Turkish Statistics Agency

Housing expenses had the largest share in Turkish people's total budgets at 24.8 percent in 2014, followed by food and non-alcoholic drink expenditures at around 19.7 percent, according to the Household Budget Survey 2014, the results of which was released by the Turkish Statistics Agency (TÜ?K) on Nov. 17. 

Turkish unemployment rose to double digits in August after months of slow economic activity and unregistered Syrian migrants entering the workforce in Turkey. 

Turkey's housing sector representatives expect to close the year surpassing their year-end target at 1.2 million units due to a sharp rise in property sales after the Nov. 1 elections after seeing a decline in sales in the previous months. 

Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci has revived an idea to grant citizenship to foreigners who buy a certain amount of property in the country. 

Turkey's foreign trade deficit declined by 46.6 percent to $3.7 billion in September compared to the same month of 2014 due to a dramatic decline in the country's energy imports and a slowdown in the economy ahead of the elections, according to data released by the Turkish Statistics Agency (TÜ?K) on Oct. 30 in cooperation with the Customs and Trade Ministry. 

Property sales decreased by 20.1 percent to 92,483 units in September from the same month in 2014, marking the steepest decline since July 2014, according to data from the Turkish Statistics Agency (TÜ?K). 

Housing sales thus decreased for the first time over this year. 

Turkey?s gold jewelry exports to Iran rose sharply from around $1.83 million in the first half of 2014 to $453 million in the same period this year, according to data compiled by the Turkish Statistics Agency (TÜ?K). 

Turkey's industrial production fell by 2 percent in May on a monthly basis, limiting the annual increase at 2.4 percent, according to the Industrial Production Index data released by Turkish Statistics Agency (TÜ?K) on July 8.

People from Arab countries have bought properties worth a total of $50 million in Turkey's Black Sea province of Ordu so far this year, Ordu Governor ?rfan Balkanl?o?lu has stated. 

Balkanl?o?lu said more than 30,000 Arabs visited the city in the first six months of the year, a dramatic rise compared to last year's figures. 

Property sales to foreigners hit record high levels in May with the sale of 1,982 units, marking a 21.3 percent increase from the same month in 2014, despite a general slowing-down in the sector across Turkey, according to data revealed by the Turkish Statistics Agency (TÜ?K).