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Short-term residence — owner-occupied residential property

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Is this aimed at retirees, pensioners, financially independent people, passive-income holders or another profile?

This is purpose 2 of the Turkish short-term residence permit: foreigners who will own immovable property in Türkiye. The qualifying profile is defined by ownership of a property used as a house, not by retirement, pension or passive income.

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  • The page does not describe the applicant as a retiree, pensioner or passive-income holder; it defines the purpose by property ownership only.
  • Section 1 SHORT-TERM RESIDENCE PERMIT
    2-Foreigners who will own immovable property in Turkey;
  • Section 1 SHORT-TERM RESIDENCE PERMIT
    If foreigners who own immovable property demand residence permit, the immovable property must be house and used for this purpose. Moreover, immovable property used as house in shared or cooperated property covering family members gives residence permit application right also to the family members.

Which types of income/assets are accepted according to the official source?

What the page accepts is immovable property: where foreigners who own immovable property request a residence permit, the immovable property must be a house and be used for that purpose. The official source does not state which income or assets, other than the property, are accepted.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not state which income or assets are accepted; it addresses the property only.
  • Section 1 SHORT-TERM RESIDENCE PERMIT
    If foreigners who own immovable property demand residence permit, the immovable property must be house and used for this purpose. Moreover, immovable property used as house in shared or cooperated property covering family members gives residence permit application right also to the family members.

What income, savings or financial-resources threshold applies and how does family affect it where officially specified?

No financial threshold is stated for this purpose on the official page. The requirement is qualitative: the immovable property must be a house and must be used as a house. The general Article 32 conditions also apply. The official source does not state a family uplift.

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Limits of the record
  • The page states no property value, income or savings threshold for this purpose, and no family multiplier. No minimum amount should be assumed.

Can the holder work locally, run a business or perform other economic activity? What is the family position?

The page attaches no work or business right to this purpose, and a residence permit is cancelled if it is used outside the purposes for which it was issued. On family, immovable property used as a house in shared or cooperative ownership covering family members gives those family members the right to apply for a residence permit as well.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not state whether the holder may work or run a business under this purpose.
  • Section 1 SHORT-TERM RESIDENCE PERMIT
    If foreigners who own immovable property demand residence permit, the immovable property must be house and used for this purpose. Moreover, immovable property used as house in shared or cooperated property covering family members gives residence permit application right also to the family members.
  • Section 1 SHORT-TERM RESIDENCE PERMIT
    - it is established that the residence permit is used outside the purposes of those it is issued for,

How long is the status granted, what is required for renewal, what physical-presence obligations matter, and what longer-term residence direction exists?

A short-term residence permit is issued for a maximum two-year period each time. It is refused, cancelled or not renewed where one or more of its conditions are not met or no longer apply, where there is a current removal decision or entry ban, or upon violation regarding the period lived outside Türkiye. A long-term residence permit is issued by the governorates, upon Ministry approval, to foreigners with at least eight years' continuous residence in Türkiye on a permit or who meet Ministry conditions; half of student-permit time and all other permit time count towards the eight years.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not state the permitted period outside Türkiye for this purpose.
  • The page states no renewal procedure specific to the property purpose.
  • https://en.goc.gov.tr/residence-permit-types
    Short-term residence permit is issued maximum for a two-year period each time except the foreigners mentioned in 13th and 14th items above.
  • https://en.goc.gov.tr/residence-permit-types
    13-Foreigners who do not work in Turkey but will make an investment within the scope and amount that shall be determined by the Council of Ministers, and their foreign spouses, his and her foreign minor children or foreign dependent children;
  • https://en.goc.gov.tr/residence-permit-types
    14-Citizens of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus;
  • https://en.goc.gov.tr/residence-permit-types
    Under the following cases a short-term residence permit shall not be granted, shall be cancelled if has been issued, and shall not be renewed when: - one or more of the conditions provided for short-term residence permit are not met or no longer apply,
  • https://en.goc.gov.tr/residence-permit-types
    - there is a current removal decision or an entry ban to Turkey in respect to the foreigner, - upon violation regarding the period which is lived outside of Turkey
  • https://en.goc.gov.tr/residence-permit-types
    - A long term residence permit shall be issued by the governorates, upon approval of the Ministry, to the foreigners that have continuously resided in Turkey for at least eight years on a permit or to foreigners that meet the conditions set out by the Ministry.
  • https://en.goc.gov.tr/residence-permit-types
    - Having continuous residence in Turkey for at least eight years (In calculation of continuous eight years, half of the duration of student resident permits, as stated in Law Article 38, and the full duration of all other types of residence permits shall be taken into account.);

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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