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The Turkish Constitutional Court recently considered a claim that an applicant's property rights had been violated regarding real estate for which it held a "title allocation deed", first obtained in 1985.

With the Law on Amending Digital Service Tax No. 7193, Certain Laws and Statutory Decree No. 375 published on the Official Gazette No. 30971 and dated 07.12.2019; Real Estate Tax Law No. 1319

Meriç Bahçıvan is head of the real estate practice at Başgül. He advised Turkish and international clients including commercial and individual sellers, purchasers, and investors on complex real estate, construction...

Our readers may recall that in our previous editions we had covered the increased interest of foreigners in acquiring real property in Turkey following the amendment to Article 35 of the Title Deed Law (“Title Deed Law”) with Law No. 4916 (“Law No. 4916”), removing many restrictions so as to facilitate the acquisition of real property by foreigners.

Turkey has introduced new preparation and disclosure requirements for financial reports by investment funds, as well as a complete exemption for foreign investment funds.

The Regulation on Procurement of Real Estate ("Regulation"), prepared by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority ("Authority") has been published in Official Gazette numbered

The court ruled that a fair balance must exist between protecting individual property rights and the public interest.

Law No. 7445 on the Amendment of the Execution and Bankruptcy Law and Certain Laws ("Law"), published in the Official Gazette dated 5 April 2023 and numbered 32154, made significant amendments...

Turkey's Law No. 7588 introduces a controversial new framework for properties allocated to public use before 1956 without formal expropriation, fundamentally altering compensation rights and applying retroactively to pending court cases. The regulation emerges after the Constitutional Court's 2022 annulment of similar legislation, raising critical questions about property rights protections and constitutional guarantees. How will this sweeping change affect property owners and the thousands of cases current

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Activities for Vacation Rentals, known as the Airbnb Regulation, was published in the Official Gazette dated 30.06.2024 and entered into force.

The lease agreements can be made for a definite or indefinite period.

Bu illerde Olaganüstü Hal karari verilmis olmasaydi dahi anilan sonuçlar meydana geldigi ölçüde, depremin yine ilgili kira sözlesmeleri bakimindan mücbir sebep olarak degerlendirilmesi mümkün olacakti

With the Regulation Amending the Regulation on Real Estate Trade, which was published in the Official Gazette dated 29 April 2026 and numbered 33238, the use of the secure payment system in real estate sale transactions had been made mandatory as of 1 July 2026. However, with the Regulation Amending the Regulation on Real Estate Trade, published in the Official Gazette dated 1 October 2026 and numbered 33387, the date for the mandatory implementation of the secure payment system was postponed to 1 December 2026.

In Turkey, companies with foreign capital and foreign real persons can purchase immovable properties (i.e., real estate) as long as they comply with certain legal limitations brought forth by the Land Registry Law No. 2644 ("Law").

The Turkish real estate market, increasingly growing following the economic and political stability maintained in 2005, greatly benefited from the worldwide growth of the real estate market. With new foreign and domestic investors turning their attention towards Turkey, the Government began to analyze suitable investment models and instruments.

With the Regulation Amending the Regulation on Real Estate Trade, which was published in the Official Gazette dated 29 April 2026 and numbered 33238...

Construction agreements in return for land share, where the contractor undertakes to build on land owned by the landowner in exchange for a certain portion of the resulting independent units, are widely preferred in the construction sector.

The Council of Ministers has recently issued a Regulation on Liability Undertakings to be Performed by the Undersecretariat of Treasury.