TurkeyOpen — property from US$400,000 or US$500,000 in a deposit, bonds or fund. Taking Turkish citizenship ends Indian citizenship.
This is a decision, not a purchase. Turkey will grant citizenship to you, your spouse and your children under 18 for a US$400,000 property held three years, with no residence, language or integration test, and the process for Indian applicants has been running roughly ten to twelve months. But India does not permit dual citizenship. The day you voluntarily take a Turkish passport, section 9 of the Citizenship Act 1955 ends your Indian citizenship automatically. You surrender the Indian passport and can hold an OCI card instead. Everything else on this page — the E-2 angle, the money rules, the property traps — sits behind that one fact.
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The ways in
US$400,000 by official valuation report
Hold: Three years — recorded as a no-sale annotation on the title deed
More than one property can be combined if bought together. Payment must pass through Turkish banks, with the foreign currency sold to the Central Bank via your bank and a foreign-exchange purchase certificate issued.
Fits: Families who want a usable asset in Istanbul or on the coast alongside the passport.
US$500,000 in a Turkish bank
Hold: Three years
No property to value, manage or sell; capital is exposed to the bank and the lira environment.
Fits: Applicants who want the simplest paperwork and can lock the sum away.
US$500,000
Hold: Three years
Either Turkish government bonds or units of a Turkish investment fund.
Fits: Investors who prefer a financial instrument to a flat.
Employment for at least 50 people
Hold: Ongoing
A route for operating businesses, not passive investors.
Fits: Entrepreneurs already building a workforce in Turkey.
The facts, checked 2026-09-05
Where families lose money and years
The most serious mistake is discovering after approval that Indian citizenship is gone. It is automatic under section 9, not optional. OCI restores a great deal, but not the vote, not a government post, not farmland.
Some developments are priced for foreign buyers who want the passport, not for the market. A valuation report is required precisely so the state sees the true figure — and if that report comes in under US$400,000, the application fails and you own an overpriced flat.
Payment must go through Turkish banks with the currency sold to the Central Bank and a certificate issued. Cash or crypto leaves no certificate and no citizenship.
A Turkish passport does not give visa-free entry to the Schengen area, the UK, the USA or Canada. Its value lies elsewhere, and in the E-2 eligibility. Buy without an independent Turkish lawyer and you may learn all of this too late.
The India side nobody explains
India does not recognise dual citizenship. Under section 9 of the Citizenship Act 1955, voluntarily acquiring Turkish citizenship ends your Indian citizenship automatically, and the Indian passport must be surrendered. You can then apply for an Overseas Citizen of India card, which gives lifelong visa-free entry and most rights, but not voting, government employment or buying agricultural land. Anyone who wants to keep an Indian passport, hold a government post or vote should close this page here.
US$400,000 is exactly two person-years of the US$250,000 LRS allowance — a couple can remit it in a single financial year under purpose code S0005. From 1 April 2026, amounts above ₹10 lakh for investment purposes carry 20% TCS, adjustable or refundable, so plan cash for that as well as the price.
Turkish rules require the purchase money to pass through Turkish banks with the foreign exchange sold to the Central Bank, so a clean bank-to-bank trail from India serves both countries at once. While you remain an Indian tax resident, the property sits in Schedule FA and any rent is taxed in both countries with credit under the India–Turkey tax treaty.
Turkey holds a treaty with the United States that lets Turkish citizens apply for the E-2 treaty-investor visa. India has no such treaty. The E-2 needs a substantial investment in a real US business and is non-immigrant — it is not a green card and does not lead directly to one. For a founder who wants to operate in the US, that is the calculation; for everyone else it is usually not enough reason to give up Indian citizenship.
How it goes, with us
Before any property tour we sit with you and your family on what surrendering Indian citizenship means — OCI rights and their limits, government posts, voting, agricultural land. Only families who are clear-eyed on this go further.
A licensed valuation report is obtained on the chosen property. The report, not the sale price, must show US$400,000 or more.
Funds move from India under LRS through Turkish banks, the foreign-exchange certificate is issued, and the title deed is registered with a three-year no-sale annotation.
The relevant ministry confirms the investment meets the programme conditions.
A short-term residence permit is issued, then the citizenship application is lodged. For Indian applicants the whole chain has taken roughly ten to twelve months; the authority decides.
On approval, the Indian passport is surrendered and the OCI application prepared. Your CA settles the Indian tax position, including Schedule FA and treaty credit while you were resident.
What it costs
Property
US$400,000 minimum by official valuation
Title-deed transfer fee
Who pays is negotiable
4% of value
Valuation report
A few hundred US dollars
Independent Turkish lawyer
Professional fee
Application fees
Modest government charges
Annual property tax
Ongoing
Our own fee is fixed and quoted after the first call, with 18% GST included. Government and third-party costs are paid at cost.
No. India does not allow dual citizenship. Voluntarily acquiring Turkish citizenship ends your Indian citizenship automatically under section 9 of the Citizenship Act 1955, and you must surrender the Indian passport.
It gives lifelong visa-free entry to India and most of the rights of a citizen. It does not let you vote, hold a government job or buy agricultural land. For many business families that is workable; for others it is a deal-breaker, which is why we discuss it first.
No. There is no residence requirement, no language test and no integration interview. That is one of the reasons the programme attracts families who have decided to leave India but have not chosen where to live.
No. The application covers your spouse and children under 18. Parents would need their own route.
No. Turkish citizens need visas for the Schengen area, the UK, the USA and Canada. What Turkey offers that India does not is eligibility to apply for the US E-2 treaty-investor visa — a non-immigrant visa tied to a substantial investment in a real US business, not a green card.
Through LRS: each resident Indian may send US$250,000 per financial year, so two spouses reach US$400,000 together in a single year, with the transfer coded S0005 for overseas property. Above ₹10 lakh for investment purposes, 20% TCS applies from 1 April 2026 and is recovered through your return. The money must then pass through Turkish banks so the foreign-exchange certificate can be issued.
For Indian applicants the sequence — valuation, purchase and annotation, conformity certificate, short-term residence permit, citizenship application — has been taking roughly ten to twelve months. The authority sets the pace and we do not promise a date.
Then the property does not qualify, regardless of what you paid. That is why the valuation comes before the purchase, and why an independent Turkish lawyer, not the seller’s agent, should be steering the deal.
Other Turkey visas: see the Turkey page.
Checked 2026-09-05 against: Presidency of Migration Management, Republic of Türkiye · Investment Office of the Presidency · Ministry of Home Affairs, India — Citizenship Act 1955 (section 9) · RBI — Liberalised Remittance Scheme. Rules change; we re-check before any filing.
