Right of Pre-emption Under Turkish Law Turkish Civil Code provides two types of pre-emption rights without providing a definition: one is the contractual pre-emption right and the other one is the legal pre-emption right. A contractual pre-emption right is one conferred by a contract. Any property owner can conclude a contract with anybody empowering him/her [...]
Enforcement of Money Claims Under Turkish Law Turkish law provides for two types of proceedings for the enforcement of money claims referred to as "special execution proceedings" and "general execution proceedings" respectively. Both types of enforcement proceedings are initiated by a creditor (or a private individual/ company claiming to be a creditor) filing an enforcement [...]
Co-Ownership by Shares The first type of co-ownership that Turkish Civil Code regulates is “co-ownership by shares”. The Turkish Civil Code defines the co-ownership by shares in Article 688 as “where a certain things are in the ownership of several persons, each of whom owns a share of it and yet it is outwardly undivided, [...]
Turkish debt recovery law is influenced by a great clash of principles. These principles affect the relationships of debtors and creditors both before and after the intervention of the courts. The basic law governing the recovery of debts fundamentally assumes that individual creditors have a right to recover what they are owed, regardless of the [...]
Turkish law is applied for all marriage procedures of asylum-seekers, refugees and stateless persons to be conducted in Turkey. Under Turkish law, a Turkish national and an asylum-seeker, refugee or stateless person, or two asylum-seekers or refugees of different nationalities, can be married by the Turkish authorities. All marriages carried out by the Turkish authorities [...]
BUYING PROPERTY IN TURKEY: GUIDE FOR FOREIGNERS This guide is prepared to help foreigners who wish to buy property in Turkey. However, this guide is not a substitute for professional consultancy services. 1. Legal Basis: In accordance with the Article 35 of the Land Registry Law No. 2644, amended by Law No. 6302, which entered [...]
Marriage Procedures in Turkey DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE OF FOREIGNERS 1. CERTIFICATE OF CELIBACY A) To be issued by the Consulate of the country of the foreigner located in Istanbul. The certificate of celibacy will be certified by the Governor of Istanbul (Istanbul Valiligi) located in Cagaloglu, or B) If the [...]
Turkey has reduced the limits for foreigners to acquire Turkish citizenship to encourage investment, according to new regulations published in the country's Official Gazette yesterday. Accordingly, foreigners who own real estate in Turkey worth a minimum $250,000, instead of a previous limit of $1 million, can now avail Turkish citizenship. Turkey's housing sales to foreigners [...]
