Turkey sells more than 4,000 apartments to foreigners in the first month of 2023
2026-04-13
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According to official data issued by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the number of residential apartments sold to foreigners during the first month of this year reached 4,161 apartments, marking a slight decrease of 0.6% compared to apartment sales to foreigners during the first month of last year.
The percentage of foreign sales during the first month of January this year accounted for 4.3% of the total general sales of residential apartments across Turkey.
Antalya tops Turkish provinces in sales to foreigners
According to the details of the data issued by the Turkish Statistical Institute, Antalya ranked first among the Turkish provinces with the highest sales of residential apartments to foreigners during January 2023, with 1,592 apartments sold. Istanbul came in second place with 1,380 apartments sold, while Mersin ranked third with 331 apartments sold.
The sales figures in the ten provinces with the highest sales to foreigners during the first month of this year were as follows:
|
No.
|
Province
|
Number of apartments sold to foreigners
During January 2023
|
|
1
|
Antalya
|
1,592 apartments
|
|
2
|
Istanbul
|
1,380 apartments
|
|
3
|
Mersin
|
331 apartments
|
|
4
|
Bursa
|
140 apartments
|
|
5
|
Ankara
|
124 apartments
|
|
6
|
Yalova
|
112 apartments
|
|
7
|
Sakarya
|
65 apartments
|
|
8
|
Izmir
|
65 apartments
|
|
9
|
Mugla
|
63 apartments
|
|
10
|
Trabzon
|
53 apartments
|
Russians lead the nationalities buying the most apartments in Turkey
Regarding the classification of foreign nationalities according to the volume of their purchases of residential apartments in Turkey, Russians ranked first among the foreign nationalities buying the most residential apartments in the country during January 2023, with 1,557 apartments purchased. Iranians came in second with 526 apartments purchased, while Iraqis ranked third with 229 apartments purchased. The purchase numbers for the twenty nationalities buying the most apartments in Turkey during the first month of this year were as follows:
|
No.
|
Foreign Nationality
|
Purchases of residential apartments in Turkey
During January 2023 |
|
1
|
Russians
|
1,557 apartments
|
|
2
|
Iranians
|
526 apartments
|
|
3
|
Iraqis
|
229 apartments
|
|
4
|
Ukrainians
|
157 apartments
|
|
5
|
Kazakhs
|
155 apartments
|
|
6
|
Germans
|
126 apartments
|
|
7
|
Kuwaitis
|
113 apartments
|
|
8
|
Chinese
|
108 apartments
|
|
9
|
Afghans
|
76 apartments
|
|
10
|
Americans
|
73 apartments
|
|
11
|
Azerbaijanis
|
65 apartments
|
|
12
|
Saudis
|
61 apartments
|
|
13
|
British
|
57 apartments
|
|
14
|
Canadians
|
45 apartments
|
|
15
|
Egyptians
|
45 apartments
|
|
16
|
Jordanians
|
44 apartments
|
|
17
|
Algerians
|
39 apartments
|
|
18
|
Palestinians
|
38 apartments
|
|
19
|
Yemenis
|
37 apartments
|
|
20
|
Pakistanis
|
34 apartments
|
Edited by: Imtilak Real Estate
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