2017.01 Turkey Enacts Naturalization Bill: Invest $1 Million in Real Estate / $3 Million in Bank Deposits for Three Years

2018.09 Turkey Implemented New Policy: Investing $250,000 in Real Estate / $500,000 in Bank Deposits for Three Years

Due to the surge in the number of Turkish passports change of policy residence card validity from two years to one year

January 2020 Turkey's transfer tax increases from 3% to 4%

July 2020 Turkish passport naturalization name change requirements become stricter, name changes cannot be changed to an English name;

November 2020 Turkish passport naturalization age requirements become strict, children not approved before the age of 18 years old need to fill in the information and delay approval;

December 2020 Turkish passport naturalization data review becomes more stringent, marriage certificate documents required to be issued by the government of the country of citizenship

March 2021 Turkish motion: the same naturalized property can not be naturalized again after three years; repurchase of the financing type of property will be newly assessed

December 2021 Turkey's motion: property investment amount from 250,000 U.S. dollars to 500,000 U.S. dollars, convenient Hague certification is no longer recognized

February 2023 Turkey adds a new stage of submitting a residence application, requiring the main applicant to log in to Turkey to record residence fingerprints;

In May 2023, Turkey's general election, the opposition claimed to shut down the naturalization by investment program and received nearly half of the support;

August 20, 2023, Turkey's central bank announces the termination of the Currency Protection Deposit Account (CPDA) mechanism for nationals;

September 2023, post-election Turkish government's new housing assessment review department in Ankara, disguised as a tightening of housing assessments;

In October 2023, the approval of minor children was made stricter, requiring that the children be under the age of 18 at the time their naturalization was approved;

In November 2023, the main applicant will be required to provide a certificate of non-criminalization issued within the last six months before submitting a residence application.