Client story
Client's Story
Where they started
Alexey approached second citizenship as an investor, not as a homebuyer. He needed a Turkish passport for mobility and a backup plan, but the idea of investing a substantial sum in an apartment raised a legitimate question: what then? Real estate in a foreign country requires maintenance, and most importantly—it must be sold someday, with unclear pricing and timeline.
Why the standard route did not work
His concern was specifically liquidity—the ability to recover invested funds without losses. The real estate market can decline, the property may be difficult to resell, and the investor risks exiting with a loss. For Alexey, the passport was not worth converting substantial capital into an asset that would be difficult to convert back into cash.
What BRIDGES had to solve
He did not initially know that the Turkish program offered alternative pathways to citizenship beyond real estate purchase. One of them is government bonds: an investor deposits a fixed amount in government bonds and holds them for the required period. The fundamental difference from an apartment is that this is a debt instrument: upon maturity, the invested capital is returned rather than remaining "frozen" in an asset that must be sold.
Why a standard answer would not do
Alexey contacted BRIDGES to obtain Turkish citizenship through an instrument that he, as an investor, understood and trusted—with transparent capital return logic rather than the uncertainty of real estate resale.
I needed a passport, not an apartment in Turkey that I would then not know how to sell. I am an investor and think in terms of liquidity: you invest—you must be able to get it back. Dmitry suggested government bonds: you invest the amount, hold it for three years, then your capital is returned and you keep the citizenship. For me, this is much clearer than real estate. I obtained a Turkish passport, and the money came back after the term—exactly what I needed.
