Districts That Are Closed to Foreign Residency Permits | News On The Changes

According to the announcements, 8 more districts are being closed to foreign residency permits. Esenyurt and Fatih were the 2 districts that were closed for residency permits before. Furthermore, with the new regulations and announcements made, 8 more districts are added to the list.

After the Istanbul Migration Evaluation Meeting at the Directorate General of Migration Management, minister Suleyman Soylu made statements to the press. With the new announcements made, it is revealed that 8 more regions are closed to foreign residency permits. You can see the list of these districts below;

• Basaksehir
• Bagcilar
• Kucukcekmece
• Avcilar
• Bahcelievler
• Sultangazi
• Esenler
• Zeytinburnu

Consequently, with these newly added districts, Istanbul districts that are closed to foreign residency permits became 10 in total. However, the Minister stated that there can be some exceptions in certain situations such as;

• Being a student and having a university in that district
• Being an investor in that district
• Health problems can also be an exception.

Moreover, in relation to exceeding numbers of foreigners in some neighborhoods, some neighborhoods in Turkey are closed to the foreign Residency permit. Accordingly, Istanbul has plenty of regions as such as well… Here are the detailed names of the neighborhoods in Istanbul that are closed to the foreign residency permit;

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