For non-resident buyers, Turkey's first-sale VAT exemption is one of the largest single line items you can remove from acquisition cost. This brief models the saving, the costs it does not touch, and the three-year condition that decides whether the saving stays yours.

The Turkish citizenship-by-property route turns on a small set of hard numbers: a USD 400,000 valuation, a three-year hold, and a non-sale annotation on the title deed. This brief frames those rules as an investment decision rather than a checklist.