Application And Procedures

The identity document or passport of the foreign country issued by the competent authorities of the country of citizenship will be relied upon to identify the natural persons of foreign origin and must be presented to the officer during application.

Expired passports or identification documents may not be used for land registry procedures.

For citizens of the Palestine State only: in order for any identity document or passport other than an identity document and passport issued by their own countries, i.e. an identity document or passport issued by other countries (certificate of a refugee, travel etc.), to be used for land registry transactions, it must be presented along with a Certificate of Residence Permit issued by the General Directorate of Migration Management.

A valuation report showing the market rate of the real estate needs to be submitted for all the transactions of sale involving foreign natural persons both as a purchaser and as a seller. Such report must be prepared by the valuation firm in accordance with international valuation standards and must be approved. (For detailed information about the matter, you refer to the circular numbered 2019/1.)

Valuation report is required both to protect the foreign investor so that the foreigners, who purchase real estates in Turkey, know the actual value of the real estates that they purchase, and to create a value map for real estates at the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre.

For land registry and cadaster procedures of the incorporated companies established in foreign countries according to the laws of their own countries, on the other hand, a certificate of authorization issued by the competent authorities of their country to prove that the company is duly established and active and is also competent to perform land registry procedures must be presented. For this document, original containing apostille according to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents and certified translation are sought; in case of no apostille, the documents are to be certified by the Consulate of the Republic of Turkey in such country.

Compulsory earthquake insurance policy issued by the insurance companies against any possible damages after an earthquake must be presented.

Procedures for transfer by inheritance for foreign natural persons are performed based on the certificates of inheritance issued by the courts of the Republic of Turkey or issued by the competent authorities of their countries of origin and certified by the Turkish Courts.