More than two thousand apartments were sold to foreigners in Turkey during January 2024.
2026-04-13
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According to reports issued by some official authorities, sales of residential apartments to foreigners in Turkey exceeded 2,000 apartments during January of this year. Follow the details with us in the following news on Imtilak Real Estate.
More than 2,000 apartments sold to foreigners in the first month of this year
According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the number of residential apartments sold to foreigners during January of this year reached 2,061 apartments. The share of foreign sales during January of this year was 2.6% of the total overall sales of residential apartments in Turkey.
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 January 2024, with 747 apartments sold. Istanbul ranked second with 710 apartments sold, and Mersin ranked third with 211 apartments sold.
The sales figures in the ten provinces with the highest sales to foreigners during January of this year were as follows:
|
Foreign sales during
January 2024 |
Province
|
Number
|
|
747 apartments
|
Antalya
|
1
|
|
710 apartments
|
Istanbul
|
2
|
|
211 apartments
|
Mersin
|
3
|
|
49 apartments
|
Ankara
|
4
|
|
49 apartments
|
Bursa
|
5
|
|
45 apartments
|
Yalova
|
6
|
|
36 apartments
|
Sakarya
|
7
|
|
32 apartments
|
Izmir
|
8
|
|
31 apartments
|
Kocaeli
|
9
|
|
29 apartments
|
Trabzon
|
10
|
Russians top the list of most-buying nationalities
Regarding the ranking 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 January 2024, with 555 apartments purchased. They were followed by Iranians in second place with 208 apartments purchased, and Ukrainians in third place with 127 apartments purchased.
The purchase figures for the top twenty nationalities were as follows:
|
Number
|
Foreign Nationality
|
Purchases of residential apartments by nationality
January 2024 |
|
1
|
Russians
|
555 apartments
|
|
2
|
Iranians
|
208 apartments
|
|
3
|
Ukrainians
|
127 apartments
|
|
4
|
Iraqis
|
99 apartments
|
|
5
|
Kazakhs
|
99 apartments
|
|
6
|
Germans
|
73 apartments
|
|
7
|
Afghans
|
55 apartments
|
|
8
|
Azerbaijanis
|
52 apartments
|
|
9
|
Americans
|
47 apartments
|
|
10
|
Palestinians
|
45 apartments
|
|
11
|
Chinese
|
42 apartments
|
|
12
|
British
|
37 apartments
|
|
13
|
Saudis
|
35 apartments
|
|
14
|
Kuwaitis
|
33 apartments
|
|
15
|
Egyptians
|
30 apartments
|
|
16
|
Canadians
|
29 apartments
|
|
17
|
Pakistanis
|
29 apartments
|
|
18
|
Kyrgyz
|
27 apartments
|
|
19
|
Swedes
|
25 apartments
|
|
20
|
Uzbeks
|
25 apartments
|
Edited by: Imtilak Real Estate©
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