In the third quarter of this year, home sales in Turkey decreased by 5.1 percent as compared to the previous quarter and were up 21.5 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).
In the second quarter of 2011, home sales had surged 17.83 percent as compared to the previous quarter and were up 18.87 percent compared to the second quarter of 2010.