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A selection of the most relevant news of the real estate market of the Republic of Turkey is in our weekly digest.
The first week of the new year, 2023, was "marked" mainly by statistical news. Although the topic of investments of foreign citizens in the real estate sector of Turkey - and the volume of investments - remain on the agenda among the key topics.
So, Turkey is in the top of the requests of Russian investors in foreign real estate. Russians are also interested in the UAE and Cyprus; for obvious reasons, the interest of our compatriots in "visa" countries has cooled somewhat.
It is curious that citizens of other states permanently residing in Turkey at the end of 2022 counted more than 5 million - and this is only officially living in the country.
Perhaps this was one of the reasons for the difficulties in obtaining a tourist residence permit, which became known literally in the last days of the outgoing year (recall, in the case of a residence permit for the purchase of housing in "open" areas, owners have nothing to worry about yet).
On average, about 1.4 million units of residential real estate are sold annually in the Republic of Turkey; of these, the share of foreign buyers has already exceeded 5% - an unprecedented indicator.
The hotel industry is gradually making up for the damage caused by the pandemic and the subsequent economic crisis: three Turkish hotels were included in the TOP 10 best hotels in the world at once.
Well, the new Istanbul Airport, which "replaced" Ataturk Airport, continues to set one record after another: last year it became the leading air hub in Europe in terms of the number of flights received and dispatched.