Türkiye's Housing Development Administration, TOKİ, said it completed construction of 83,504 social housing units across 58 cities between January and September 2026. According to data released on 9 October, the highest monthly completion total came in August, when 15,711 homes were finished across 16 cities. A further 10,539 units were completed in 19 cities in September.
Nine-month total reaches 83,504
TOKİ's monthly figures began with 6,325 completed homes in January. The administration reported 8,858 in February, 5,133 in March, 6,433 in April and 4,777 in May. The total rose to 11,135 in June, 14,593 in July and 15,711 in August. September's 10,539 homes brought the nine-month figure to 83,504.
These numbers represent completed projects in each month. Because the same city can appear in several monthly lists, adding the monthly city counts would not produce the nine-month total of 58 distinct cities. The figure of 58 refers to unique cities in which at least one project was completed during the period.
August records the highest monthly total
August produced the year's highest monthly completion figure. TOKİ said 15,711 homes were completed in Adana, Bingöl, Bolu, Çankırı, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Elazığ, Hatay, Istanbul, İzmir, Kocaeli, Kütahya, Malatya, Mersin, Sivas and Şanlıurfa.
July ranked second with 14,593 completed units. In September, projects were completed in 19 cities, while the housing total was 10,539. The figures show higher monthly completion totals during the summer than in the opening months of the year, although the announcement did not provide a separate technical explanation for the pattern.
Completion and handover are different stages
The key term in TOKİ's release is completion of construction. It does not necessarily mean every unit was handed to a beneficiary or opened for occupancy on the same date. Handover schedules can vary by project according to acceptance procedures, landscaping, infrastructure work and beneficiary arrangements.
The total of 83,504 should therefore be understood as completed construction during the nine-month period. Information on projects entering the key-handover stage is published separately through TOKİ's city- and project-specific notices.
Construction approach and public facilities
TOKİ said its social housing projects generally use a low-rise design of no more than four or five floors. The administration referred to raft foundations and tunnel-form construction. Seismic performance, however, depends not only on the name of a structural system but also on ground conditions, engineering calculations, material quality and construction supervision.
The projects also include facilities such as schools, mosques, health centres, commercial areas, walking and cycling routes, sports grounds and children's playgrounds. TOKİ reported that the cumulative number of public and social facilities it has produced reached 71,680.
Limits of the data
The aggregate release does not provide a single table showing city-level totals or the handover status of every project. Monthly lists identify the provinces where work was completed, but they do not separate the number of homes for each city in every month. Local results therefore need to be checked against project-specific notices.
The release also does not include the nine-month budget, average unit cost or financing structure. The total of 83,504 describes construction scale but cannot by itself establish costs or beneficiary terms.
Long-term housing total
TOKİ said it has produced 1,770,855 homes for lower-income families over its operating history and that more than 5 million people have benefited from those projects. This cumulative figure is separate from the 83,504 homes reported for the first nine months of 2026.
The next points to watch will be handover schedules for completed projects, progress at active construction sites and the year-end total. Project-specific prices, application procedures and payment terms were not included in the production update and need to be checked in the relevant campaign and delivery announcements.
