The number of Russian citizens living in Turkey under residence permits decreased by 34%. 

2022 was a record year in Turkey in terms of the number of approved applications for residence permits. As a result, by the beginning of 2023 in the country officially resided more than 154 thousand people. As of December 7, 2023, the number of Russians with residence permits decreased to 101 thousand people, ie, Turkey left more than 53 thousand people (34%).

This outflow is undoubtedly due to the tightening of the process of issuing residence permits by lease. At the moment, the number of residence permits issued under a lease agreement has significantly decreased and they are issued only in some provinces, for example, in Mersin. The main types of residence permits that can now be obtained in Turkey, it is a residence permit for real estate, study and family residence permit.

In total, according to the Migration Department of Turkey in the country at the moment officially reside more than 1 million 111 thousand foreign citizens of various nationalities. The maximum number of foreigners is registered in Istanbul - more than 560 thousand people.