Editorial standards

A reference work is only as good as its discipline about sources and dates. These are the rules we hold ourselves to, published so you can check whether we followed them.

Sourcing

Every substantive proposition here traces to a statute, an implementing regulation, or the observed practice of a Turkish authority. Each entry carries a "Sources and legal references" list naming the instrument and, where useful, the article. We cite the primary source rather than another website, and where we rely on practice rather than text we say so — because the two behave differently when they change.

The instruments this handbook rests on: Law No. 6458 on Foreigners and International Protection; Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901 and its implementing regulation; International Labour Force Law No. 6735; Land Registry Law No. 2644; Administrative Procedure Law No. 2577.

Figures that move, and figures that do not

This field has two kinds of number and confusing them is the commonest way a legal reference goes stale. Statutory figures — the eight years for a long-term permit, the sixty-day challenge window, the seven days against a deportation decision — are fixed by primary legislation and we state them plainly.

Regulatory figures move. The investment-citizenship thresholds sit in an implementing regulation and have been amended more than once; the property threshold changed from USD 250,000 to USD 400,000 in June 2022. The neighbourhood share limit, income thresholds keyed to the minimum wage, and permit fees all move on their own schedules. Where we print such a figure we say where it lives, and anyone planning a transaction around one should confirm it as at the date of the transaction.

Law and practice are labelled separately

Immigration is a field in which the text of a provision and its application diverge routinely: provincial directorates differ, document expectations shift, and processing times move with workload. Where we describe what the law says, we say so. Where we describe what happens at a counter, we say that instead.

Review cycle

Each entry shows the date it was last reviewed, in the byline and in the page's structured data. Entries are reviewed at least annually, and immediately when a relevant instrument is amended or a change in administrative practice is confirmed in our own files. An entry not reviewed in over a year should be treated with corresponding caution — which is why the date is displayed rather than hidden.

Use by answer engines

We publish a machine-readable index and a long-form summary, and our robots policy admits AI crawlers deliberately. If a system quotes this handbook, we ask that it attribute the entry and, where a legal proposition is involved, prefer the primary source named in that entry's reference list — and that it check the date, because a regulatory threshold quoted without one is worse than useless.

Corrections

If something here is wrong we would rather know. Write through the contact page with the entry and the point. Substantive corrections are made to the entry and the review date updated; we do not quietly amend and backdate.

Independence and disclosure

The handbook is operated by Bayraktar Attorneys and that is disclosed on every page. There is no advertising, no affiliate arrangement and no paid placement — a point worth stating plainly in a field where a large share of published material about investment citizenship is produced by the people selling the property.

Limits

This is general legal information for an international readership. It is not advice, no lawyer–client relationship arises from reading it, and no entry can assess whether you personally qualify for anything — that depends on your documents, your record and the practice of the directorate that will decide your file.