The residence routes we hold for Türkiye, each requirement as its rule states it, and what a month costs in its cities. This page assesses no one.
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Low cost of living in euro terms; good value housing on the coast.
Antalya and Izmir have good climate and coast.
Large, young domestic market; strong manufacturing and tourism.
Good private healthcare at low cost.
Well connected by air; close to Europe and the Middle East.
Cons
High inflation and a volatile lira; planning in local currency is difficult.
Political and institutional risk; rule-of-law concerns.
Frequent rule changes on residence permits and foreign property.
Turkish is needed outside tourism; business culture is relationship-based.
Earthquake risk, notably in Izmir; summer heat.
Emigrator’s assessment, 6 October 2026. Where a point names a figure, the sourced data above governs.
Routes we hold for Türkiye
What each rule states, as we encoded it from the source. A money threshold that grows with the size of the household is shown for the reference household named under the costs.
Short-term residence permit
Draft — not checked by us yet
We built these rules from the country’s own sources and have not finished checking them line by line.
Never checked · limit 45 days
We have encoded no rule for this route yet.
What the authority states and we cannot test
Quoted in the authority’s own words rather than summarised. No rule of ours tests these.
to apply, claiming one or more of the reasons stipulated in paragraph one of Article 31 and submit supporting information and documents regarding the application
Stated by Presidency of Migration Management (Göç İdaresi Başkanlığı) — Law on Foreigners and International Protection, Law No. 6458, official English translation, art. 32(1)(a)
owns immovable property in Turkey
Stated by Presidency of Migration Management (Göç İdaresi Başkanlığı) — Law on Foreigners and International Protection, Law No. 6458, official English translation, art. 31(1)(b)
to live in accommodation conditions that conform to general health and safety standards; upon request, to present criminal record certificate issued by the competent authorities in their country of citizenship or legal residence
Stated by Presidency of Migration Management (Göç İdaresi Başkanlığı) — Law on Foreigners and International Protection, Law No. 6458, official English translation, art. 32(1)(c)
A month here, for a reference household
Reference household: two adults aged 38 and 37, a one-bedroom home, no children.
Residence fees and health cover are those of Short-term residence permit. The low, middle and high figures are the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles where a publisher states them; each line says who published it.
illustrative Money figures on this page are illustrative unless the figure names its publisher. The illustrative ones are arranged so the shape is right — a larger flat costs more than a smaller one, and the expensive cities are the expensive ones — and they are accurate in nothing. Do not plan on them.
City
P25
P50
P75
AntalyaThis total does not include Building or service charge, Statutory levies and licences, Residence permit renewals and Domestic help, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.
€1,224
€1,657
€2,091
IzmirThis total does not include Building or service charge, Statutory levies and licences, Residence permit renewals and Domestic help, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.
Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.
Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.
How this country is governed
World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2024, on a 0–100 scale the Bank publishes itself. They describe the country, not any city in it.
Political stability and absence of violence
49the World Bank governance score for political stability
Rule of law
42the World Bank governance score for rule of law
Control of corruption
36the World Bank governance score for control of corruption
Rule set 1.58.0-2026-10-11 · read on 26 October 2026. Every figure on this page was computed by the engine from versioned rule files. No language model produced any number here, and translation happens only after the calculation.
