Turkish Living Forums - anybody know the number of expats living in turkey

15th August 2005, 13:56	#1
shirleyanntr Senior Member	anybody know the number of expats living in turkey wondering if anybody has the figure for foreigners living permanently.in turkey (or with property here) also whats the breakdown of the numbers..eg brits scandanavians germans etc and also the areas they have chosen. in alanya there is a big mix of europeans...last two years has seen hundreds of irish people moving here. ive been here 10 years now and at that time was told there was about 5000 expats in alanya...sure it must have doubled now. just curious.

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15th August 2005, 14:07	#2
lorraine Non Active Member	Re: anybody know the number of expats living in turkey Shirley, there was a break down of this in the land of lights recently, if I can find this will post, but of course it does not include the Tapu's that are still in the pipeline and this could amount to a few thousand more.

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15th August 2005, 14:08	#3
merlin Non Active Member	Re: anybody know the number of expats living in turkey I am not sure those statistics are in the public domain shirleyann? Merv!

15th August 2005, 15:12	#4
CrescentHomes Senior Member	Re: anybody know the number of expats living in turkey Below are the figures for foreigners living permanently in Turkey according to National Police Department. I think these statistics don't cover visas less than 3 months. 1995 - 84,627 1996 - 106,473 1997 - 135,914 1998 - 151,489 1999 - 162,229 2000 - 168,047 2001 - 161,254 2002 - 157,670 2003 - 152,203 2004 - 157,201 21,378 Work visa 21,943 Student visa Last edited by CrescentHomes : 15th August 2005 at 15:32.

15th August 2005, 15:16

merlin

Non Active Member

Re: anybody know the number of expats living in turkey

Quote:

Originally Posted by merlin

I am not sure those statistics are in the public domain shirleyann?

Merv!

But I am sure Mustafa knows them

15th August 2005, 15:18

lorraine

Non Active Member

Re: anybody know the number of expats living in turkey

Shirley I know I saw a break down somewhere, but as this is ever changing i am sure that they are not able to keep up.

I found the article inthe 'Land of Lights' but as it is not online as yet I have retyped it for you. does not give number of which countries have purchased but is interesting reading all the same.

Quote:

Taken from article in 'The Land of lights'
In Alanya number of foreigners owning property reached 6 thousand

In Alanya ther were 10 thousand residences a year and a half ago which number is 130 thousand now. Foriegners have bought a total 6 thousand houses in the town and the proces of property and land have gone up 3 to 4 times.

There is a great boom in residences in the town of Alanya, Antalya. This was brought about by foreign demand for residences in town in the last 5 years. It has been ascertained that during the course of the last 25 thousand new residences were constructed in Alanya and 9 thousand 800 sales were finalized in the last six months of the current year.

Based on the data furnished by the central administration in Alanya and the 17 municipalities in the vicinity, as well as the records of the Turkish Electricity Distribution Inc. (TEDAS) and the Directorate of the Title Deeds, there were 80 thousand residences in the town in 2001 which increased to 120 thousand by the end of 2004 and reached 130 thousand with those constructed during the first 6 months of this year.

It has been established that this boom in real estate was realized primarily in the centre of the town as well as in the Mahmutlar, Kestel, Oba, Kargicak, Tosmur, Avsallar and Türkler districts. The records of the Alanya Directorate of the Title Deeds reveal a continuous upward trend in annual sales. Last year approximately 12 thousand sales were finalized whereas 9 thousand 800 sales were made during the first 6 months of the current year, with an average daily purchase of 100-120 flats. It was stated that 5 thousand 774 flats have been sold to foreigners in Alanya since 1997. With the sales during the last 15 days included, this figure has reached 6 thousand.

Kerim Taç the cahirman of the Alanya chambers of Commerce and Industry, said that the total residences in Alanya, including those not having received licences as yet, were over 150 thousand, and that the prices of properties had increased approximately 4 fold. Taç commented that the price for a flat was about 20-25 thousand Euro in 2002 which increased to 80-100 thousand Euro in the centre of Alanya, and is expected to increase further in forthcoming years. Taç added that the number of residences bought by Europeans in Alanya was over 6 thousand and taking into account those awaiting deeds and licenes, this figure would reach 8 thousand in a short while and even reach 10 thousand in a few years. The interest indicated in this sector resulted in an increase in those involved in the real estate and construction fields. Until 5 years ago, there were 20-30 construction companies and real estate agents, now there are over 600..

15th August 2005, 15:31	#7
CrescentHomes Senior Member	Re: anybody know the number of expats living in turkey As if you would add the folks still waiting for their title deeds, the figure would be differently.

16th August 2005, 12:59	#8
shirleyanntr Senior Member	Re: anybody know the number of expats living in turkey thanks lorraine..thats really interesting. i met a couple at the weekend from uk.(it was actually amazing cos it turned out we were even from the same village..in the north east although i had lived most in wales and she in germany..weird..sorry off topic) we need a few more brits in turkey..dont want to be outnumbered by those euro folks theres a population number as you go into alanya..last year it was 110,000 now it 88,500 : crazy: they need more fingers to count on