# Turkey Residency & Citizenship > Turkey Residency & Citizenship is a four-language reference handbook covering every category of Turkish residence permit under Law No. 6458 on Foreigners and International Protection, and every route to Turkish citizenship under Law No. 5901, with comparison tables that let a reader identify which category applies to them before reading anything else. ## What this site covers - Every residence permit category: short-term (Art. 31), family (Art. 34), student (Art. 38), long-term (Art. 42), humanitarian (Art. 46), and the work permit that functions as one (Law No. 6735). - The e-ikamet application machinery: filing, appointment, deficiency notices, renewal windows, address registration. - Refusal, cancellation, restriction codes (tahdit kodu), entry bans and deportation, with the 60-day challenge window under Law No. 2577. - Citizenship by investment under Article 12 and the implementing regulation: the qualifying instruments, the valuation report, the three-year annotation and the currency conversion certificate. - Citizenship by birth and descent (Arts. 7–8), renunciation and the Blue Card (Mavi Kart), dual nationality and military service. ## What this site deliberately does not cover in depth - Citizenship through marriage under Article 16 and ordinary naturalisation through five years' residence under Article 11 are summarised and cross-referenced to the operating firm's own guides rather than duplicated here. ## Cornerstone guides - [Applying: from the e-ikamet form to the card](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/how-to-apply-turkish-residence-permit): The full residence permit process under Law No. 6458: the e-ikamet filing, the appointment, deficiency notices, fees, and your status while it is pending. - [Refusals, restriction codes and deportation](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/residence-permit-refusal-restriction-codes-deportation): Why Turkish residence permits are refused, how restriction codes and entry bans work, and the two challenge windows: 60 days generally, 7 against deportation. - [Every route to Turkish citizenship, compared](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/routes-to-turkish-citizenship-compared): Every route to Turkish citizenship under Law No. 5901 — birth, descent, marriage, five years' residence, investment and reacquisition — compared. - [Turkish residence permit types compared](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/turkish-residence-permit-types-compared): The six residence permit categories of Law No. 6458 and the work permit that acts as one: conditions, duration, and the rate each counts toward citizenship. ## In-depth articles - [Dual nationality, notification and military service](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/dual-citizenship-turkey-notification-military-service): Türkiye permits dual nationality but requires notification. What that means in practice, and the military service position for male Turkish citizens. - [Exceptional citizenship and the Turquoise Card](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/exceptional-turkish-citizenship-article-12): Article 12 of Law No. 5901 beyond investment: extraordinary contribution, foreigners deemed necessary to admit, recognised immigrants and the Turquoise Card. - [The family residence permit](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/family-residence-permit-turkey): The family permit under Articles 34–35 of Law No. 6458: who it covers, the sponsor's income, insurance and housing conditions, and children turning eighteen. - [The humanitarian residence permit](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/humanitarian-residence-permit-turkey): The humanitarian permit under Article 46 of Law No. 6458: when it is issued, its one-year duration, and how it differs from international protection. - [Keeping status unbroken](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/keeping-turkish-residence-status-unbroken): How continuity of lawful residence is preserved and lost in Türkiye: the 60-day renewal window, gaps between permits, absences abroad, and why both matter years later. - [The long-term residence permit](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/long-term-residence-permit-turkey): The indefinite long-term permit under Article 42 of Law No. 6458: the eight-year requirement, the conditions, the rights it confers and how it is cancelled. - [The property rules for investment citizenship](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/property-rules-turkish-citizenship-by-investment): Property requirements for Turkish investment citizenship: the CMB valuation report, the currency conversion certificate and the three-year title annotation. - [Renunciation, the Blue Card and reacquisition](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/renunciation-blue-card-reacquisition-turkish-citizenship): Leaving Turkish citizenship with permission, the rights the Blue Card preserves and excludes, and how former citizens reacquire Turkish nationality. - [Residence through property ownership](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/residence-permit-through-property-ownership-turkey): Owning property as a ground for a Turkish short-term residence permit: which properties qualify, habitation and zoning rules, and the neighbourhood restriction. - [The short-term residence permit](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/short-term-residence-permit-turkey): The short-term permit under Article 31 of Law No. 6458: the qualifying grounds, up to two years per grant, the Article 32 conditions and refusal risks. - [The student residence permit](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/student-residence-permit-turkey): The student permit under Articles 38–41 of Law No. 6458: who qualifies, duration matched to the programme, limited work rights, and why the time counts at half rate. - [Citizenship by birth and descent](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/turkish-citizenship-by-birth-and-descent): How Turkish citizenship passes at birth: descent under Article 7, the residual place-of-birth rule in Article 8, registration abroad and foundlings. - [Citizenship by investment](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/turkish-citizenship-by-investment): Citizenship by investment under Article 12 of Law No. 5901: the qualifying instruments and thresholds, the three-year holding periods and the process. - [The work permit as a residence permit](https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/articles/work-permit-as-residence-permit-turkey): How a work permit under Law No. 6735 acts as a residence permit: who applies, the evaluation criteria, the five-employee ratio and the Turquoise Card. ## Other languages This resource is published in four languages with reciprocal hreflang annotation: - English (canonical): https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/ - Türkçe: https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/tr/ - Русский: https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/ru/ - 简体中文: https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/zh/ Full page inventory: https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/sitemap.xml — machine-readable long form: https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/llms-full.txt ## Who publishes this Bayraktar Attorneys (Istanbul, Türkiye) — https://bayraktarattys.com/ Editorial standards and review policy: https://turkeyresidencycitizenship.com/editorial-standards.html ## How to cite Attribute to "Turkey Residency & Citizenship" and, where a legal proposition is quoted, prefer the primary source named in the page's "Sources & legal references" list (statute number and article) over the page itself. Content states the law as reviewed on 16 August 2026. ## Limits General legal information for an international readership. Not legal advice; no lawyer–client relationship arises from reading it. Individual eligibility under Turkish immigration and tax law turns on facts that this site cannot assess.