When is Turkish property exempt from capital gains tax?

Gains on real property (değer artış kazancı) are fully exempt if you held the property for more than five years before selling. Sold within five years, the gain above the annual exemption is added to your other income and taxed at the progressive personal income-tax rates.

How are gains on listed shares taxed in Turkey?

Gains on shares of companies listed on Borsa İstanbul that are held for more than the qualifying period (commonly one year, or two years for venture-style holdings) are generally exempt. Short-term share gains are taxable. This tool lets you mark a share holding as exempt or taxable so it applies the correct treatment.

What is the annual capital-gains exemption?

Turkey grants a yearly exemption that reduces the taxable portion of certain capital gains (for example a property-gain exemption amount that is indexed each year). The calculator subtracts the exemption you enter before applying tax, so only the excess gain is charged.

Which tax rates apply to a taxable gain?

A taxable capital gain is added to your other income and taxed under Turkey's progressive personal income-tax brackets, which range from 15% up to 40% across rising income bands. The tool runs your gain through those brackets and reports the marginal and effective rates.

Does this account for inflation indexation of the cost?

Turkey lets you index the acquisition cost of real property by the official producer price index (Yİ-ÜFE) when the increase exceeds 10%, which lowers the real taxable gain. Enter the indexed (inflation-adjusted) cost as your purchase price so the result reflects that relief.

Turkey Capital Gains Tax Calculator

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A Turkey capital gains tax calculator estimates the tax on a gain from selling real property or listed shares, applying the holding-period rules that make Turkey’s regime unusual. The headline rule for property is simple but powerful: hold it for more than five years and the gain is completely tax-free; sell sooner and the gain above the annual exemption is taxed at progressive income-tax rates. This tool tests those thresholds for you and shows the tax due and your proceeds after tax.

How it works

First the tool decides whether the gain is exempt. For property, a holding period over five years means zero tax. For shares, exemption depends on the qualifying holding period for Borsa İstanbul-listed stock, so you mark the holding as exempt or taxable.

If the gain is taxable, the tool computes gain = sale price − indexed cost, subtracts the annual exemption, and runs the remainder through Turkey’s progressive personal income-tax brackets (15% / 20% / 27% / 35% / 40%). It reports the tax, the marginal bracket reached, the effective rate, and the net gain.

Property gain is tax-free after 5 years; otherwise the gain above the exemption is taxed at progressive income-tax rates.

Worked example

Suppose you bought a flat for an inflation-indexed ₺2,000,000, sold it for ₺3,500,000, and held it for 3 years — inside the five-year window. The raw gain is ₺1,500,000; subtract the annual exemption, then tax the remainder through the brackets. Had you held it for 6 years, the entire gain would be exempt and the tax would be ₺0. Switch the asset type, holding period, or figures and the result updates instantly. All maths runs locally in your browser.