Apartment sales to foreigners during the seventh month of 2023
2026-04-13
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Apartment sales to foreigners achieve a 6.7% increase in the seventh month
According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the number of residential apartments sold to foreigners during the seventh month of this year reached 2,801 apartments, achieving a 6.7% increase compared to apartment sales to foreigners during the sixth month of this year.
The percentage of foreign sales during July of this year accounted for 2.6% of the total general sales of residential apartments throughout Turkey.
As for apartment sales to foreigners during the first seven months of this year, they reached 22,067 residential apartments.
Antalya tops the Turkish provinces with the most sales to foreigners
In the details of the data, Antalya ranked first among the Turkish provinces with the most apartment sales to foreigners during July 2023, with 996 apartments sold.
Istanbul ranked second with 832 apartments sold, and Mersin ranked third with 263 apartments sold.
The sales figures in the ten provinces with the highest sales to foreigners during July and the first seven months of this year were as follows:
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Foreign sales during the first 7 months of 2023
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Apartment sales to foreigners in July 2023
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Province
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Number
|
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8,446 apartments
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996 apartments
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Antalya
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1
|
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6,921 apartments
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832 apartments
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Istanbul
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2
|
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1,717 apartments
|
263 apartments
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Mersin
|
3
|
|
696 apartments
|
116 apartments
|
Ankara
|
4
|
|
601 apartments
|
86 apartments
|
Bursa
|
5
|
|
589 apartments
|
82 apartments
|
Yalova
|
6
|
|
485 apartments
|
68 apartments
|
Izmir
|
7
|
|
378 apartments
|
49 apartments
|
Mugla
|
8
|
|
313 apartments
|
70 apartments
|
Trabzon
|
9
|
|
308 apartments
|
38 apartments
|
Kocaeli
|
10
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Russians top the list of nationalities buying the most
Regarding the classification of foreign nationalities according to their purchases of apartments in Turkey, Russians ranked first as the foreign nationality buying the most apartments in Turkey during July 2023, with 772 apartments purchased. They were followed by Iranians in second place with 272 apartments purchased, and Iraqis in third place with 204 apartments purchased. The purchase numbers for the top twenty nationalities were as follows:
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Number
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Foreign Nationality
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Purchases of apartments by foreign nationality
July 2023 |
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1
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Russians
|
772 apartments
|
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2
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Iranians
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272 apartments
|
|
3
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Iraqis
|
204 apartments
|
|
4
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Ukrainians
|
146 apartments
|
|
5
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Kazakhs
|
113 apartments
|
|
6
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Germans
|
96 apartments
|
|
7
|
Azerbaijanis
|
74 apartments
|
|
8
|
Kuwaitis
|
74 apartments
|
|
9
|
Saudis
|
64 apartments
|
|
10
|
Americans
|
62 apartments
|
|
11
|
British
|
54 apartments
|
|
12
|
Afghans
|
53 apartments
|
|
13
|
Egyptians
|
51 apartments
|
|
14
|
Chinese
|
39 apartments
|
|
15
|
Uzbeks
|
36 apartments
|
|
16
|
Yemenis
|
36 apartments
|
|
17
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Canadians
|
34 apartments
|
|
18
|
Jordanians
|
31 apartments
|
|
19
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Pakistanis
|
30 apartments
|
|
20
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Lebanese
|
29 apartments
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Edited by: Imtilak Real Estate Company©
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