Turkey has several strong real estate websites. Among them, Sahibinden, hepsiemlak and Zingat are the clear leaders. However, Properstar is better for foreign buyers, as it allows to search properties using a hybrid search (map + listings) similar to Airbnb. Getting to the ranking, we have:
- Sahibinden.com – 100 to 130 million visitors per month, but this is not only real estate (general classifieds)
- hepsiemlak (previously called Hürriyet Emlak) – 18 million visitors per month (Emlak means real estate)
- Zingat.com – 5 to 8 million visitors per month
- Emlakjet.com – 2 to 4 million visitors per month
- Properstar.com – my favorite website to browse for Turkish properties
In Turkish language: "sahibinden" means "from owner", but sahibinden.com is not only properties from property owners "emlak" means real estate "hepsi" means "all" "hepsiemlak" means "all property" hepsiemlak.com belongs to the same group as hepsiburada.com, a leading marketplace in Turkey
Sahibinden
Sahibinden.com was founded in 2000. Since then, it has been a leading online marketplace, helping sellers and buyers to get together. Real estate, cars, jobs, services, listings from many segments and sectors are available on Sahibinden. It is currently one of the biggest two online real estate websites, with hepsiemlak.com.
hepsiemlak (previously called Hurriyet Emlak)
Top real estate website in Turkey, founded at 2006 as a rival for sahibinden.com. Both hepsiemlak.com and sahibinden.com are online marketplaces. Indeed, these websites have many categories: real estate, jobs, cars, used goods, services.
As you can see, there are several real estate websites on which you can browse properties for sale in Turkey. If you’d like to browse the leading property portals, you should browse hepsiemlak and Sahibinden. However, for better user experience, in English, your choice might go towards more specialized websites, with English content.