Life in Turkey Settled foreigners in Turkey – Part 5
Friday, 18 July 2008 01:00
Official figures for foreign property ownership in Turkey are given below:
Country | Number of properties owned by citizens |
Germany | 15,278 |
Great Britain | 12,749 |
Greece | 12,183 |
Holland | 2,739 |
Ireland | 2,541 |
Denmark | 1,905 |
Austria | 1,524 |
Norway | 1,213 |
USA | 1,148 |
Italy | 1,091 |
Total | 52,371 |
National Land Registry figures, 31st December 2006
The areas of Turkey where most of this foreign property ownership lies are the four provinces included in this research, together with Istanbul.
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Province | No. of properties in foreign ownership |
Antalya | 14,610 |
Istanbul | 10,695 |
Muğla | 8,251 |
Aydin | 5,839 |
Izmir | 4,572 |
Total | 43,967 |
National Land Registry figures as at 31st December 2006
Comparison between Tables 2 and 5 would seem to support the idea that not all the settled foreigners who own property have residence permits.
Next time we’ll look at the thorny issue of learning the language.
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