Turkish Statistical Institute: More than 35,000 apartments sold to foreigners in 2023

2026-04-13

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Turkish Statistical Institute: More than 35,000 apartments sold to foreigners in 2023

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:

Foreign sales during the last month of 2023
Foreign sales during 2023
Province
Number
609 residential apartments
12,702 residential apartments
Antalya
1
796 residential apartments
11,229 residential apartments
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

 

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:

Number
Foreign Nationality
Purchases by nationality
during the last month of 2023
1
Russians
527 residential apartments
2
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
Kyrgyz
24 residential apartments
20
Uzbeks
24 residential apartments

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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