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Yatırım yoluyla vatandaşlık tartışması: 10 yılda kaç bin kişiye verildi?
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What the document holds
Kronos (8 Aug 2026) explainer on Turkish citizenship by investment: Istanbul operation (16 provinces, 90 suspects, 72 detained, 687 irregular citizenships), ministry figures on 6,134 cancelled citizenships (1,413 investors; 1,150 certificates cancelled / 5,391 people; 263 investors / 743 people on security grounds), regulation history (2016 law change, USD 1m in 2017, USD 250,000 from 19 Sep 2018, USD 400,000 in 2022, other USD 500,000 routes and 50 jobs), 2024 valuation monopoly (already an event), Minister Çiftçi's 29 May 2026 totals (in the data), the bar association's case and three Council of State decisions (now events), EPRS figures cited by the Presidency (132,000+ people, EUR 21.4bn+ in the EU 2011-2019). Not extracted: individual wanted persons who bought property (named individual cases); out of scope: all naturalisations by authority decision 2016-2025 (562,701 gained, 213,444 lost; yearly figures) and Syrians naturalised (238,733), which are not investment-route figures.
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Numbers (11)
- CBI inflowsUSD 16,074 million2026-05-29 · Kronos Haber 2026Reported by othersTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Dependants granted citizenship122,805 persons2026-05-29 · Kronos Haber 2026Reported by othersTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Irregular naturalisations detected687 persons2026-08 · Kronos Haber 2026Reported by othersTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Main applicants approved51,762 persons2026-05-29 · Kronos Haber 2026Reported by othersTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- People granted citizenship174,567 persons2026-05-29 · Kronos Haber 2026Reported by othersTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Program citizenships revoked6,134 persons2026-08-04 · Kronos Haber 2026Reported by othersTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Program citizenships revokedApplicant: Main1,413 persons2026-08-04 · Kronos Haber 2026Reported by othersTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Program citizenships revokedCategory: Investment certificate cancelled5,391 persons2026-08-04 · Kronos Haber 2026Reported by othersTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Program citizenships revokedApplicant: Main · Category: Investment certificate cancelled1,150 persons2026-08-04 · Kronos Haber 2026Reported by othersTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Program citizenships revokedCategory: Public order or national security743 persons2026-08-04 · Kronos Haber 2026Reported by othersTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Program citizenships revokedApplicant: Main · Category: Public order or national security263 persons2026-08-04 · Kronos Haber 2026Reported by othersTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
Rules and prices (9)
- Property purchasemain applicantUSD 250,000Since 19 Sep 2018 · Kronos Haber 2026Türkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Property purchasemain applicant (property with a 3-year no-sale undertaking)USD 400,000Since 2022 · Kronos Haber 2026Türkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Bank depositmain applicant (kept 3 years)USD 500,000Date not stated · Kronos Haber 2026Türkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Fixed capital investmentmain applicantUSD 500,000Date not stated · Kronos Haber 2026Türkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Government bondsmain applicant: government debt instruments or investment fund (kept 3 years)USD 500,000Date not stated · Kronos Haber 2026Türkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Payment into a private pension schememain applicantUSD 500,000Date not stated · Kronos Haber 2026Türkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Property purchasemain applicant (property with a 3-year no-sale annotation)USD 1,000,00012 Jan 2017 – 18 Sep 2018 · Kronos Haber 2026Türkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Time the property must be heldmain applicant: no-sale annotation on the property3 yearsSince 12 Jan 2017 · Kronos Haber 2026Türkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Jobs to createmain applicant50 jobsDate not stated · Kronos Haber 2026Türkiye · Citizenship by investment
Timeline (7)
- Turkey raids fake valuations used for citizenshipAug 2026ScandalTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Turkey updates its total citizenship-by-investment numbers29 May 2026ContextTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Council of State dismisses the annulment case (no standing); appeal pending11 Sep 2025LegalTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Council of State plenary rejects the bar association’s objection for lack of standing1 Nov 2023LegalTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Council of State refuses to stay the investor citizenship rules18 May 2023LegalTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Union of Turkish Bar Associations sues to annul the investor citizenship rules2022LegalTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
- Article 12 of the Citizenship Law amended to allow investor naturalisation (date as given by Kronos)28 Jul 2016Legal basisTürkiye · Citizenship by investment
2 more rows from this document are in the source data but not on this site: numbers we would have had to work out ourselves, figures a later correction replaced, or programmes outside these datasets.
About the document
What it covers Quotes Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi's 29 May 2026 answer to journalist Kemal Öztürk (174,567 persons; 51,762 investors; 122,805 family members; USD 16.074bn); timeline; Council of State case of the Bar Association; first-wave figures (687).
Notes Secondary. Original Çiftçi interview (reportedly with Al Jazeera Türk / Kemal Öztürk) not located. URL redirects from kronos41.news. Also gives yearly totals of ALL naturalisations by 'competent authority decision' (e.g. 79,757 in 2019) which are NOT CBI figures and are not recorded here.
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