Turkey sold 3,350 apartments to foreigners in February 2023
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 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
|
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