Turkish Citizenship by Investment (CBI)

The Turkish CBI program accepts one of three qualifying routes: (1) USD 400,000+ in Turkish real estate, one property or multiple combined; (2) USD 500,000 deposited in a Turkish bank; or (3) USD 500,000 invested in an approved private pension fund. All qualifying investments must remain in Turkey for 3 years. Real-estate purchases must come with a 3-year non-resale annotation on the title deed.

From opening a Turkish bank account to receiving the passport, the complete process typically runs 8–12 months. Steps include tax-ID registration, investment execution, the foreign-currency purchase certificate (DAB), real-estate valuation (for the property route), the eligibility certificate (Uygunluk Belgesi), the J-type investor residence permit, the citizenship application, and ID/passport collection. With documentation ready from day one, our average is 6–9 months.

Your spouse and any children under 18 qualify under the same investment, at no additional cost. Parents, adult children (18+), siblings, and other relatives do not qualify under the same application, they would need their own qualifying investment or a separate residency pathway (work permit, student permit, or property purchase under thresholds).

Turkey permits dual citizenship. However, the People's Republic of China does not recognise dual nationality, acquiring a foreign passport may be treated as automatic loss of Chinese nationality, which can affect your children's long-term schooling, social insurance, and inheritance rights in China. Before applying, we strongly recommend a cross-border planning session covering: how the new passport will be used, what (if anything) to declare to Chinese authorities, and how to protect your family's long-term position. This is not 'one more passport', it deserves a 10-year plan.

3 years from the title-deed transfer (real estate) or deposit date (bank / pension fund). During the 3-year lock-up: real estate carries an explicit non-resale annotation registered in the land registry, and bank or pension fund balances are blocked. After 3 years, you may sell, withdraw, or restructure the investment freely, your Turkish citizenship remains permanent. Withdrawing or transferring the investment before 3 years results in revocation of the citizenship.

We run the complete CBI engagement as your project manager: independent property valuation coordinated through an SPK-licensed appraiser (avoiding the inflated-CBI-property trap), Turkish tax-ID and bank account opening, foreign-currency purchase certificate (DAB) compliance, the single most-failed step, title-deed transfer with the correct 3-year annotation executed at the land registry, then the eligibility certificate, J-type investor residence permit, and citizenship application, each filed by your independent Turkish lawyer while we manage the file and report to you at every milestone. Beyond the procedural work, we coordinate the cross-border tax planning and China-side nationality strategy that brokers don't touch. Our fees are transparent and agreed in writing before we start.