
Turkey’s Tax Holiday and Istanbul’s Serviced Apartments: One Investment, Two Returns
A 20-year tax exemption, a fast route to citizenship, and a property market on the rise: Ando Living makes the compelling case for Istanbul’s serviced apartments.
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Safak Nervo is a residency and citizenship-by-investment specialist at IMI Official Partner company Optylon Krea with 16 years of real estate experience across market research, retail, office, residential, and investment funds. Holding a Bachelor’s degree in City and Urban Planning from Istanbul Technical University, he advanced his career on both advisory and occupier/developer sides at international firms, including seven years at CBRE Turkey where he headed multiple departments before relocating to Portugal.
Since 2016, Safak has been active in Portugal’s investment immigration market, focusing on high-net-worth individuals through fund raising and touristic apartment sales for Golden Visa and residency programs. He helps globally mobile clients structure compliant investments that secure European residency rights, leveraging his dual Turkish-Portuguese market expertise to guide them from project selection and due diligence to seamless application processes and long-term portfolio management.

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