Turkey: Increase in apartment sales to foreigners during November of this year

2026-04-13

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Turkey: Increase in apartment sales to foreigners during November of this year

According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the number of residential apartments sold to foreigners during November of this year reached 6,083 apartments, marking an increase of 13.13% compared to the sales of residential apartments to foreigners in the previous month of the same year.

The percentage of foreign sales during the tenth month of this year accounted for 5.2% of the total residential apartment sales throughout Turkey. Meanwhile, residential apartment sales to foreigners during the past 11 months of this year reached 61,104 apartments, showing an increase of 20.4% compared to sales to foreigners during the same period last year.

Antalya tops the Turkish provinces with the highest sales to foreigners

According to the details of the official data announced, Antalya ranked first among Turkish provinces in terms of the highest sales of residential apartments to foreigners during November 2022, with 2,616 apartments sold. Istanbul came in second place with 1,733 apartments sold, and Mersin ranked third with 567 apartments sold.

The sales figures during the 11 months in the provinces with the highest sales to foreigners were as follows:

No.

Province

Number of apartments sold to foreigners

November 2022

Number of apartments sold to foreigners

During 11 months

1

Antalya

2,616 apartments

19,395 apartments

2

Istanbul

1,733 apartments

22,985 apartments

3

Mersin

567 apartments

3,653 apartments

4

Bursa

157 apartments

1,837 apartments

5

Yalova

152 apartments

1,670 apartments

6

Ankara

127 apartments

2,564 apartments

7

Izmir

97 apartments

1,156 apartments

8

Trabzon

95 apartments

913 apartments

9

Samsun

69 apartments

953 apartments

10

Sakarya

64 apartments

1,193 apartments

 

Russians top the list of nationalities buying the most apartments

Regarding the classification of foreign nationalities according to their purchases of residential apartments in Turkey, Russians ranked first as the top foreign nationality buying residential apartments in Turkey during November 2022, with 2,575 apartments purchased. Iranians came in second with 510 apartments purchased, and Iraqis ranked third with 331 apartments purchased.

The purchase figures for the top twenty nationalities buying apartments in Turkey were as follows:

No.

Foreign Nationality

Purchases by foreign nationality
November 2022

1

Russians

2,575 apartments

2

Iranians

510 apartments

3

Iraqis

331 apartments

4

Ukrainians

277 apartments

5

Germans

224 apartments

6

Kazakhstani

191 apartments

7

Saudis

128 apartments

8

Kuwaitis

116 apartments

9

Azerbaijanis

104 apartments

10

British

92 apartments

11

Americans

89 apartments

12

Afghans

80 apartments

13

Egyptians

79 apartments

14

Jordanians

78 apartments

15

Pakistanis

61 apartments

16

Palestinians

59 apartments

17

Uzbeks

58 apartments

18

Turkestanis

57 apartments

19

Yemenis

56 apartments

20

Canadians

55 apartments

 

Edited by: Imtilak Real Estate

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