<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Easy Turkish Citizenship — Program News</title><description>Rule changes, statistics and fact-checks for the Turkish citizenship by investment program.</description><link>https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/</link><item><title>May 2026 Foreign Property Sales: TurkStat Numbers Show a Quiet Bottom</title><link>https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/may-2026-monthly-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/may-2026-monthly-market/</guid><description>May 2026 foreign property sales held flat against April, with Russia and Iran rising and Germany dropping. The bottom looks priced in.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey&apos;s $400,000 Citizenship Threshold in June 2026: Separating Rumor from Fact</title><link>https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/turkey-400k-threshold-rumors-fact-check/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/turkey-400k-threshold-rumors-fact-check/</guid><description>The minimum is still $400,000 despite three years of $600,000 rumors. What actually changed in 2025–2026, and what hasn&apos;t.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fund-route subscriptions for citizenship roughly doubled year-on-year</title><link>https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/fund-route-subscriptions-doubled-yoy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/fund-route-subscriptions-doubled-yoy/</guid><description>SPK-regulated REIF and VCIF fund subscriptions used for the citizenship route doubled YoY in 2025. Why investors are choosing managed exposure over direct property.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Iran-Türkiye banking corridor in 2026: what changed</title><link>https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/iran-turkey-banking-corridor-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/iran-turkey-banking-corridor-2026/</guid><description>How the Iranian source-of-funds layer to Türkiye works in 2026: which Turkish banks accept files, the UAE-Türkiye intermediate pattern, and what to avoid.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TurkStat&apos;s 2025 final numbers: foreign property sales fell to a 9-year low</title><link>https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/turkstat-2025-final-numbers-9-year-low/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/turkstat-2025-final-numbers-9-year-low/</guid><description>TurkStat released the consolidated 2025 foreign-buyer figures: 21,534 units, down 9.4% year-on-year, the lowest annual count since 2017. The buyer mix shifted.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>April 2026 update: closed-mahalle list refreshed by Göç İdaresi</title><link>https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/closed-mahalle-list-april-2026-update/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/closed-mahalle-list-april-2026-update/</guid><description>The semi-annual closed-mahalle list refresh. Which Istanbul, Antalya and Bursa neighbourhoods came off and onto the list, and how it affects residence-permit timing.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>YUVAM deposit account discontinued: what it means for the bank-deposit route</title><link>https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/yuvam-discontinued-what-it-means-deposit-route/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/yuvam-discontinued-what-it-means-deposit-route/</guid><description>The 2025 wind-down of the YUVAM currency-protected deposit. Why the standard $500,000 deposit route still works, and which Turkish banks accept it cleanly in 2026.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What the 2025 compliance pass actually changed (and what stayed the same)</title><link>https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/2025-compliance-pass-what-actually-changed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/2025-compliance-pass-what-actually-changed/</guid><description>The 2025 due-diligence tightening: spouse criminal record, mandatory biometrics, source-of-funds documentation. What it means in practice.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Foreign Property Purchases in Turkey Hit a 9-Year Low in 2025: Why That&apos;s Not Bad News for Applicants</title><link>https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/turkstat-2025-foreign-property-sales/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://easyturkishcitizenship.com/news/turkstat-2025-foreign-property-sales/</guid><description>TurkStat: 21,534 homes sold to foreigners in 2025, down 9.4%. Istanbul, Antalya and Mersin lead; Russians, Iranians and Ukrainians buy most.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>