Turkish Statistical Institute: More than 35,000 apartments sold to foreigners in 2023
2026-04-13
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The Turkish Statistical Institute has announced the annual statistics for foreign sales of residential apartments in Turkey during 2023. Follow the details via Imtilak Real Estate.
Foreign sales of Turkish real estate reached more than 35,000 residential apartments during 2023
According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute, foreigners purchased 2,064 residential apartments in December 2023.
The percentage of foreign sales during December was 1.5% of the total general sales of residential apartments across Turkey.
As for foreign sales of residential apartments in Turkey during 2023, they amounted to 35,005 apartments, representing 2.9% of the total residential apartment sales across Turkey during the past year.
Antalya topped the annual sales to foreigners
In the details of the data, Istanbul ranked first among Turkish provinces in terms of the most residential apartments sold to foreigners during the last month of 2023, with 796 apartments sold.
Antalya ranked second with 609 apartments sold, and Mersin ranked third with 230 apartments sold.
In the annual sales, Antalya ranked first among Turkish provinces in terms of the most residential apartments sold to foreigners, with 12,702 apartments sold, followed by Istanbul in second place with annual sales of 11,299 apartments, and Mersin in third place with 3,016 apartments sold during 2023.
The sales figures in the ten provinces with the highest sales to foreigners during the past year and its last month were as follows:
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Foreign sales during the last month of 2023
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Foreign sales during 2023
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Province
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Number
|
|
609 residential apartments
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12,702 residential apartments
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Antalya
|
1
|
|
796 residential apartments
|
11,229 residential apartments
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Istanbul
|
2
|
|
230 residential apartments
|
3,016 residential apartments
|
Mersin
|
3
|
|
44 residential apartments
|
1,023 residential apartments
|
Ankara
|
4
|
|
51 residential apartments
|
953 residential apartments
|
Bursa
|
5
|
|
41 residential apartments
|
937 residential apartments
|
Yalova
|
6
|
|
31 residential apartments
|
739 residential apartments
|
Izmir
|
7
|
|
34 residential apartments
|
593 residential apartments
|
Mugla
|
8
|
|
52 residential apartments
|
562 residential apartments
|
Kocaeli
|
9
|
|
15 residential apartments
|
548 residential apartments
|
Trabzon
|
10
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Russians top the list of nationalities purchasing the most apartments during 2023
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 the last month of 2023, with 527 apartments purchased. They were followed by Iranians in second place with 205 apartments, and Ukrainians in third place with 113 apartments purchased.
The purchase figures for the top twenty nationalities during the last month of the past year were as follows:
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Number
|
Foreign Nationality
|
Purchases by nationality
during the last month of 2023 |
|
1
|
Russians
|
527 residential apartments
|
|
2
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Iranians
|
205 residential apartments
|
|
3
|
Ukrainians
|
113 residential apartments
|
|
4
|
Kazakhs
|
98 residential apartments
|
|
5
|
Iraqis
|
94 residential apartments
|
|
6
|
Saudis
|
74 residential apartments
|
|
7
|
Germans
|
67 residential apartments
|
|
8
|
Pakistanis
|
55 residential apartments
|
|
9
|
Americans
|
54 residential apartments
|
|
10
|
Azerbaijanis
|
52 residential apartments
|
|
11
|
Afghans
|
45 residential apartments
|
|
12
|
Chinese
|
45 residential apartments
|
|
13
|
British
|
45 residential apartments
|
|
14
|
Qataris
|
34 residential apartments
|
|
15
|
Egyptians
|
33 residential apartments
|
|
16
|
Canadians
|
32 residential apartments
|
|
17
|
Kuwaitis
|
28 residential apartments
|
|
18
|
Palestinians
|
24 residential apartments
|
|
19
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Kyrgyz
|
24 residential apartments
|
|
20
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Uzbeks
|
24 residential apartments
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As for annual sales, Russians also topped the list of foreign nationalities purchasing the most residential apartments in Turkey, with 10,560 apartments bought. They were followed by Iranians in second place with 4,272 apartments, and Iraqis in third place with 1,917 apartments purchased during the past year.
The annual sales figures for the top twenty nationalities were as follows:
|
Number
|
Foreign Nationality
|
Purchases by nationality
during 2023
|
|
1
|
Russians
|
10,560 residential apartments
|
|
2
|
Iranians
|
4,272 residential apartments
|
|
3
|
Iraqis
|
1,917 residential apartments
|
|
4
|
Ukrainians
|
1,720 residential apartments
|
|
5
|
Kazakhs
|
1,440 residential apartments
|
|
6
|
Germans
|
1,363 residential apartments
|
|
7
|
Azerbaijanis
|
832 residential apartments
|
|
8
|
Kuwaitis
|
822 residential apartments
|
|
9
|
Saudis
|
810 residential apartments
|
|
10
|
Americans
|
693 residential apartments
|
|
11
|
Chinese
|
661 residential apartments
|
|
12
|
British
|
652 residential apartments
|
|
13
|
Afghans
|
644 residential apartments
|
|
14
|
Egyptians
|
474 residential apartments
|
|
15
|
Pakistanis
|
458 residential apartments
|
|
16
|
Jordanians
|
32 residential apartments
|
|
17
|
Palestinians
|
384 residential apartments
|
|
18
|
Canadians
|
336 residential apartments
|
|
19
|
Israel
|
333 residential apartments
|
|
20
|
Yemenis
|
333 residential apartments
|
Edited by: Imtilak Real Estate©
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