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Turkey is among the countries that offer a citizenship-by-investment program, knowing that there are 23 countries where it is possible to obtain residency or citizenship by investment. This is a new form of naturalization that grants citizenship on the basis of an investment. Thus, access to citizenship is accelerated.

The Turkish passport is particularly coveted by citizens of emerging countries as it will allow them to travel more easily: it allows visitors to visit more than 110 countries without a visa or with a visa on arrival. Also, it is good to live in Turkey!

The acquisition of Turkish nationality by investment is provided for in article 12 of the Law number 5901 on Turkish nationality dated 29.05.2009 (the “Law”) and the conditions have been laid down, as a first step, in the Implementing Regulations of the Law on Turkish Nationality entered into force by decision of the Council of Ministers numbered 2010/139 and dated 11.02.2010 (the “Implementing Regulations”). Then, these conditions were considerably relaxed by the recent changes dated September 19, 2018. The purpose of this easing is to attract more talent and capital to Turkey.

There are several possibilities for obtaining Turkish nationality by investment (I). However, the preferred route for foreigners to obtain Turkish citizenship is through investment in real estate.