In short
A foreign natural person's acquisition of immovable property in Turkey is limited. Not every foreigner can buy every parcel. Military forbidden zones and special security zones can close acquisition. Reciprocity and presidential decisions change the frame. Which country's citizen it is open to is not listed in this article. A promise of sale is not land-registry registration.
The parcel is read from the land-registry record
The first document of acquisition is the land-registry record of the immovable property. The owner, the share, an annotation, a declaration, and any attachment or interim measure appear in this record. If the seller and the owner in the record are not the same, the transfer does not proceed before this difference is closed. If there is a power of attorney, the attorney's authority is read for which parcel, and which transaction, it covers. A general power of attorney may not carry authority to sell every immovable property.
A contract promising sale gives the buyer a personal right. It does not pass ownership. Even if the promise was made before a notary, registration at the land registry is required separately. Before registration, one does not say "the property is mine". The check to be made before the transfer is in the article on a check before transfer of title. This article does not rewrite that checklist. The question here is how the buyer being a foreigner changes the frame.
The character of the immovable property is also read. Agricultural land, forest, the coast, a protected site, or a special status can bring an extra limit independent of the foreign buyer. Without seeing the character, one does not say "it is free because it is a dwelling".
The limit comes before a country list
The statute has tied acquisition by natural persons of foreign nationality to a limit. Military forbidden zones and security zones are the concrete form of this limit. If the parcel is inside this zone, acquisition can close even if nationality is suitable. The boundary of the zone is read from the map and from the letter of the competent administration. An estate agent's brochure does not take the place of the zone letter.
Reciprocity and presidential decisions change which country's citizen can acquire, and on which conditions. When the decision changes, an old list stays wrong. This article does not line up country names. There are two documents in the file: the buyer's nationality, and the record of the parcel. The current restriction is in the decision that was announced, and in the document asked for during the land-registry transaction.
In dual nationality, through which nationality the application will be made is built from the passport and the civil-registry record. One does not say "they count as a Turkish citizen" by guesswork. Holders of a blue card and persons of foreign nationality are not put in the same mould. The status is read from the identity document.
A natural person and a company are not the same mould
Acquisition by a foreign natural person, and acquisition by a company with foreign capital, are not closed in the same sentence. Even if the company was formed in Turkey, the shareholding structure can give rise to the further examination the statute looks for. The examination does not mean an automatic refusal in every company. The nationality of the shareholders, the share ratios, and the place of the immovable property are read together. A ratio and a square-metre threshold are not frozen in this article. The threshold is taken from the current text and from the correspondence at the time of the transaction.
Passing by inheritance is not the same step as a sale either. Devolution proceeds with a certificate of inheritance and the land-registry transaction. A foreign heir brings documents different from a seller. This article does not explain how an inheritance share is divided.
Documents asked for at the land registry
On the day of the transaction, the land registry asks for identity, a photograph, a document of representation, and documents relating to the immovable property. For a foreign buyer, the passport and the document showing nationality come forward. Whether a translation and certification are required depends on the language of the document and on the directorate's practice that day. A missing translation can close the transaction that day. A missing document does not mean that acquisition is forbidden.
The price, the fee, and the revolving fund are part of the transaction. There is no sum in this article. The receipt shows that the land-registry fee was paid. Without the receipt, registration is not treated as complete.
How the parcel is read
If the immovable property is in Ankara, the record is at the Ankara land registry to which the property is attached. If the property is in another province, the directorate is in that province. The office being in Çankaya does not choose the parcel to be bought, and it does not change the land registry. The file is built according to the place where the parcel is.
Before a promise of sale, three records are read side by side. The first is the owner and the annotations in the land-registry record. The second is the buyer's nationality. The third is the current letter on whether the parcel is inside a military or security zone. If one of the three is missing, a sentence that "a foreigner buys" is not built. Memorising a country list does not take the place of these three documents.
Even if the buyer lives in Ankara, the immovable property can be in another province. The residence address does not change the directorate to which the property is attached. If the power of attorney was drawn up in Ankara, the text of the authority should also show the parcel in the other province expressly.
If the purchase price comes from abroad, the description of the bank transfer should match the names of the buyer and the seller. A description that does not match gives rise to a further question on the day at the land registry. The source document does not show that acquisition is free. It only shows which account the price left. There is no limit above the price in this article. The limit is in the legislation on the day of the transaction, and in the letter the land registry asked for.
A flat, a plot, or a field can give a different answer to the same question. The place presented as a dwelling appearing as a plot on the register changes the buyer's expectation. In a sale off a project, one looks at whether a construction servitude was established, and whether the independent-section number is clear. Without a number, one does not say "the flat will pass to me". A foreign buyer reads this record with the same care as a citizen buyer. Nationality does not complete a missing record.
Conclusion
A foreign natural person's acquisition of immovable property is limited. Military and security zones, and current decisions, change the frame. A promise of sale is not registration. There is no country list in this article. The frame is on the international law page. The basis is the text of the Land Registry Law No. 2644.