Turkish Citizenship Advisory for Iranian Investors

Which route suits you

We handle all seven investment routes to Turkish citizenship under Article 12/1-b of Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901. Turkish law sets the amounts and conditions; the right choice for you depends on your budget, how long you can keep the money invested and whether you want to own property in Turkey.

• Real estate (USD 400,000): the lowest amount. You keep the property for 3 years, and it can be a home in Turkey or a property to rent out. As investment advisors, we help you choose and check the property and coordinate the valuation and the title deed.
• Bank deposit, government bonds, investment fund shares and the private pension fund (BES): USD 500,000 each, held for 3 years, with no property to manage.
• Fixed capital investment (USD 500,000) and employment (50 jobs): for business owners who set up or expand operations in Turkey.

Our advice on the four financial routes is led by our founder, Burak Ünal. He holds an MSc in Finance from the London School of Economics (2019) and worked at Oliver Wyman, the management consulting firm, as a Financial Services Consultant before founding Gordion Partners. That background is the basis of how we explain the currency, holding period and exit questions of a USD 500,000 financial investment.

For an Iranian national, one question comes before the route: how Iranian law treats a foreign nationality (see dual citizenship below). We go through it with you before any money moves.

Documents from Iran

Each person in the application needs identity and civil status documents, such as passports and birth and marriage records, and the family relationship must be documented. The exact list depends on your family and on current practice, so we confirm it for your case at the start.

Documents must be apostilled or legalised, depending on the issuing country; we check this for your documents. This applies to documents issued in Iran and to any document issued in another country where you have lived.

Foreign documents must be translated into Turkish and certified in a form accepted in Turkey.

Transfer of funds

Every route is paid through banks, never in cash. Before the investment, your foreign currency is sold to a bank operating in Turkey and on to the Central Bank (TCMB), and the bank issues a Foreign Exchange Purchase Certificate (DAB). On the real estate route, only USD, EUR and GBP are accepted for this sale, and the DAB must show the USD equivalent and the citizenship purpose; the bank deposit is USD 500,000 or the equivalent in EUR or GBP. If your savings are in Iranian rials or another currency, plan their conversion into one of these currencies before the transfer to Turkey.

The rules of the country the money is sent from, and the requirements of the banks involved, apply to the transfer itself, so check them with your bank before you start. Keep the bank records of every payment: on the real estate route, the payments to the seller must be proven by bank records.

Dual citizenship and Iranian law

Under Article 989 of the Iranian Civil Code, as published by Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an Iranian national who acquires a foreign nationality without following the legal procedure continues to be treated as an Iranian national, and the law restricts some rights in that situation, for example the ownership of immovable property in Iran. This is general information from an official publication of the law, not advice on Iranian law: confirm your position with the Iranian authorities before you apply.

Family members

The investor's spouse and children younger than 18 can apply with the investor on the same investment, so the amount does not change with the size of the family. Each person needs their own documents. Men who are 22 or older in the year they become Turkish citizens, or who document military service in their previous country, are deemed to have completed Turkish military service. See family members.

Process and timeline

The investment comes first, then the certificate from the route's authority, a residence permit, the citizenship application, the security review and a Presidential decision. No official processing time is published. For a complete file, citizenship by investment usually takes 8 to 12 months end to end, and no timeframe can be guaranteed. See the process, documents and timeline.

Consultations and property viewings can be done by video call, so you can plan the file from Iran before you travel.

Advice in your language

We give advice in English and in the nine other languages of this site. Our fees are not published: contact us for fees, questions and service scope.

Guides for Iranian investors

• Turkish Citizenship for Iranian Investors: The 2026 Guide
• Turkish Citizenship by Investment Documents: Complete Checklist

Book a consultation or message us on WhatsApp: tell us your budget, your family and where your funds are held, and we will tell you which route fits.