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Everything a foreign buyer needs to understand before committing: how the purchase works, what you legally receive as the Tapu (title deed), what it costs, and what it returns. Written by the team that handles it daily.
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What you actually receive and when: the two documents that decide whether you own a property or a promise, and the clause that decides what happens if the promise is late.
Continue reading →Every step of purchasing property in Turkey as a foreign buyer, from the first viewing to the title deed, and what we settle for you at each one.
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Off-plan buying is a contract and delivery-risk decision before it is a price decision. The programme records TUIK June 2026 construction costs up 28.66% year on year. That does not predict failure, but it makes payment schedule, delivery evidence and developer cash-flow discipline harder to ignore.
Continue reading →A foreign individual should separate the ordinary purchase file from any citizenship file. The purchase file proves the Residence, identity, tax number, payment route, DAB, DASK, fee payment and Tapu transfer. A citizenship file adds official value evidence, bank receipts, the certificate path and the three-year no-sale commitment.
Continue reading →The most requested feature in Istanbul, and the one most often sold as something it is not. How to tell a view you own from a view you are borrowing.
Continue reading →A remote purchase can work, but the Vekaletname must be narrow and accepted by the official route. Invest in Türkiye lists consulate-issued powers, foreign competent-authority powers with apostille where applicable, and consular certification where apostille is not available, followed by notarised Turkish translation.
Continue reading →The cheapest headline price is not always the cheapest total cost. Cash can win a discount, developer instalments can preserve liquidity, and a mortgage can add bank discipline but exposes the buyer to current credit rates and approval limits.
Continue reading →DAB is the foreign-currency purchase certificate in the Turkish bank route before Tapu. TKGM states that foreign natural persons buying real estate must sell the foreign currency through a bank to the Central Bank before the title transaction, and the DAB is submitted to the land registry.
Continue reading →New build, resale and branded Residence are different evidence files. New build asks for developer, delivery and KDV checks. Resale asks for title, debt, DASK and seller authority. Branded Residence adds operator, service contract and Aidat questions.
Continue reading →What you actually receive and when: the two documents that decide whether you own a property or a promise, and the clause that decides what happens if the promise is late.
Continue reading →The purchase price is the commercial bargain. The licensed appraisal or TTB value is official evidence used where the transaction or citizenship file requires it. For citizenship, iCanBuy language must use the official value route, not the seller's advert.
Continue reading →Every step of purchasing property in Turkey as a foreign buyer, from the first viewing to the title deed, and what we settle for you at each one.
Continue reading →Start with the legal charges, then add conditional items. Tapu Harci is legally 2% for the buyer and 2% for the seller on the declared value, not below the municipal tax value. KDV, DASK, notary, translation, appraisal, utilities and TKGM revolving-fund charges depend on the Residence and document path.
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