Turkish citizenship by investment
As you may already know, new legislation has been passed changing the Turkish Citizenship Law. I wrote several articles earlier, and it is possible to find all articles in the online archive of Today’s Zaman. I have an interesting question which stands for a summary of several inquiries in respect to the same topic: acquisition of Turkish citizenship by investing in Turkey.
The e-mail I received was sent from Iran, and it reads as follows: “Dear Berk Çektir, I am from Iran/35 years old. I have a question about citizenship. There are some countries that grant citizenship to foreign persons through investments. I want to know if it is possible to obtain citizenship in Turkey through investment. All the best…”
Acquiring Turkish citizenship by way of investment is an exceptional way of gaining citizenship. The Turkish Citizenship Law gives a general rule for application on exceptional conditions or circumstances first.
The primary rule for being eligible to apply for Turkish citizenship is that the applicant should not be in a position endangering or threatening Turkish national security and Turkish public order. It is usually very difficult to determine who is endangering Turkish national security and who is not. “Public order” is another question mark that many scholars still cannot define. To sum up, this precondition for qualification as an applicant is in the hands of the Turkish Ministry of the Interior.
If the applicant is in compliance with this requirement, then he/she would be qualified for the later stages of application. Once the prequalification matter is resolved, then the following steps for applying for Turkish citizenship will be taken before the Ministry of the Interior and later before the Turkish Cabinet.
Applicant nomination
The applicant should be nominated by the relevant ministry with a reason for exceptional acquisition of Turkish citizenship. The applicant should be someone who brings in industrial plants to Turkey or a person who already is, or shall be, deemed to have rendered social, scientific, sportive, economic, technological, cultural or art-related services to Turkey, such as an athlete who will compete in the Olympic Games on the Turkish team.
In my former articles, I have given the example of Telman Ismailov, who built a $1.4 billion hotel and was deemed to be the first person who might be nominated for Turkish citizenship due to his huge investment.
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