Istanbul, Turkeyfor a retail brand
Conditional fit
Weighted to a retail brand's priorities, Istanbul scores 56/100 — conditional fit. No OECD house-price valuation for Turkey, so the property entry-window is not scored — AI-Home's DLD data fills this.
Customer spending and commercial viability — enough wallets, affordable space.
Scorecard — the factors this profile weights
| Factor | Weight | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer readiness | 20% | 37 | seed |
| Purchasing power | 18% | 38 | seed |
| Tourism | 14% | 78 | seed |
| Digital readiness | 12% | 66 | seed |
| Rent affordability | 10% | 94 | seed |
| Business environment | 10% | 58 | seed |
| Population growth | 10% | 48 | seed |
| Inbound migration | 6% | 55 | seed |
Live = World Bank / UNODC / OECD / The Economist (dated). Seed = illustrative pending a licensed feed. Market Fit renormalizes by weight, so it is comparable 0–100.
Why it works
- Tourism 78/100 · 14% weight
- Digital readiness 66/100 · 12% weight
- Rent affordability 94/100 · 10% weight
Why it may not
- Consumer readiness 37/100 · 20% weight
- Purchasing power 38/100 · 18% weight
Property entry-window
Valuation not covered. OECD publishes no house-price series for Turkey, so AGI will not fabricate an over/undervaluation. Demand 57, financing 0 shown instead. Pair with AI-Home's DLD-verified district data.
The same market, every profile
Istanbul ranks best for a family buying a home (66) and worst for a rental-income investor (32). Suitability, not popularity.
Next: the actual properties
This report is the macro decision — which market, for whom. For the districts, projects, yields and DLD-verified transactions in Istanbul:
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