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Everything a foreign buyer needs to understand before committing: how the purchase works, what you legally receive as the Tapu (title deed), what it costs, and what it returns. Written by the team that handles it daily.
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The property route to a Turkish passport, step by step: where the USD 400,000 threshold is measured, who one investment covers, and what we settle before you commit.
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The property route is announced at USD 400,000 with a three-year title restriction. The main financial alternatives are announced at USD 500,000 or equivalent with a three-year holding condition, depending on the route and authority. The better route depends on control, liquidity, residence use, currency exposure and evidence tolerance.
Continue reading →The purchase price is the commercial bargain. The licensed appraisal or TTB value is official evidence used where the transaction or citizenship file requires it. For citizenship, iCanBuy language must use the official value route, not the seller's advert.
Continue reading →The announced property route is a property acquisition worth at least USD 400,000 with a title-deed restriction against sale for at least 3 years. That sentence is not enough to approve a Residence. The accepted value is settled by licensed appraisal or TTB evidence, payment evidence and the authority file.
Continue reading →The property route to a Turkish passport, step by step: where the USD 400,000 threshold is measured, who one investment covers, and what we settle before you commit.
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