The conditions for acquiring Turkish citizenship with the purchase of real estate have been changed. We shared this news and conditions of acquiring Turkish citizenship in our post about you.

This change will officially take effect after 12.06.2022.

What about the citizenship applications and the processes in the purchasing process until this time?

We gathered together the questions that started the purchase process in order to obtain Turkish Citizenship and what will happen on this date close to the new application.
If you have an additional condition that you are wondering about this subject, you can contact us. Here are the answers;

FAQ for Acquiring Turkish Citizenship during the transitions.

  1. Until what date is the 1-250.000 USD acquiring Turkish citizenship application valid?

Reply;
Applications made to our directorates in person or via webtapu/ALO181(webtapu) until 12.06.2022 at 24:00 will be considered over a value of 250,000 USD. In other words, for example
In case of application made on 13.06.2022, an evaluation is made over 400.000 USD.

2. Applications made through which channels will be considered valid?

Reply;

Only applications made via Webtapu or ALO 181(webtapu) until 12.06.2022 and 24:00 are considered valid.
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Applications made via e-radevu https://randevu.tkgm.gov.tr/tr/Appointment/eAppointmentStart will not be accepted because party and transaction information cannot be entered.

3-The acquiring Turkish citizenship application was made until 13.06.2022, but there are missing documents, in this case, what kind of method is followed by the land registry office?

Reply;

If any of the documents that determine the value (currency purchase document, valuation report and receipt) are missing, the application will be terminated by informing the relevant person.

4- How long can the land registry directorate hold the application in case of missing documents other than the document determining the value?

Reply;

In case of deficiencies arising from documents other than the documents determining the value, if the claimants do not apply to the directorate within 20 days, the relevant persons are notified by sending an SMS that “if they do not apply to the directorate within 10 days, the transaction will be cancelled”.

5- I applied before 13.06.2022 and my transaction was canceled due to a deficiency in determining the value. How will my application be evaluated after 13.06.2022?

Reply;

Applications received before 12.06.2022 at 24:00 but canceled due to deficiencies in value-based documents (currency purchase document, valuation report and receipt) should be renewed after 13.06.2022 and new documents (currency purchase document, valuation report and receipt) subject to value should be renewed. receipt) If it is determined that it was issued before 13.06.2022, the transaction is based on the value of 250,000 USD, regardless of the renewed application date.
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6- I applied for acquiring Turkish citizenship before 13.06.2022 and my transaction was canceled due to a deficiency determining the value. Can you explain with an example how my application will be evaluated after 13.06.2022?

Reply
An annotation/commitment application was made by the foreign national AA on 09.06.2022, but in case the application was closed because the receipt value was not found to be worth 250.000 USD in the examination carried out by the relevant directorate on 10.06.2022, in case an additional receipt dated 10.06.2022 is submitted by the foreign national AA It is possible to renew the application on 15.06.2022 and continue the process over 250,000 USD.

7- At the stage of certificate of conformity (regional directorate) If there are no missing documents but other documents are missing, what is the method to be applied?

Reply;

A value of 250,000 USD has been provided at the stage of the certificate of conformity, and if there is no deficiency in the value-based documents (currency purchase document, valuation report and receipt), the ongoing transactions due to other deficiencies are concluded even after 12.06.2022, if the relevant deficiencies are completed, over the value of 250,000 USD.
If the commitment is unintentionally removed during the completion of other deficiencies, the commitment is renewed and the process continues.

8- What is the method to be applied in case of a deficiency in value-based documents at the stage of certificate of conformity (regional directorate)?

Reply;

If the citizenship commitment has been taken but the commitment is canceled due to the fact that the 250,000 USD value sought at the stage of the conformity certificate is not provided or the missing documents (currency purchase document, valuation report and receipt) cannot be completed (except for the 4th article), 400,000 in the commitment process to be taken after 13.06.2022 The USD value is searched.

9- The immovable property was purchased before 13.06.2022 or an annotation of the promise of sale was made
however, a 3-year unsold annotation/commitment has not been placed. Can a 3-year unsold annotation be placed after 13.06.2022 in order to benefit from 250,000 USD?

Reply;
If a promise of sale contract has been drawn up at the notary public or the sale or promise of sale annotation has been registered at the land registry office, but the citizenship annotation/commitment has not been received and there is no annotation/commitment application within the framework of the specified procedures, the value of 400,000 USD is sought for the applications to be made after 13.06.2022.