Buying a property in Turkey is relatively
easier than in UK and other EU member countries because of the agreements
between Turkey and these countries.
4 passport photographs and 4 copies from the main
page of your passport will be needed for the procedure.
We will make all the legal actions
for you. These steps seem complicated for a person who is not dealing
with it everyday, but for us it is just a part of bureaucracy.
Once the sale and
purchase conditions are agreed with the owner or with
agent, ON YOUR BEHALF we will ask for a copy of the TAPU
(Title Deeds) and we will double check whether:
* The TAPU really
belongs to the property you are interested in
* It
is a residential or commercial property in a zone
covered by an Implementary Development Plan
or a Local Development Plan
* The property
really belongs to the person who introduced himself
to us as the ‘owner’ (we will compare the ID
card of the person to the TAPU of the property)
* A joint ownership
is in question (if so, whether all of the shareholders
comply with the sale)
* No annotation
prohibiting the sale/purchase of the property appears
on the TAPU (Unless the prerequisites envisaged
by the annotation are met, the sale is impossible).
The Implementary
Development Plan (Imar Plani) or the Local Development
Plan allows you to erect a building on the land
(if a land is in question and you want to construct
a building on it),
* The building
complies with all regulations such as earthquake-proof
standards (if you are about to buy a flat or
house, we will check all licenses and official
permits for the property had been properly obtained),
* The current
owner owes no over-due taxes to the Tax Office,
* The current
owner owes no over-due debts to the utility
companies.
ON YOUR BEHALF, we will also be sure that
a contract should include the following points:
*A detailed description
of the property (address, TAPU details, technical
conditions etc)
* The actual price
to be paid to the seller for the property (If contract
includes any price
clause, then each of both you and the seller are
to pay a Stamp Duty of 0.75% of the value stated
in it.)
* The details
on the bank account of the seller (It should be
a single account into which all payments to
the seller should be made).
We will prepare a bi-lingual
contract instead of preparing two separate
contracts in Turkish and English. We strongly advise
you to sign the bi-lingual contract in the
presence of a notary public and then have them notarised. This will
ensure that:
* People
signed the contract and their signatures are genuine,
* The contract
is in line with Turkish laws and officially acceptable
anywhere in Turkey,
* The terms
within the contract are binding for all parties.
As a next step, both buyer and
owner (or legally authorised agent) apply to
the TAPU Office for transferring the ownership.
Finally, after military clearance
has been finished, you are given an official
ownership document called the Title Deeds (TAPU).
If you are buying a building under
construction, we will make sure that the contractor
is financially viable and legally authorised.
Furthermore, we may put some special clauses in
the contract with the contractor such as a date
of completion, list of materials to be used, indemnities
etc.
If you plan to buy a land and
to build a property on it, we wil search
for the relevant official Construction Plans approved
by the local governments and regulations, and to contact
the relevant local governments. |
