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You Bought the Apartment—So Why Is Someone Else Deciding What Happens to It? Property Owner Conflicts Few People Talk About Before Buying

In real estate advertising, buying an apartment ends the moment you receive the keys and your TAPU (Title Deed). In real life, that’s only the beginning. You become the owner of an apartment. Along with it, you acquire a share of the common property in the residential complex, the obligation to cont...

Real Estate in Turkey: How Well Is It Protected from Sanctions?

Over the past few years, the word “sanctions” has begun influencing almost every investment decision. Many people ask the same question: if you buy real estate abroad, can it be considered a more secure asset? The answer isn’t as simple as many would like. But when it comes specifically to Turkey, t...

EİDS in Turkey: You Can No Longer Advertise Property “Just Because You Want To”

Turkey’s real estate market is gradually moving away from unrestricted property advertising toward a system where the government wants to know three things: Who owns the property? Who is publishing the listing? Do they have the legal authority to do so? To achieve this, Turkey introduced EİDS (Elekt...

Can You Buy an Entire Village in Turkey? Abandoned Settlements You’ll Want to Own—Streets, Houses, and All

Imagine coming across a listing that says: “Village for sale. 40 houses, several streets, old orchards, a natural spring, and hundreds of hectares of land.” It sounds almost like fiction. Not an apartment. Not a villa. Not a plot of land. An entire village. Stories like this occasionally appear in E...

You Bought an Apartment in Turkey. But Do You Have e-Devlet? Why Foreign Property Owners Often Realize Its Importance Too Late

You can buy an apartment in Turkey worth €200,000. Receive your TAPU. Arrange insurance. Pay your taxes. Spend several months a year by the sea. And still have almost no access to the digital platform through which the Turkish government interacts with its citizens and residents. Sounds surprising?...

Buying a Hotel in Turkey: Why It’s Nothing Like Buying an Apartment

Buying an apartment in Turkey is relatively straightforward: choose a property, verify the documents, negotiate the price, and complete the transaction through the TAPU (Title Deed Office). Buying a hotel is a completely different story. When you purchase a hotel, you’re acquiring not only real esta...

Garden Duplex in Turkey: Why It Can Be a Smarter Buy Than a Villa

The dream of owning a home in Turkey usually looks the same. A garden. A terrace. A spacious living room. The freedom to open the door in the morning, step outside with a cup of coffee, and never wait for an elevator. But then buyers start calculating the cost of a villa, the ongoing expenses of mai...

“Everything in Turkey Has Become Expensive.” But Why Did You Decide That Turkey Was Supposed to Be Cheap?

Over the past few years, one of the most common complaints about Turkey has sounded something like this: “Everything here has become expensive.” Apartments are expensive. Restaurants are expensive. Groceries are expensive. Cars are expensive. Gas is expensive. And every time I hear this, I want to a...