Türkiye detains 72 in citizenship-by-investment fraud, moves to revoke 687 citizenships

Justice Minister Akın Gürlek said 72 suspects were detained in an Istanbul-led operation across 16 provinces, accused of using inflated appraisal reports and sham property sales to help foreign nationals meet the 400,000-dollar investment threshold for Turkish citizenship; proceedings to revoke 687 citizenships have begun. For foreign missions, the case signals tighter scrutiny of Türkiye's citizenship-by-investment programme and of property-based documentation in migration files.

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