Turkish Statistical Institute: 2,535 apartments sold to foreigners in October 2023
2026-04-13
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Government institutions have announced some statistics on apartment sales to foreigners in Turkey during October and the first ten months of 2023. Also, take a look at the nationalities that purchased the most real estate in Turkey during the tenth month in the following news from Imtilak Real Estate.
Turkey sells 2,535 apartments to foreigners in the tenth month of 2023
According to data issued by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the number of apartments sold to foreigners during the ninth month of this year reached 2,535 units.
The percentage of sales to foreigners during October of this year amounted to 2.7% of the total general apartment sales throughout Turkey.
As for apartment sales to foreigners in Turkey during the first ten months of this year, they reached 30,599 apartments.
Antalya tops Turkish provinces in sales to foreigners
According to the details of the data, Antalya ranked first among Turkish provinces in apartment sales to foreigners during October 2023, with 931 apartments sold.
Istanbul came in second place with 758 apartments sold, and Mersin ranked third with 294 apartments sold.
The sales figures in the ten provinces with the highest sales to foreigners during October and the first ten months of this year were as follows:
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Foreign sales during the first ten months
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Apartment sales to foreigners October 2023
|
Province
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Number
|
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11303 apartments
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931 apartments
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Antalya
|
1
|
|
9723 apartments
|
758 apartments
|
Istanbul
|
2
|
|
2470 apartments
|
294 apartments
|
Mersin
|
3
|
|
864 apartments
|
67 apartments
|
Bursa
|
4
|
|
925 apartments
|
58 apartments
|
Ankara
|
5
|
|
651 apartments
|
53 apartments
|
Izmir
|
6
|
|
463 apartments
|
53 apartments
|
Kocaeli
|
7
|
|
848 apartments
|
51 apartments
|
Yalova
|
8
|
|
472 apartments
|
40 apartments
|
Sakarya
|
9
|
|
523 apartments
|
36 apartments
|
Mugla
|
10
|
Russians top the list of nationalities with the most purchases
Regarding the ranking of foreign nationalities according to their purchases of apartments in Turkey, Russians ranked first as the foreign nationality that bought the most apartments in Turkey during October 2023, with 713 apartments purchased. They were followed by Iranians in second place with 235 apartments, and Germans in third place with 152 apartments. The purchase numbers for the top twenty nationalities were as follows:
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Number
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Foreign Nationality
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Purchases of apartments by nationality
September 2023 |
|
1
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Russians
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713 apartments
|
|
2
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Iranians
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235 apartments
|
|
3
|
Germans
|
152 apartments
|
|
4
|
Ukrainians
|
138 apartments
|
|
5
|
Iraqis
|
134 apartments
|
|
6
|
Kazakhs
|
103 apartments
|
|
7
|
Azerbaijanis
|
73 apartments
|
|
8
|
Saudis
|
70 apartments
|
|
9
|
Americans
|
53 apartments
|
|
10
|
Afghans
|
51 apartments
|
|
11
|
British
|
50 apartments
|
|
12
|
Kuwaitis
|
47 apartments
|
|
13
|
Israelis
|
37 apartments
|
|
14
|
Egyptians
|
35 apartments
|
|
15
|
Pakistanis
|
32 apartments
|
|
16
|
Chinese
|
28 apartments
|
|
17
|
Palestinians
|
27 apartments
|
|
18
|
Canadians
|
27 apartments
|
|
19
|
Sudanese
|
27 apartments
|
|
20
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Uzbeks
|
26 apartments
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Edited by: Imtilak Real Estate©
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