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Turkey Residence Permit Requirements: Do You Qualify?
See the means Turkey expects for a short-term residence permit for your household, and the property and citizenship investment routes.
How it works
Using the checker
- Enter who moves with you: the adults besides you (a spouse or partner, dependent parents) and the children.
- Enter your monthly means in Turkish lira and the savings you can show.
- Each route shows the amount it asks of your household and whether your figures meet it — by income, or by savings where the rules accept them.
How the amount is worked out
Foreigners who want to stay in Turkey longer than 90 days in 180 need a residence permit. The rules take your own declaration of means as the basis; only when it is not convincing does the migration office measure it against a benchmark — a third of the net minimum wage (₺28,075.50 a month in 2026) for each person in the household, never less than one minimum wage. Third-party undertakings alone are not enough.
- Short-term residence permit — up to one year at a time, renewable; tourism, owning property and family ties are the usual grounds.
- Owning a home — a home worth at least USD 200,000 when bought, lived in and not rented out, is itself a ground for the permit.
- Citizenship by investment — property of at least USD 400,000 kept for three years, or USD 500,000 in real-estate or venture-capital funds.
Before you apply
You will need a Turkish tax number, health insurance and a rental contract or title deed. A lawyer prepares the e-İkamet application and, for a purchase, checks the title deed and the valuation report.
1Your details
Spouse or partner, dependent parents
Salary, pension, rents, remote work
Money in the bank you can show
2Your result
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Your figures meet it
Short-term residence permit
Staying longer than 90 days in 180 — tourism, property, family reasons
- Income needed for your household
- ₺28,076 / month
- Or savings of
- ₺336,906
A third of the net minimum wage (₺28,075.50 a month, 2026) per person, never less than one minimum wage — Regulation on Law 6458, art. 22(6).
Your own declaration of means is the basis; the office asks for proof against this figure only when it is not convincing. Granted for up to 1 year, renewable.
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Depends on the investment
Residence permit by owning a home
Owners of a home in Turkey they live in
- Investment
- A home worth at least USD 200,000 when bought, lived in and not rented out
From the Directorate of Migration Management's list of documents (March 2025).
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Depends on the investment
Citizenship by investment
Turkish citizenship through an investment
- Investment
- Property of at least USD 400,000 kept 3 years, or USD 500,000 in real-estate or venture-capital funds
Title deed annotated not to be sold for 3 years.
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An estimate for planning, not legal or tax advice. Figures checked 26 Oct 2026. Sources: Regulation on Law 6458 (mevzuat.gov.tr), e-İkamet — documents for a short-term permit, SPK — citizenship by investment.
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