Turkey offers a great example of stability and development in addition to the historical and civilizational originality, what made it embrace many nationalities from many countries around the world, it offers many facilities to those wishing to settle in it, and many benefits to the Turkish citizenship, as the development it witnessed has contributed in attracting those wising to settle in it especially in the Arab world and the middle east, and the Turkish authorities have been positively dealing with aspirations to grant citizenship to those who deserve it and achieve certain criteria in it.
What motivates the foreigners to obtain the Turkish Citizenship:
1. Facilities that Turkey offers to investors and their families has raised the demand to obtain the Turkish citizenship.
2. The prosperity, economic growth and commercial movement in Turkey have prompted many capitals and investors to obtain citizenship and benefit from promising opportunities.
3. Owning the Turkish citizenship for a lifetime with the possibility of inheriting it for newborns.
4. Exempting people who obtained Turkish citizenship after the age of 22 from the national service.
5. Having all citizenship rights and vote in all Turkish elections.
6. The right to benefit from all the services provided to the Turkish citizen either in health or education department.
7. Benefiting from the Turkish retirement system after the age of 60.
8. The ability to get job opportunities in the public departments and many facilities for investing and real estate ownership.
9. The foreigner who have citizenship can invite their relatives and ensure them having the visa to visit this beautiful country.
Methods To Obtain Turkish Citizenship:
1. Obtaining Turkish Citizenship through real estate investment:
Since 2017, there has been many ways to obtain the Turkish citizenship, as in this year the Turkish Citizenship Law was issued for foreigners in exchange for investing in Turkey, with certain amounts set by the Turkish government, then came the exceptional modifications in 2018 to the Turkish Citizenship Law to make it available in exchange for real estate ownership in Turkey with an amount no less than 250k USD with the pledge not to sell the property for at least 3 years, until the last modifications in 2022 which stipulates that Turkish citizenship can be obtained for investment in real estate in Turkey, for at least 400k USD.
2. Obtaining Turkish Citizenship Through Bank Deposit:
وذلك عبر إيداع مبلغ 500 ألف دولار أمريكي أو ما يقابله من الليرة التركية في أحد البنوك التركية وعدم سحبها لمدة 3 سنوات على الأقل، أو الاستثمار بقيمة 500 ألف دولار أو ما يقابله من الليرة التركية.
3. Turkish Citizenship Through Providing Job Opportunities to Turkish Citizens:
Providing a job opportunity to 50 Turkish Citizen can guarantee you the Turkish Citizenship according to the Turkish Citizenship Law and its modifications in 2018, after it was 100 employees before the modification, and this is done under the supervision of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.
The stages of obtaining Turkish citizenship:
These stages can be summarized in three which are:
1. The stage of obtaining a conformity certificate:
A conformity certificate is to know how the investment type match the citizenship requirements, the way and place of obtaining this certificate depends on the type of the investment done by the foreigner.
2. The stage of obtaining a short-term residence permit:
يجب على الأجانب الذين سيبقون في تركيا لفترة أطول من الفترة الممنوحة بموجب التأشيرة أو الإعفاء من التأشيرة أو لأكثر من 90 يوماً الحصول على تصريح إقامة، وبحسب القانون التركي هناك العديد من تصاريح الإقامة التي يجب على المستثمر الحصول عليها من أجل الحصول على الجنسية هو تصريح إقامة قصير الأجل.
3. Turkish Citizenship Application Submission:
After obtaining the short-term residence permit, and the certificate of conformity that proves the compatibility of the investment that the applicant will make with the conditions of Turkish citizenship, the investor then can submit the application to obtain the Turkish citizenship for themselves and for their spouse and children below 18, this application will be submitted to the offices of the Immigration Administration in Istanbul and Ankara, if the application was in other city, it should submitted to the city Population and Citizenship Directorate, the application then is submitted by the committee formed from the relevant ministries to the presidential office, where the decision to grant the citizenship is subject to approval by the president of the republic.
Conditions For Obtaining the Turkish Citizenship:
1. The applicant’s age should be more than 18 according to the Turkish civil law.
2. The applicant should have the discrimination ability and mental safety.
3. To live in Turkey in a legal manner for uninterrupted 5 years at least before submitting the application.
4. Not having a dangerous illness that could threat the public health.
5. Discipline and not to prejudice the laws of living in Turkey.
6. Knowing the Turkish language to a certain extent.
7. Not being a threat to the national security and to the public system.
8. A property value certificate from a certified property evaluation company.
9. Bank receipts stamped and certified by the sending and receiving banks which should be included in the citizenship file.
10. Earthquake insurance.
11. Two biometric images for the investor and one for the seller.
12. In case the investor’s agent is doing the investment transactions, the original power of attorney should be translated and certified.
13. If the investor does not speak any Turkish, its necessary to have a licensed translator during the transactions.
Duration of obtaining the Turkish Citizenship:
Obtaining the Turkish citizenship through investment would take more than a year, but it can be obtained within 3 to 4 months by getting help from a trusted and strong real estate company with an experience in the legal field like Horizon Turk Real Estate.
Horizon Turk Real Estate is By Your Side Until You Obtain the Turkish Citizenship:
Without a doubt the foreign investors need a strong and safe guide until they fulfill their goals, either in purchasing a property or in submitting a Turkish citizenship application, in this regard, Horizon Turk with its integrated team and its experience in both the real estate or legal field, offers everything that could facilitate the process for the investor, in order to achieve a successful investment that allows them to obtain the Turkish citizenship.
