Pre-Approved Turkish Citizenship Properties in Türkiye

What “pre-approved” means for Turkish citizenship

The properties shown in this inventory have been pre-screened by Maximos Real Estate for their potential use in a Turkish citizenship application. Our initial review considers the title deed, property type, ownership structure, seller cooperation and the practical requirements of a transparent citizenship-compliant transaction.

“Pre-approved” is a Maximos screening label. It is not a government approval, an official SPK valuation certificate, a Certificate of Conformity or a guarantee that citizenship will be granted. Final eligibility is decided after the official valuation, purchase documentation, payment verification and review by the relevant Turkish authorities.

The USD 400,000 Turkish citizenship property rule

The current real-estate route requires an accepted total value of at least USD 400,000, together with the required three-year restriction and the other legal conditions. The requirement may generally be satisfied through one property or through several properties assessed together.

A property below USD 400,000 is not individually a qualifying citizenship property. However, it may potentially form part of a combined application when the accepted values of several properties reach the required total and every property, payment and document complies with the applicable rules.

This citizenship route should not be confused with a separate property-owner residence permit. Residence and citizenship have different legal requirements and must be assessed separately.

Why the listing price is not the official citizenship value

Prices displayed on this page are asking prices in the property market. They are not automatically the value accepted for Turkish citizenship. The official assessment depends on the valuation report, the value declared in the official sale deed or qualifying contract and the documented payment made through the approved banking channels.

For this reason, a property advertised near or above the threshold still requires an official review before purchase. Conversely, a lower-priced unit may potentially be used as one part of a multi-property application, but only if the combined accepted total and all legal conditions are satisfied.

Read our guide to property valuation reports in Türkiye before making a commitment.

How Maximos screens these properties

1. We review the available title-deed and ownership information.
2. We check whether the property type and ownership structure can support the intended application.
3. We discuss the transaction structure with the seller and confirm willingness to complete a transparent sale.
4. We coordinate the official valuation with an SPK-authorized valuation company.
5. We review the declared value, payment records and three-year resale restriction with the cooperating lawyer and the relevant authorities.

Maximos does not issue the official valuation. The final report must come from an authorised valuation company, and the government authorities retain the right to examine the complete file.

Land-registry rules that decide a citizenship purchase

Beyond the USD 400,000 figure, a citizenship purchase is governed by the practical rules the Land Registry Directorate applies when it processes the transaction. These are procedural land-registry rules, drawn from the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre Circular No. 1799 (2019/5) and its later amendments, read together with current official guidance. They are not the wording of Law No. 5901 itself, and they are exactly the points where an otherwise attractive property can fail. Our full legal explanation is in the Turkish Citizenship Law guide; the essentials for choosing a property are below.

Three values are checked, not one

Under the land-registry valuation procedure, three separate figures are examined together: the value declared in the official sale deed or qualifying contract, the value in the official valuation report, and the payment actually documented through the bank. In practice a file is only safe when each of these independently satisfies the required total. A high asking price alone does not establish eligibility, and the value declared on the official deed cannot be changed afterwards. This is why the asking price shown in a listing is only a starting point, never the accepted citizenship value.

One property can be used for citizenship only once

The land-registry rules provide that a property or share already used once to obtain Turkish citizenship cannot be used again for a later citizenship application by another foreign buyer — even after the ownership has changed. For a buyer, this makes the parcel's transaction history a real eligibility question: a unit that looks perfect today may already have been used in an earlier citizenship file. We check this history at the registry before a purchase is committed.

Related-party and circular sales are excluded

The land-registry rules, as amended in 2021, exclude certain transactions between connected parties from the citizenship route. In general terms, a property registered to a foreign natural person — including the buyer's own spouse or children — and certain sales involving a company in which the buyer or close family members are shareholders or managers may not qualify, and a property routed back to the applicant after an earlier transfer can also be caught. The precise scope of these related-party rules depends on the individual ownership history and must be confirmed for the specific property with the cooperating lawyer before any commitment. Where the position is not clear from the registry records, we treat the property as requiring legal confirmation rather than assuming it qualifies.

None of these points can be judged from an online listing. They are checked at the land registry and with the cooperating lawyer as part of the property review, before any deposit or payment is made.

Seller cooperation and transparent payment

Seller cooperation is essential. The seller must accept a citizenship-compliant transaction in which the relevant value is declared transparently in the deed or qualifying contract and the purchase payments are properly documented through the banking system.

If a seller refuses to declare the appropriate transaction value or does not accept the required documentation, the property may not be suitable for the citizenship route, regardless of its advertised price.