Co-authored by Iris Erbil and Baris Sahin
1.1 Please briefly describe the main laws that govern
real estate in your jurisdiction. Laws relating to leases of
business premises should be listed in response to question 10.1.
Those relating to zoning and environmental should be listed in
response to question 11.1.
The main laws that governs real estate in Turkey is Turkish
Civil Code ("TCC") and the Code of Obligations
("TCO").
1.2 What is the impact (if any) on real estate of local
common law in your jurisdiction?
Turkey is a civil law country. Therefore, in general, precedent
court decisions only have an interpretative impact.
1.3 Are international laws relevant to real estate in
your jurisdiction? Please ignore EU legislation enacted locally in
EU countries.
