Burak Unal

Burak Unal is the citizenship-by-investment process consultant at Turchina Group. He explains to Chinese-speaking clients the official requirements of each Turkish citizenship-by-investment route (the qualifying amounts, holding periods, certificates and documents), compares the administrative steps of the routes, and coordinates the process with the relevant institutions and with independent professionals: Turkish lawyers for legal work, and authorised banks, portfolio management companies and pension companies for any financial product a client chooses. He also coordinates property transactions and Turkish trademark and patent filings for Chinese clients.

His academic training is in finance. He completed his MSc in Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science, one of the world's leading finance programs, after his BSc in Business Management at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, generally regarded as Turkey's most competitive university. Before his current work he was a Financial Services Consultant at Oliver Wyman, the management consulting firm. This background gives him a strong analytical grounding together with a deep working knowledge of the Turkish commercial context; it is an educational and professional background, not an authorisation to give investment advice, and he does not recommend financial products or manage portfolios. Turchina Group is not an investment firm authorised by the Capital Markets Board of Türkiye (SPK), not a bank and not a law firm.

Alongside his consultancy role, Burak holds two Turkish professional registrations that are directly useful to clients. He is a licensed real-estate broker: his registered sole proprietorship, which trades as Bosphorus Brokers, holds Ministry of Trade real estate trading authorisation no. 3408704 (Taşınmaz Ticareti Yetki Belgesi). Where a Chinese client needs brokerage on a property purchase, it is provided through Bosphorus Brokers under a separate brokerage agreement, not by Turchina Group. He is also a registered trademark and patent representative before TÜRKPATENT (Marka ve Patent Vekili; patent registration no. 1677, trademark registration no. 2900), authorised to file and prosecute trademark, patent and industrial-design applications before TÜRKPATENT for rights holders, including foreign ones. This registration is distinct from qualification as an attorney-at-law (avukat): Burak does not give legal advice or represent clients in court, and court proceedings are handled by independent lawyers.

He works in Turkish, English, and Mandarin (working proficiency). Clients from Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore have engaged him directly for CBI, real-estate acquisitions, and Turkish brand protection since he joined Turchina.