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Short-term residence permit. Turkey’s general short-term residence permit, renewable yearly, is the option most foreign remote workers and retirees actually use, since Turkey has no digital-nomad visa as such.

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Short-term residence permit

A residence permit for up to 1–2 years at a time, renewable indefinitely while the underlying basis continues.

Who qualifies

Show a purpose for residence (property ownership, a lease, self-employment or study) and sufficient, regular means of support.
Law on Foreigners and International Protection No. 6458, Art. 31
Valid health insurance covering the stay in Turkey.
Directorate General of Migration Management, short-term residence permit

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

It could fit.

Turkey’s general short-term residence permit, renewable yearly, is the option most foreign remote workers and retirees actually use, since Turkey has no digital-nomad visa as such.

Every option that fits your family

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Time: 2–8 weeks, depending on the province; applications go through the e-İkamet portal.
Cost: About $100–350: a flat 810 TRY document fee plus a duration-based residence permit tax (roughly 1,877 TRY per month beyond the first), plus insurance and translations, on top of whatever underlies the permit (rent, property, business). Some nationalities (including Czechia, Denmark and Ireland) are exempt from the duration-based tax under reciprocity agreements.
The hard part: There is no fixed income floor in the statute, so approval depends on the individual office’s read of "sufficient means," and rules on renting as the sole basis have tightened in recent years in oversaturated districts.

Citizens by 2033.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

2027
First residence permit
2 years, renewable for 2 years at a time.
2029
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 2 years.
2031
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 2 years.
2032
Apply for citizenship
With a language test and a civics test.
2033
Citizenship

Language: Enough Turkish to get by in daily life, judged in an interview.
Civics: No written test. A provincial commission interviews you on your Turkish, your conduct and whether you have settled in Turkey.
Time away: Five years of uninterrupted lawful residence before applying. Time abroad may not add up to more than 12 months over those five years, and it counts toward the five years.
Two passports: Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Short-term permits count in full: 5 years (with no more than 12 months abroad) opens citizenship, and 8 years opens the long-term permit.
How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.

The law behind these dates

Living there.

Time you must spend there: No fixed day-count to hold the permit, but long absences can affect renewal and the residence time counted toward naturalisation.
Tax: Turkish tax residence follows the 183-day rule.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Start today.

Read the Directorate General of Migration Management’s short-term residence permit page.Open en.goc.gov.tr ↗
Gather these documents.
- Proof of how you will support yourselves
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health insurance that meets the program’s rules
- A lease or other proof of where you’ll live in Turkey

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