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Earthquake Housing in Hatay: Official Figures and What They Mean for Investors

9/19/2026 · 5 min read

New housing blocks in Hatay (representative image)

One of the most common questions in the post-earthquake reconstruction debate is: how many homes and workplaces have actually been built in Hatay, and what does this mean for an investor? This article relies on just two official sources: TOKİ's announcement of 24 December 2025, “455 thousand homes completed in the earthquake region”, and the Communications Directorate's report on the 455,000th disaster-housing draw and key-handover ceremony of 27 December 2025. It is dated 19 September 2026; the figures are those announced as of 27 December 2025 and exclude later deliveries.

The Official Figures

  • Homes and workplaces built in Hatay (independent units): 153,755
  • Drawn by lot at the 27 December 2025 ceremony in Hatay: 55,681
  • Earthquake-region total (11 provinces): 455,357 independent units
  • Within the regional total: 367,995 housing units, 65,672 village houses, 21,690 workplaces
  • Next after Hatay: Malatya 79,660, Kahramanmaraş 73,956

By these figures Hatay accounts for about a third (33.8 per cent) of the independent units built in the region. No split between housing and workplaces is given for Hatay; the split into housing, village houses and workplaces is given for the regional total only.

What Do These Figures Mean?

Most of these units were produced to be delivered to entitled owners. A large part of the newly built stock therefore does not enter the ordinary sale-and-purchase market directly; this is an interpretation and does not hold for every delivered home. The conditions for later sale or rental of delivered homes must be verified separately in the relevant legislation and title records.

Why Not Compare Directly With TurkStat Data?

TurkStat's occupancy-permit statistics show 32,933 dwellings for Hatay in 2024–2025. The two figures use different measures, and TurkStat's coverage widened from the second quarter of 2025, so one should not be divided by the other and the gap should not be read as a shortfall or surplus. The sources also do not say how much of these deliveries the TurkStat figure includes.

What Should an Investor Do?

  • Remember that the figures rest on press statements and are not an audited statistical series.
  • For a specific neighbourhood and project, confirm delivery and occupancy status with the municipality and land registry.
  • Base price and rent expectations on current official price and rent indicators, not on these counts.
  • Query the official damage status of any building separately.
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From the official data

Earthquake Housing: Official Delivery Figures

According to statements by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change and TOKİ, the final ceremony on 27 December 2025 completed 455,357 independent units across the 11 earthquake-region provinces, of which 153,755 are in Hatay. At the final ceremony in Hatay, 55,681 independent units were drawn by lot.

IndicatorValueYearSource
Homes and workplaces built in Hatay (independent units)153,7552025[1]
Drawn by lot at the 27 December 2025 ceremony in Hatay55,6812025[2]
Earthquake-region total (11 provinces)455,3572025[1]
Within the total: housing · village houses · workplaces367,995 · 65,672 · 21,6902025[1]
Hatay's share of the regional total33.8%2025[1]
Next after Hatay: Malatya · Kahramanmaraş79,660 · 73,9562025[1]

What does this data mean for an investor?

Hatay holds about a third (33.8%) of the independent units built in the region, or roughly 9.7 units per 100 registered residents (1,577,531). For comparison, TurkStat's occupancy-permit statistics show 32,933 dwellings for Hatay in 2024–2025; the two figures do not use the same measure and TurkStat's coverage widened from Q2 2025, so they should not be divided by one another, and the sources do not say how much of these deliveries the TurkStat figure includes.

What it means for an investor: these units were produced to be delivered to entitled owners, so a large part of the newly built stock does not enter the ordinary sale-and-purchase market directly (interpretation). The conditions for later sale or rental of delivered homes must be verified separately in the relevant legislation and title records; these figures do not show an effect on prices or rents.

Limitation: The figures rest on the institutions' press statements (they are not an audited statistical series). No split into homes and workplaces is given for Hatay; the split into 367,995 housing units, 65,672 village houses and 21,690 workplaces applies only to the regional total. Whether each unit has been taken over, and its occupancy status, is not shown.

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Sources

  1. [1] TOKİ (Housing Development Administration), “455 thousand homes completed in the earthquake region” (24 December 2025) (data period: 27.12.2025)
  2. [2] Presidency's Communications Directorate, 455,000th disaster-housing draw and key-handover ceremony (27 December 2025) (data period: 27.12.2025)

Building Permits and Occupancy Permits: A Signal of New Housing Supply

According to TurkStat, dwellings with a building permit in Hatay numbered 8,064 in 2022, 3,970 in 2023, 34,671 in 2024 and 68,990 in 2025. Dwellings with an occupancy permit over the same years were 10,095, 1,600, 8,457, 24,476.

IndicatorValueYearSource
Dwellings with building permit8,0642022[1]
Dwellings with building permit3,9702023[1]
Dwellings with building permit34,6712024[1]
Dwellings with building permit68,9902025[1]
Dwellings with occupancy permit10,0952022[1]
Dwellings with occupancy permit1,6002023[1]
Dwellings with occupancy permit8,4572024[1]
Dwellings with occupancy permit24,4762025[1]
Hatay's share of national permits5.8%2025[1]

What does this data mean for an investor?

Hatay's share of national permitted dwellings in 2025 is 5.8%, and its share of occupancy permits 3.5%, while it holds 1.8% of Türkiye's population. Its permit share is therefore about 3.2 times its population share: construction activity is disproportionately intense.

In 2024–2025, 103,661 dwellings received permits against 32,933 that received occupancy permits, a ratio of about 3.1 to one. This suggests that a large share of permitted homes had not yet received occupancy by the end of 2025, i.e. may still be under construction. The two flows are not an exact stock difference (permit-to-occupancy can take years, and some permits are renewed or cancelled), so this is a directional signal, not a stock calculation.

What it means for an investor: homes receiving occupancy over the coming years can affect first-hand sales and rental supply. Before buying, the permit and occupancy status and the construction stage of a specific project should be verified separately in the official records.

Limitation: From Q2 2025 TurkStat widened coverage beyond municipalities to all authorities entitled to issue building documents, so the 2025 figure is not fully comparable with earlier years and the effect of the change in Hatay cannot be separated from the table. 2024–2025 data have been revised. Unpermitted buildings are out of scope; the data count dwellings, not quality or price.

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Sources

  1. [1] TurkStat, Building Permit Statistics, Q4 2025 (data period: 2010–2025)

Housing Sales: Before and After the Earthquake

TurkStat's house-sales statistics, based on title-deed records, show 23,120 homes sold in Hatay in 2022 (sum of the districts listed in the district table), 10,538 in 2023, 13,919 in 2024 and 15,992 in 2025. Hatay accounted for 0.95% of the 1,688,910 homes sold nationwide in 2025.

IndicatorValueYearSource
Homes sold23,1202022[1]
Homes sold10,5382023[1]
Homes sold13,9192024[1]
Homes sold15,9922025[1]
First-hand share (Türkiye: 32.0%)25.3%2025[1]
Mortgaged share (Türkiye: 14.0%)7.7%2025[1]

What does this data mean for an investor?

Sales fell 54% in 2023 versus 2022, then rose to 13,919 in 2024 and 15,992 in 2025 (14.9% on the previous year; Türkiye +14.3%). The 2025 volume is roughly 69% of the 2022 volume: transaction activity is recovering but has not reached its pre-earthquake level. Hatay's share of national sales was 0.94% in 2024 and 0.95% in 2025.

The mortgaged share (7.7%) is below the national average (14.0%), while the first-hand share (25.3%) is above it (32.0%). Together they suggest that deals are relatively mortgage-free and that new-build supply carries weight in sales (interpretation).

What it means for an investor: transaction volume says something about market liquidity; district-level counts give an idea of how easy it may be to find a counterparty in a given district. The data contain no price information.

Limitation: These data do not show housing prices; they reflect the number of title-deed transactions. TurkStat's district table never lists Kumlu, and in some years omits Altınözü and Yayladağı, so the sum can be smaller than the provincial total. A separate source (e.g. the CBRT House Price Index) is needed for price trends.

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Sources

  1. [1] TurkStat, House Sales Statistics, December 2025 (data period: 2015–2025)

Figures come from official sources; interpretations are Invest Hatay's own and are not investment advice.

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