How to Read a Turkish Property Listing: The Terms That Mislead Foreign Buyers
A Turkish listing must legally state the ada, parsel, occupancy permit status and any mortgage. Learn which fields bind the seller and which are marketing.
A Turkish listing must legally state the ada, parsel, occupancy permit status and any mortgage. Learn which fields bind the seller and which are marketing.
Turkish law does not rank title deeds from weak to strong. It puts your property in one of two registers, and the register decides what you own.
The tapu is a copy of the land register, not the register. What every field on a Turkish title deed means, and which restrictions it never prints.
What Turkish counters really measure on a foreign buyer's photograph and forms, why appointments get cancelled, and what a missed slot costs.
What a foreign buyer now needs for a Turkish mobile line: the December 2025 law change, the line caps, the biometric check and the handset fee.
Which of the five e-Devlet sign-in routes is open to a foreign property owner, what PTT charges, and why the official English page understates the options.