Exceptional Turkish Citizenship by the Decision of Competent National Authority: The Implementation of Twin Articles
Turkish citizenship through investment has been introduced as the easiest and safest way of the naturalization of Turkish citizenship. Turkey is regarded as one of a few states, giving an automatic citizenship opportunity to foreign individuals on the grounds of economic contribution. This work particularly concentrates on the question of how an alien investor can own Turkish citizenship through a decision of competent national authority. Furthermore, fundamental drawbacks and their potential handicaps of the concept of investment-based citizenship together with practical legal solutions in Turkey will also be analyzed. Overall, the present study makes critical observations on Article 20 of the Regulation on the Implementation of the Law on Turkish Citizenship (No:5901) and Article 12 of the Law on Turkish Citizenship (No:5901), as twin articles of the discipline of Turkish citizenship. The importance of the present study is to address legal handicaps of the Turkish legal framework on the notion of investor citizenship. To date Turkish literature has remained so limited. Thus, I preferred to produce this paper in English as a fundamental step in developing an innovative and different approach.
Kutlay Telli
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