The Procedure And The Required Documents Regarding The Turkish Citizenship

WHY TURKISH CITIZENSHIP?

 Permanent right of residence
 Permanent right of work and investment opportunity in Turkey without any limitations
 Visa free travel to many countries worldwide including Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Brazil.
 Free inpatient and outpatient care for life, for all family members included (the Social
Insurance Organisation entitles you to free inpatient and outpatient care in all public
hospitals and clinics.)

NO REQUIREMENT FOR THE APPLICATIONS TO

 Reside in Turkey
 Speak Turkish
 Be present in Turkey during the citizenship by investment application process
Turkey has eased the procedure for citizenship by investment. Foreigners who satisfy at least one of
the below-noted investment requirements may be granted a citizenship, subject to the approval and
an administrative decision of the President:
BUYING REAL ESTATE
Foreigners who purchase a real estate property with a minimum value of $250.000 or equivalent
foreign currency or equivalent amount of Turkish Liras and attached an annotation of no-sale for at
least three years at the relevant title registry,
OR
Foreigners who purchase a real estate property which has a property ownership or a construction
servitude on it, with a preliminary sale contract executed before a notary public and at least $250,000
or amount of foreign currency or Turkish Liras is paid in advance and such notarized preliminary sale
contract shall be recorded at the relevant title registry with the undertaking not to transfer or assign
the agreement for a period of three (3) years that is determined by the Ministry of Environment and
Urbanization;
We work with authorized real estate agents help you find the right property in Turkey.
MAKING BANK DEPOSİT
Foreigners who deposit a minimum of $500.000 or equivalent foreign currency or equivalent amount
of Turkish Lira to banks that operate in Turkey with the condition to keep such deposit in the relevant
bank for at least three (3) years.
It’s essential to deposit such amount to banks that operate in Turkey. Therefore, it is not possible to
assume an amount as convenient for the Turkish citizenship application which is deposited to a bank
in abroad even if it is a branch office or association of Turkish Bank.
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It’s also not required that such amount shall be deposited to only one (1) single bank that operates in
Turkey. Foreigner shall also apply for Turkish Citizenship based on a joint account with his/her
spouse)
It is imported that in such (3) years period, a foreigner may benefit from the interest, dividend arising
from the deposited amount pursuant to executed contracts with banks.
OTHER METHODS
a. Foreigners who make a fixed capital investment amounting to a minimum $500.000 or
equivalent foreign currency or equivalent amount of Turkish Lira in a Turkish corporate
entity that is determined by the Ministry of Industry and Technology;
b. Foreigners who generate employment for at least 50 individuals [prior to the amendment such
amount was 100 individuals] that is determined by the Ministry of Family, Labor and
Urbanization;
Please also note that the foreign currency amounts mentioned above shall be determineted based
on the currency exchange rate or cross foreign exchange rates of the turkish central bank at the date
of application!
APPLICATIONS PROCEDURES
Firstly a foreigner who applies for Turkish citizenship by investment shall obtain short term residence
permit. Normally, in order to make a short-term residence permit application, the foreigner shall enter
Turkey with a visa and apply. For regular short-term residence permit application process the waiting
period is quite long. However, in such citizenship by investment based special short-term residence
permit applications, application can be finalized within 1 to 10 days after online application.
Please note that you can issue a special power of attorney for handling the short-term residence
permit application, You will not require to enter into Turkey before making an application process
can be handled via PoA’s!
The residence permit cards are mailed to the residence address of the foreigner in Turkey, which is
specified in the online application, within 3-4 weeks.
Required Documents for Application
 Application Form (a standard form VAT-4)
 Valid passport and it’s notarized Turkish translation
 Two (2) passport type pictures in color.
 The Identity Registry of foreign investor, obtained from home country of foreigner with
apostille verification or verification of Turkish Consulate and it’s notarized Turkish translation
 The Birth Certificate of foreign investor, obtained from home country of foreigner with
apostille verification or verification of Turkish Consulate and it’s notarized Turkish
translation]
 The Marital Status Certificate/ Document showing that foreign investor is single, married,
divorce or widow, obtained from home country of foreigner with apostille verification or
verification of Turkish Consulate and it’s notarized Turkish translation. In addition to this
document:
 If foreign investor is married, Marriage Certificate and Identity Registry Copy of the spouse
and children, obtained from the home country foreigner with apostille verification or
verification of Turkish Consulate and their notarized Turkish translation
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 If foreign investor is divorced, Divorce Certificate/Decree obtained from the home country of
foreigner with apostille verification or verification of Turkish Consulate and its notarized
Turkish translation
 If foreign investor is widow, a Death Certificate regarding his/her spouse obtained from the
home country foreigner with apostille verification or verification of Turkish Consulate and it’s
notarized Turkish translation.
 In case Turkish citizenship application will be made for the child under the age of 18 who is
under the custody of the applicant, the consent of the other spouse obtained from the
competent authority in home country of the spouse with apostille verification or verification
of Turkish Consulate and it’s notarized Turkish translation.
 A receipt showing that the service fee has been deposited in the pay-office of Ministry of
Treasury and Finance. (The service fee was determined as TRL 15,00.- for each person in
2019.)
HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO GET THE TURKISH CITIZENSHIP?
It will take around 3-5 months provided that all the documents are ready for the foreign applicant and
the family members. The citizenship is granted to the dependent family members of applicant as well,
without the requirement for separate investments by family members.

Best regards,