experience. Boris went above and beyond to assist me with my residency needs. His professionalism, knowledge, and dedication truly stood out. I highly recommend working with Boris and the team!”
Maria Jose Santome
Maria Jose Santome
Google
Start today

One message away from a straight answer on Türkiye.

Get a free legal opinion on your case - our legal team will assess your family at no cost and provide a written opinion: which programme, which route, and what the due-diligence risks are.Free legal opinion: which of the seven routes fits, and what it really costs.

Written legal opinion within 2-5 business days - free of chargeAn honest read on due diligence before you spend a centTransparent fixed fees, confirmed up frontEN · RU · ES speaking team
We're online - a lawyer replies within 2 minutes➤ Telegram

Prifinance is an independent law and advisory firm. We are not a government body and are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of the Directorate General of Population and Citizenship Affairs (NVİGM), the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Türkiye or any other public authority. Citizenship is granted solely by the competent authority, at its discretion.