Apartment sales to foreigners in Turkey increase by 27%!

2026-04-13

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Apartment sales to foreigners in Turkey increase by 27%!

According to data issued by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the number of residential apartments sold to foreigners during October 2022 reached 5,377 apartments, marking an increase of 6.5% compared to the sales of residential apartments to foreigners in the ninth month.

The percentage of sales to foreigners during the tenth month of 2022 accounted for 5.2% of the total general sales of residential apartments throughout Turkey.

As for the sales of residential apartments to foreigners during the first ten months of 2022, it reached 55,021 apartments, achieving an increase of 26.9% compared to the sales of residential apartments to foreigners during the same period of the previous year 2021.

Antalya returns to the top of Turkish provinces with the highest sales to foreigners during October:

According to the details of the data, Antalya regained the lead among Turkish provinces with the highest sales to foreigners after losing it in the ninth month to Istanbul. Antalya ranked first among Turkish provinces in terms of residential apartment sales to foreigners during October 2022, with 2,123 apartments sold.

Increase in apartment sales to foreigners in Turkey


Sales to foreigners in Istanbul apartments ranked second with 1,658 apartments sold, while Mersin ranked third with 490 apartments sold.

The figures for apartment sales to foreigners in Turkey during October 2022, according to the provinces with the highest sales to foreigners, were as follows:

No.
Province
Number of apartments sold to foreigners
October 2022
Number of apartments sold to foreigners
During the first ten months
1
Antalya
2,123 residential apartments
16,779 residential apartments
2
Istanbul
1,658 residential apartments
21,252 residential apartments
3
Mersin
490 residential apartments
3,068 residential apartments
4
Bursa
148 residential apartments
1,680 residential apartments
5
Yalova
143 residential apartments
1,518 residential apartments
6
Ankara
142 residential apartments
2,437 residential apartments
7
Izmir
87 residential apartments
1,059 residential apartments
8
Sakarya
75 residential apartments
1,129 residential apartments
9
Trabzon
66 residential apartments
818 residential apartments
10
Samsun
61 residential apartments
848 residential apartments

Russians top the list of nationalities buying the most:

Regarding the ranking of foreign nationalities according to their purchases of Turkey apartments, Russian citizens ranked first as the most foreign nationality buying residential apartments in Turkey during October 2022, with 2,023 apartments purchased.

Iranians ranked second with 498 apartments purchased, while Iraqis ranked third with 310 apartments purchased. The figures for purchases by the top twenty nationalities were as follows:

No.
Foreign nationality
Purchases of residential apartments by nationality
October 2022
1
Russians
2,023 residential apartments
2
Iranians
498 residential apartments
3
Iraqis
310 residential apartments
4
Ukrainians
216 residential apartments
5
Germans
211 residential apartments
6
Kazakhs
200 residential apartments
7
Saudis
166 residential apartments
8
Kuwaitis
118 residential apartments
9
Americans
105 residential apartments
10
Azerbaijanis
99 residential apartments
11
British
98 residential apartments
12
Israelis
69 residential apartments
13
Egyptians
68 residential apartments
14
Jordanians
68 residential apartments
15
Chinese
67 residential apartments
16
Afghans
62 residential apartments
17
Swedes
57 residential apartments
18
Dutch
51 residential apartments
19
Lebanese
45 residential apartments
20
Palestinians
42 residential apartments

Edited by: Imtilak Real Estate©

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