Turkey sold 3,350 apartments to foreigners in February 2023

2026-04-13

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Turkey sold 3,350 apartments to foreigners in February 2023

According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the number of residential apartments sold to foreigners during the second month of this year reached 3,350 units.

The proportion of foreign sales during February of this year was 4.2% of the total general sales of residential apartments throughout Turkey.

As for foreign sales during the first two months of this year, they reached 7,511 residential apartments.

Antalya tops the Turkish provinces with the most sales to foreigners 

In the details of the data, Antalya ranked first among Turkish provinces in terms of residential apartment sales to foreigners during February 2023, with 1,261 apartments sold.
Istanbul came in second place with 1,133 apartments sold, and Mersin ranked third with 255 apartments sold.

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The sales figures in the ten provinces with the highest sales to foreigners during February and the first two months of this year were as follows: 

Foreign sales during the first two months of 2023
Apartment sales to foreigners during February 2023
Province
Number
2,853 residential apartments
1,261 residential apartments
Antalya
 1
2,513 residential apartments
1,133 residential apartments
Istanbul
 2
 556 residential apartments
 225 residential apartments
Mersin
 3
 233 residential apartments
 109 residential apartments
Ankara
 4
 237 residential apartments
 97 residential apartments
Bursa
 5
 161 residential apartments
 96 residential apartments
Izmir
 6
 183 residential apartments
 71 residential apartments
Yalova
 7
 115 residential apartments
 64 residential apartments
Kocaeli
 8
 121 residential apartments
 58 residential apartments
Mugla
 9
 105 residential apartments
 40 residential apartments
Sakarya
 10

Russians top the list of nationalities buying the most

Regarding the ranking of foreign nationalities according to their purchases of residential apartments in Turkey, Russians ranked first as the most foreign nationality buying residential apartments in Turkey during February 2023, purchasing 1,183 residential apartments, followed by Iranians in second place with 446 apartments, and Iraqis in third place with 173 apartments.

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The purchase numbers for the top twenty nationalities were as follows:

Number
Foreign nationality
Purchases of residential apartments by nationality
in February 2023   
1
Russians
1,183 residential apartments
2
Iranians
446 residential apartments
3
Iraqis
173 residential apartments
4
Ukrainians
142 residential apartments
5
Kazakhs
133 residential apartments
6
Germans
124 residential apartments
7
Chinese
85 residential apartments
8
Kuwaitis
73 residential apartments
9
Azerbaijanis
73 residential apartments
10
Afghans
69 residential apartments
11
Saudis
62 residential apartments
12
Americans
54 residential apartments
13
British
43 residential apartments
14
Palestinians
41 residential apartments
15
Egyptians
36 residential apartments
16
Jordanians
34 residential apartments
17
Pakistanis
33 residential apartments
18
Yemenis
32 residential apartments
19
Swedes
30 residential apartments