
The Floodgates Have Opened, and Istanbul Is Where the Money Is Heading
CIP Türkiye co-founder Aran Hawker on the 20-year tax exemption bringing a new kind of client to his Istanbul office.

CIP Türkiye co-founder Aran Hawker on the 20-year tax exemption bringing a new kind of client to his Istanbul office.

Vanuatu shuts investor citizens out of the ballot for life. St. Kitts closes parliament to them forever. Turkey draws no line at all.

With 6,134 already canceled and 1,757 more in proceedings, Turkey’s cleanup of its citizenship program is becoming a rolling operation.

CIP Turkey is now CIP Türkiye, with tax residency, corporate structuring, banking, and property added to the citizenship practice.

How to check an agent’s license, what a real one looks like, and when to walk away because the economics seem too good to be true.

Turkey, Egypt, and Cambodia pass citizenship down without limit, while three of the five Caribbean programs pass nothing down automatically.

From Athens’ €50,000 Airbnb fines to Dubai’s anything-goes freeholds, what golden visa investors may do with a qualifying property now varies wildly.

Common-law partners, same-sex spouses, and fiancés get very different answers depending on the jurisdiction, ranging from a notary visit to an outright second file.

Cancelled citizens revert to foreigner status with one year to sell their Turkish property, or the Treasury sells it for them.

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.

GSC International on how Turkey’s 20-year tax exemption, paired with citizenship, builds an entire life abroad and not just a passport.

Now gazetted, Law No. 7582 gives new tax residents a 20-year break on foreign income, a complement to Türkiye’s US$400,000 passport.

Aran Hawker flags Topkapı as the next Kağıthane; Güvenç Ketenci points to Ataşehir. Where does US$400K go furthest?

Erdogan frames the package as a bid to pull capital away from war-hit Gulf hubs; the centerpiece is a 20-year personal tax holiday.

CIP Turkey on why the Gulf’s property correction is accelerating demand for Turkish citizenship, and why the window to act at $400,000 will not stay open.

Six continents, six fastest routes to a new passport. CBI programs dominate where they exist. Where they do not, naturalization timelines decide the race.

Crypto gains can go untaxed in 21 countries in 2026, through no tax, territorial rules, or an exemption after a set time.

Three markets sell citizenship through property investments. Each plays by completely different rules. Knowing which matters before you buy.

They know what you own. They’re coming for it. CIP Turkey gives you 90 days to position legally. Use them.

CIP Turkey: “Istanbul doesn’t apologize for being ambitious. Neither should you. Welcome to life on the Bosphorus.”