Guides to buying a home in Turkey

One guide for each kind of buyer we hear from, written for UK residents.

Looking in Antalya, Alanya, Fethiye or Bodrum?

On the coast especially, the title deed, the year of construction and your finance route decide what is feasible. Start with the money and the rules, and narrow the search afterwards.

Plan your purchase in Turkey

Kaş on the Turkish Riviera with its marina and bay
Buying
Made, reviewed and approved by Bas Terpstra14 October 20269 min read

Buying a holiday home in Turkey as a UK resident

What a British citizen can buy and where not, how the transfer at the Turkish land registry works, when a valuation report is still compulsory, and which costs and insurance go with the tapu.

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Villa with a private pool in Kalkan at dusk
Finance
Made, reviewed and approved by Bas Terpstra14 October 20269 min read

Funding a Turkish property from UK equity

Why a lira mortgage is not the logical choice for most UK buyers, and how savings, a further advance or a remortgage on your UK home are used in practice, with the sterling question included.

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Old harbour of Antalya with fishing boats below the Kaleiçi walls
Residence
Made, reviewed and approved by Bas Terpstra14 October 20269 min read

Residence permit and citizenship through Turkish property

For retirees and relocators: what a home does and does not do for a residence permit after the 90-day rule, how closed neighbourhoods work, and the conditions for citizenship by investment.

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Closely built apartment blocks with red-brown roofs in Alanya
Letting
Made, reviewed and approved by Bas Terpstra14 October 202610 min read

Letting a Turkish property as a UK landlord

For investors: the permit Turkey now requires for short lets, how rental income is taxed in Turkey and on your UK return, the 1986 treaty, and what happens on sale.

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