Kyrgyzstan or Türkiye
Two countries side by side across the same rows as the full comparison. A dash means the value is missing: fields are not filled with guesses. about the data
| Kyrgyzstan | Türkiye | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | 5 years | 5 years |
| Partner can work | — | — |
| Parents | — | difficult |
| Pets | no trouble | difficult |
| Pet limit | 2 | 2 |
| Quarantine | no | — |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 674 · estimate | $ 1 191 · estimate |
| Basket | $ 19,5 | $ 22,8 |
| Life expectancy | 72.4 | 77.42 |
| Homicides/100k | 1.75 | 2.41 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Kyrgyzstan — 17, Türkiye — 15. Types present in both: work, study, family and investment. Kyrgyzstan adds: remote work and repatriation. Türkiye adds: talent and job seeking.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Kyrgyzstan: every route that publishes a fee charges nothing. Routes with a published decision deadline: 15; the shortest is 7 days. Türkiye: fees range from 4,677.9 to 125,802.2 TRY. Routes with a published decision deadline: 15; the shortest is 30 days.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Kyrgyzstan after 5 years, Türkiye after 8 years. Citizenship: both after 5 years. Both allow a second citizenship. Bringing your own parents: Kyrgyzstan — yes, Türkiye — no.
Kyrgyzstan in brief
On the sum of its formal conditions, Kyrgyzstan is the most accessible way into Central Asia. Five years of lawful residence give permanent residence, five more open the way to citizenship, and the law's language requirement can be met in Russian: it holds official-language status, which is rare among post-Soviet states. Dual citizenship is allowed, but article 22 attaches three caveats: an international treaty is needed, it is not recognised for citizens of neighbouring states, and a holder of two passports may not be president, a member of parliament or a judge. Membership of the Eurasian Economic Union removes the work permit for citizens of the union and extends the union's pet import rules — up to two animals with no permit and no quarantine. Held back by control of corruption at −1.14, seismicity of 7.7 out of 10, winter smog in the Chuy valley, and skilled work concentrated almost entirely in Bishkek.
Türkiye in brief
Turkey is a transcontinental country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, with access to four seas. The work-permit system is built around a tie to the employer (for fixed-term permits), with the possibility of moving to indefinite status after 8 years of lawful employment or through the “turquoise card” for highly qualified specialists. Permanent residence is granted after 8 years of continuous residence, citizenship no earlier than 5 years, but by law the naturalisation decision is discretionary: meeting the formal conditions alone does not confer the right. Multiple citizenship is allowed. The family residence permit covers the sponsor's spouse and minor children, but not parents — neither one's own nor one's spouse's: only the general short-term residence permit on other grounds (for example, owning real estate) is available to them. Bringing in cats and dogs is possible subject to a mandatory laboratory rabies antibody titre test (no later than 30 days after vaccination and at least 3 months before entry) and a limit of 2 animals per passenger; official quarantine on arrival is not mentioned in the sources found. Six dog breeds, including the American Pit Bull Terrier and the American Staffordshire Terrier, are banned from import and ownership. The country's largest cities differ markedly in character: Istanbul is the business and financial centre with the country's highest seismic hazard, Ankara is the administrative capital away from the sea, Izmir and Antalya are coastal cities with resort and tourism economies, and Bursa is an industrial automotive centre with the most affordable rent among the five largest cities.
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