Apartment sales to foreigners in Turkey increased by 32.5%!

2026-04-13

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Apartment sales to foreigners in Turkey increased by 32.5%!

According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the number of residential apartments sold to foreigners during the month of September 2022 reached 5,049 units.

The percentage of sales to foreigners during the ninth month of this year 2022 was 4.5% of the total residential apartment sales across Turkey!

The total number of residential apartments sold to foreigners during the first nine months of this year 2022 reached 49,644 units, achieving an increase of 32.5% compared to the sales of apartments to foreigners during the same period last year 2021.

Istanbul is the Turkish province with the highest sales to foreigners:

In the details of the aforementioned data, Istanbul ranked first among Turkish provinces in terms of the number of apartments sold to foreigners during September 2022, with 1,795 residential apartments sold.

Antalya came in second place with 1,585 residential apartments sold, while Mersin ranked third with 335 apartments sold.

The figures for apartment sales to foreigners in Turkey during the first nine months of 2022 according to the provinces with the highest sales to foreigners were as follows:

Number Province Number of apartments sold to foreigners in September 2022 Number of apartments sold to foreigners during the first nine months
1 Istanbul 1,795 residential apartments 19,594 residential apartments
2 Antalya 1,585 residential apartments 14,656 residential apartments
3 Mersin 335 residential apartments 2,596 residential apartments
4 Bursa 266 residential apartments 1,532 residential apartments
5 Ankara 177 residential apartments 2,295 residential apartments
6 Yalova 160 residential apartments 1,375 residential apartments
7 Sakarya 99 residential apartments 1,504 residential apartments
8 Izmir 89 residential apartments 972 residential apartments
9 Trabzon 78 residential apartments 752 residential apartments
10 Samsun 52 residential apartments 823 residential apartments

Russians top the list of nationalities with the most purchases:

Regarding the ranking of foreign nationalities by their purchases of apartments in Turkey, Russians ranked first as the foreign nationality that bought the most residential apartments in Turkey during September 2022, with 1,196 apartments purchased.

Iranians came in second place with 592 apartments purchased, while Iraqis ranked third with 433 apartments purchased. The figures for the top twenty nationalities purchasing apartments in Turkey were as follows:

Number
Foreign Nationality
Number of apartments purchased by nationality
in September 2022
1
Russians
1,196 residential apartments
2
Iranians
592 residential apartments
3
Iraqis
433 residential apartments
4
Germans
225 residential apartments
5
Kazakhs
207 residential apartments
6
Ukrainians
204 residential apartments
7
Kuwaitis
192 residential apartments
8
Saudis
159 residential apartments
9
British
120 residential apartments
10
Azerbaijanis
115 residential apartments
11
Americans
113 residential apartments
12
Afghans
95 residential apartments
13
Jordanians
81 residential apartments
14
Egyptians
79 residential apartments
15
Canadians
59 residential apartments
16
Palestinians
57 residential apartments
17
Dutch
53 residential apartments
18
Israelis
53 residential apartments
19
Swedes
50 residential apartments
20
Chinese
49 residential apartments
 

Edited by: Imtilak Real Estate©

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