Buying a house for Turks was a dream.
Accommodation The facilitation of opportunities such as the granting of citizenship in exchange for the acquisition, sale of land and establishment of a company has triggered the sale of homes to foreigners in recent years. Home sales to foreigners increased by 172 percent from 2018 to 2022. The response to the parliamentary question submitted by CHP MP İzmir Özcan Purçu to the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change on home sales to foreigners revealed the explosion in home sales to foreigners. In the response of the Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, Murat Kurum, it was reported that sales for 190 thousand 124 million 624 thousand 488 TL were made to foreign real persons between January 1, 2018 and February 15, 2023 On the same dates, Iran, the Russian Federation, Iraq, Germany, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine occupied the top ten places in the acquisition of real estate such as residences and workplaces.
EXCEEDED 190 BILLION TL
CHP İzmir MP Özcan Purçu said in a statement on the subject: “While the ever-growing poverty-stricken citizen could not buy a gram of anything for his house, foreigners bought real estate like cheese and bread . The best proof of this has emerged in the response of the Minister for the Environment, Mr. Kurum. From 2018 to 2022, the amount of real estate purchased by foreigners increased by 172% and Turkey was alienated. Buying a house in our country, which has become a cheap land for foreigners, is a dream for Turks and an opportunity for foreigners.
Ozcan Purcú
‘People can’t pay rent’
cogeneration Izmir MP Özcan Purçu stated that the sale of residences to foreigners is also a citizenship that is distributed in plots under the AKP rule. Noting the difficulties faced by citizens regarding housing, Purçu said: “While Turks can’t even pay rent, while browsing ‘I’m looking for a roommate’ ads on the internet, the exponential increase in foreigners in the territory of Turkey is an extremely serious situation as families unite and pay the rent of the house in which they live”.