Turkey sells more than 4,000 apartments to foreigners in the first month of 2023

2026-04-13

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Turkey sells more than 4,000 apartments to foreigners in the first month of 2023

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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