Inheritance Law In Turkey

Obviously inheritance law is one of the main concerns for foreigners living in Turkey, since a lot of people own properties here. Let's talk about a deceased person owning a property in Turkey. What happens after he or she dies?

The totality of the property belonging to a person is called their estate (tereke).
Under Turkish Law, following the death of an individual, his or her entire estate passes to the heirs. So, how is this affected by either the operation of law or the testamentary will of the deceased?

In terms of immovable properties in Turkey, the 'heirs' are the first- in- line descendants of the deceased person. If the deceased person left no descendants, the parents, as second-in-line heirs, will inherit the estate. The inheritance rights of descendants will devolve to their own descendants if any of the former is no longer alive when the inheritance takes place. The spouse gets 1/4 of the estate if he/she is an heir with the children. And he/she