Strong comeback for foreign apartment sales in Turkey in May 2024

2025-07-24

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Strong comeback for foreign apartment sales in Turkey in May 2024

Foreign sales of residential apartments in Turkey recorded a remarkable growth of 62.3% during May of this year, with Antalya leading the Turkish states in sales to foreigners, and Russian nationality ranked first among the foreign nationalities owning real estate in Turkey 2024.

Sales of apartments to foreigners show significant progress during the fifth month of 2024

According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the number of residential apartments sold to foreigners in Turkey during May of this year reached 2064 apartments, achieving a growth of 62.3% compared to the sales of the previous month, and recording the highest monthly sales number to foreigners during the current year.

Sales of apartments to foreigners show significant progress during the fifth month of 2024

The percentage of foreign sales during May of this year amounted to 1.9% of the total general sales of residential apartments across Turkey, while the total number of apartments sold to foreigners during the first five months reached 9,021 apartments.

Antalya leads the Turkish states in sales to foreigners

In the details of the data, Antalya ranked first among the Turkish states in selling residential apartments to foreigners during May 2024 with 797 apartments sold, followed by Istanbul with 668 apartments sold, and Mersin ranked third with 164 apartments sold.

The sales numbers in the ten states with the highest sales to foreigners during May and the first five months of the current year were as follows:

Foreign sales during the first five months
Foreign sales
May 2024
State
Number
3275 apartments
797 apartments
Antalya
1
3128 apartments
668 apartments
Istanbul
2
826 apartments
164 apartments
Mersin
3
210 apartments
52 apartments
Yalova
4
158 apartments
52 apartments
Izmir
5
221 apartments
51 apartments
Ankara
6
207 apartments
44 apartments
Bursa
7
150 apartments
39 apartments
Kocaeli
8
134 apartments
31 apartments
Aydin
9
131 apartments
23 apartments
Mugla
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 among the foreign nationalities buying the most residential apartments in Turkey during May 2024, with 437 apartments purchased, followed by Iranians in second place with 207 apartments purchased, and Ukrainians in third place with 171 apartments purchased.

The purchase numbers for the ten nationalities buying the most were as follows:

Number
Foreign nationality
Purchases of foreign nationality from apartments
May 2024
1
Russians
437 apartments
2
Iranians
207 apartments
3
Ukrainians
171 apartments
4
Germans
104 apartments
5
Iraqis
98 apartments
6
Kazakhs
95 apartments
7
Azerbaijanis
65 apartments
8
Saudis
65 apartments
9
Americans
52 apartments
10
British
44 apartments

Edited by: Imtilak Real Estate©

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