Apartment sales to foreigners in Turkey increased by 32.5%!
2026-04-13
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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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