Turkey is currently ranked as one of the most important destinations around the world for Arab and foreign investors, due to its unique location between Asia and Europe and its integration between both Arab and Western cultures.

Several years ago, the Turkish government began enacting laws that help and encourage foreign investment operations within Turkish territory.

On top of these motivators is the decision to grant Turkish citizenship to investors, learn more about its details through our article "Turkish Citizenship through Real Estate Investment".

In this article, we will learn more about the Turkish passport: its arrangement around the world, its types, and its advantages.

What is the order of the Turkish passport? And how strong is it?

The recent laws of Turkish citizenship allow a foreign investor to obtain citizenship in the event of buying a property worth 250 thousand dollars, and therefore ownership has become one of the easiest ways to obtain a Turkish passport.

According to “Passportindex”, which specializes in evaluating passports, the Turkish passport ranks 35th worldwide.

The Turkish passport allows its holder to travel to 108 countries around the world without a prior travel visa "Visa", of which 58 countries are without a visa at all, 45 countries with a direct visa upon arrival at the airport, and 5 countries with an electronic visa.

There are 90 countries that need a visa before traveling, but due to the strength of the Turkish passport, admission rates are high in the embassies of those countries.

The countries that the Turkish passport allows you to enter without a visa vary in various continents of the world, Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America, and among those European countries are Ukraine, Serbia, Albania, Macedonia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and others.

In the future, if Turkey achieves its bid to enter the European Union, the strength of the Turkish passport will certainly double.

Other advantages of the Turkish passport:

The original passport is not forced to give up, but the dual citizenship system is available, which gives the possibility of owning more than one passport with the Turkish passport.

There are no specific specifications for the form of the property through which the investment is made, as it can be housing, land, offices, shops, etc., as long as it meets the conditions of citizenship through the property.

Turkish passport types:

1- Red passport (ordinary):

It is the general passport that is issued to all citizens of the Turkish Republic in addition to foreigners holding Turkish citizenship, and its advantages are the aforementioned advantages of traveling to more than half of the world's countries without a visa, in addition to the ability to vote in elections and legal residence on Turkish territory, and its validity extends to 10 Years.

2- Green passport (special):

It is a passport that is offered by the Turkish government in particular to people who have served the state or to personalities with high levels of employment such as parliamentarians and ministers, as well as some professors who hold high academic degrees, in addition to first, second and third-class government employees according to importance and seniority and according to certain conditions.

The advantages of the special passport: it makes it easier to obtain a visa for any country, in addition to dropping some conditions in the application papers such as a bank statement and others.

3- Gray passport (service):

It is the passport that is granted to state employees sent abroad on official missions such as embassies and consulates employees. It is not used for tourism purposes as it is returned after the end of the service period.

One of its advantages is that it grants the holder legal residence in the country to which he is sent, and may also have some additional powers in accordance with the agreement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the host country.

4- Black (diplomatic) passport:

It is the most valuable Turkish passport and it is given to high-ranking personalities such as the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, Ministers, Representatives of Parliament, Ambassadors, President of the Court, Army Generals, Prosecutors, High-level Presidential Officials, Head of Endowments and Mayors of Municipalities.

This passport gives its holder the right to enter any country around the world without a visa, search, or arrest, and the family of the passport holder will also obtain a similar passport.

Now that we know a little bit about the advantages and types of Turkish passports, how can we get them?

Ways to obtain a Turkish passport:

The first method: Foreigners can obtain a Turkish passport after three years of their marriage to a Turkish citizen or a Turkish citizen, with proof of the validity of the marriage and making sure that there are no signs indicating that it is a marriage of convenience, and the criminal record of those individuals is also checked.

The second method: residence in Turkey for five continuous years with a work permit.

The third method: granting exceptional citizenship, which is granted to distinguished cadres of academic degrees or for some special cases.

The fourth method: It is the easiest and fastest, through a real estate investment of 250 thousand dollars, which is obtained in most cases after 90 days of submitting all the proper official documents.

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