Buying a House in Turkey: A Foreign Buyer’s Legal Checklist
Av. Serkan Kara, Serka Law Firm Before buying a house in Turkey, the single thing that decides whether the purchase is safe is the title deed (in Turkish, tapu): who is the registered owner, whether the deed is clean of mortgages or annotations, and whether the type of deed and the type of building match […]
Property Sharing After Divorce in Turkey
Av. Serkan Kara, Serka Law Firm Property sharing in a Turkish divorce is governed by the matrimonial property regime rules in the Turkish Civil Code No. 4721 (Articles 202 to 281). For every marriage entered into on or after 1 January 2002, the default regime is participation in acquired property (edinilmis mallara katilma rejimi): each […]