Tax & legal help

The guide's tax picture for Turkey is a low property tax — 0.1–0.2% of registered value, 0.2–0.4% in big cities — alongside national income tax of 15–40% with no regional layer, and a $400k property route to citizenship. Beyond those figures it is advice-heavy and detail-light: it budgets for professional tax and estate advice at several points, and points readers to Turkey's official legislation system for the law itself.

Property and income taxes the guide does state

Property tax: 0.1–0.2% of registered value, 0.2–0.4% in big cities — the guide's “Taxes (property)” line, which adds “very low,” matched exactly in the site data. Note it is a percentage of registered value in the guide's own wording.

Income tax: none regional; national 15–40%. That single line is the guide's whole income-tax statement: there is no regional income-tax layer, and the national range runs from 15% to 40%. The guide gives no band thresholds, deductions or filing mechanics, so this page publishes none.

At the guide's rate of $1 ≈ ₺41, lira-denominated values convert at roughly that rate for planning — and the guide's own opening summary warns that inflation and a volatile lira need managing.

Citizenship by investment and the other schemes the guide names

The schemes list in the guide is short and specific: citizenship by $400k property investment, the Digital Nomad visa, the property-based residence permit, and health tourism — dental and hospital care at a fraction of Western prices. The citizenship route is the only one with a figure attached, and neither source gives holding periods, eligible-property rules or application steps for it. Health tourism is a price claim about care, not a tax scheme, and it is presented here only as the guide presents it.

U.S. expats: the obligations the guide actually covers

Be clear about what this guide does not do: it contains no U.S. filing rules — no mention of U.S. returns, foreign-account reporting, exclusions or credits — and the site data adds none. What the guide does, consistently, is budget and prompt for advice at the points where U.S. obligations bite:

• Before you become resident — the Luxury timeline takes “tax structuring advice before you become resident,” and the Mid-range checklist includes “tax advice taken on residency timing.”
• For retirees — a $1,150 line for tax and estate advice covering double-taxation, pension treatment and wills, plus checklist advice on your tax residency date and the pension treaty.
• Official U.S. channel — the guide lists the U.S. Embassy in Turkey among its official sources, and the Retirement checklist includes registering with the embassy or consulate.

That is the sourced position: take advice before residency, especially on double-taxation and pension treatment. Anything more specific about U.S. obligations would be unsourced here.

Legal and residency basics, with the official sources

The guide's official-law entry point is Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi, Turkey's official legislation system, listed with its URL in the guide and the site data; the site data also links a Wikipedia law overview from the country page. Everyday legal basics the guide does state: Turkey drives on the right, and after a move the settle stage includes registering your address and opening a bank account. For retirees, the checklist adds preparing a local will and power of attorney. One safety-related legal practicality the guide does flag: severe-weather risk scores 70/100, with major earthquakes among the risks named, and the guide advises checking building codes before renting or buying. The guide's own closing disclaimer applies to this whole page: figures were current at publication in 2026, tax rules and visa schemes change, and the guide is not legal, immigration or financial advice — verify against the official sources before you rely on them.

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