Page "Hatay Province" Paragraph 22

Following changes to Turkish land registry legislation in 2003 a large number of properties in Hatay were purchased by Syrian nationals, mostly people who had been residents of Hatay since the 1930s but had retained their Syrian citizenship and were buying the properties that they already occupied.

By 2006 the amount of land owned by Syrian nationals in Hatay exceeded the legal limit for foreign ownership of 0. 5 %, and sale of lands to foreigners was prohibited.