mytapu.com - Articles #Conveyancemytapu.com - Articles #Conveyancehttps://www.mytapu.com/blogs/tag/conveyanceMon, 20 Apr 2026 07:52:41 -0700http://zoho.com/sites/<![CDATA[When or When Not to use a Solicitor for Property Matters in Turkey]]>https://www.mytapu.com/blogs/post/When-or-When-Not-to-use-a-Solicitor-for-Property-Matters-in-Turkeyone needn’t appoint an attorney to provide ‘blanket coverage’ of providing a fully inclusive service, especially for a conveyancing]]>
Do I need a solicitor to buy property in Turkey?

For assistance and managing conveyancing and general real estate related matters in Turkey, appointing a solicitor in most often preferable, to receive the independent professional advice necessary to protect your interests. That first step, of acknowledging the need for protecting one’s interests, is a key aspect of successfully managing your investment interests and assets.

As one becomes more experienced with different matters and attorneys, quite quickly the realisation emerges that it is not essential for an attorney, or advocate, to do certain things: any one may do them. This is especially true of the many, many procedural matters at notaries, the land registry, the tax office, the local ‘belediye’ municipality.  And in most cases an attorney will not do these things themselves, but will delegate the work to a member of service staff, or an outside practionier- notary, interpreter, clerk, council worker, etc… 

 

The point is that one needn’t appoint an attorney to provide ‘blanket coverage’ of providing a fully inclusive service, especially for a conveyancing and one needn’t incur the costs that this involves. Attorneys are legal advisers and as such their services should be managed specifically for those aspects of matter requiring specific legal advice or specific legal action. Many times appointing an attorney for dealing with an issue is entirely inappropriate because in the law there are no grounds for an attorney’s intervention to result in a particular outcome. 

 

So the solution is to obtain more information about an issue, preferably from local Turkish persons that have some experience in a specific matter, but are not attorneys, and most likely they will suggest a simpler and more cost effective way to deal with a matter. In this way one builds social capital with the local community, and so this is always the best and preferred first step to try, along the way to finding a solution. However, it is not always the case this approach will provide sufficient clarity or results, and so an alternative ‘back-up’ is to request advicefrom experienced practitioners at mytapu.com , and obtain some initial free advice, which at some point will run into ‘paid advice, obviously, because they are not a public service agency…

 

Seeking advice from other non-locals and foreigners, is not recommended or advisable, as in most cases the knowledge they have is not accurate, simply because they have limited repeat experience, and obtaining clarity with full understanding during one or two episodes of dealing with a matter, is often unexpectedly difficult… Certainly, it is never a sensible idea to rely on any information received from an on-line forum populated with foreigners… The best to be expected is that the gracious person wishing to help are themselves misinformed, and worse, there are more devious types that intentionally provide misinformation for their own schemes and purposes…

 

Regrettably, as the experience of far too many foreign real estate buyers has shown repeatedly and consistently for more than 10 years, too often the solicitors appointed, particularly in small coastal towns, often have ‘conflicts of interests’ that they will not acknowledge, even when questioned. And quite often, they may find their independent advice prejudiced by having someone in the local town coming and having ‘a word’ with them, in the interests of some other party, thus prejudicing the interests of the client. Facts of life, and the reality we deal with, day to day… For these reasons, it is often more sensible to appoint an attorney from a distant town, without relations to the specific developer or other counter-parties, as one precautionary measure.

 

Yes there is a time and place where a solicitors services are essential and required. Knowing when, why an how is information obtainable from mytapu.com, often with references regarding solicitors, good and bad, having experienced the services of more than 67 solicitors in Istanbul Ankara and all up and down the Turkish coast, over the previous twenty five years.



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]]>Sun, 25 Nov 2018 13:56:08 +0300<![CDATA[What is 'Conveyancing' and why is it essential?]]>https://www.mytapu.com/blogs/post/Conveyancing-for-Property-in-Turkey

Conveyancing is a term used in the UK for managing the transfer of ownership during a property purchase/sale transaction. Sounds simple enough? If it is so simple, why are all property transactions in the UK handled by conveyancing experts? And why would anyone in his right mind imagine that he could do a conveyancing in a foreign country in a foreign language by themselves?


Learning as much as possible to ensure you are fully informed, and prepared, is ‘smart’, and this link provides much more information about conveyancing, but it is not smart to imagine you can learn enough to do it yourself- learning that much is an education which is more time consuming and expensive than you planned for – it is cheaper and faster to enlist the services of mytapu.com- and that too, is ‘smart’.


At mytapu.com, for conveyancing, we have experts that have been doing this work of conveyancing for foreigners for more than 10 years. We appoint lawyers of specific expertise to deal with specific issues, in the same way we appoint and manage architects, appraisers, surveyors, insurance underwriters, mortgage underwriters, etc. It does not make good business or cost-budgeting sense to appoint a solicitor in Turkey to do general conveyance, when none of the work involved requires specific legal action- why appoint a lawyer to deal with appraisal or insurance matters? – most won’t- so those risks will not be managed effectively if just a solicitor is appointed.


This is why local Turks do not use local Turkish solicitors for performing a property purchase or sale transaction – did you know this? But the situation concerning the property purchase procedures for foreigners is different from that for local Turks…so it’s not just the cadastral framework, legal framework, and language that is different. That’s why foreigners definitely do need conveyancing… 


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]]>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 08:18:22 +0300<![CDATA[Mytapu.com: Why is it ‘The Safe Way to Buy’ Property in Turkey?]]>https://www.mytapu.com/blogs/post/Mytapu-com-Why-is-it-The-Safe-Way-to-Buy-Property-in-Turkey


Did you know that Turks buy property in Turkey in a different way than foreigners? Most foreigners don’t know this- even those from the UK, Russia, and other countries, that have already bought, and have been owners for years.

 

So how is the procedure different? Guided by estate agents that specialise in selling property to non-Turkish speaking buyers, a foreign buyer is invited to inspect the property- and the emphasis is always on the pictures, the size, and visits to see the interior, exterior, the location, etc

 

Next step? Pay a reservation deposit. Does this mean that the seller can not sell the property to someone else? No, there is no legally binding contract to prevent selling to someone else. Is the estate agent required to take the property off their ‘for sale’ listings? No, but some agents may say they will, but do they? Rarely, if ever…. So what is the purpose of paying a reservation deposit? In practice, the reservation deposit commits the buyer to the transaction, not the seller... and pays the agent's commission in advance.

 

Next Step: The seller provides an  appraisal report which includes a valuation. 


Finally, arrange an appointment at the Land Registry for the final payment and transfer of ownership title, and payment of taxes, and miscellaneous charges, etc.

 

Sometimes along the way, the foreigner may become more concerned and careful, and ask for a contract. Sadly, the contract they are given is rarely in good legal form (called a ‘pre-sales’ contract), and almost never issued with the proper legal procedure (notarised). This means the contract’s validity is questionable- even those overseen by local lawyers.

 

So this is the procedure agents guide their foreign buyers through. Unfortunately, one key important step, perhaps the most important step, is missing… a legal search and assessment of all permits, title, cadastral, and structural details about the property - due diligence ! Should a buyer rely on the agent’s answers and assurances about these key issues? Never. Agents and the lawyers they refer usually will say whatever is necessary to convince the buyer to complete the purchase so they can share the commission and hidden price mark-ups... 


What happens when a buyer asks for documents showing the information requested? Most often the agent insists the buyer pay the reservation deposit first.... Should a buyer pay over a cash reservation deposit before receiving the legal search documents? 


Never- problems with permits are widespread. Usually an agent will risk losing a buyer, before doing this work, of providing the documents (and the seller may never know!). 

 

So the purpose of paying a reservation deposit is two fold: to ensure the buyer is committed to the transaction before having a legal search done on the legal status of permits, ownership, etc; and to ensure the agent receives their commission- because the agent doesn’t give the reservation deposit to the seller, but retains it as part of their commission!

 

Simply by requiring the seller to provide an  expert appraisal report from a licensed and certified appraiser, called an Eksper Rapor, before the property purchase transaction begins, and not at the end of the transaction - which means before discussing or negotiating the price, advance payments, etc. 


Step1: The Eksper Rapor provides all the essential information required in a standard legal search. With this report in hand, buyer’s rest assured all essential, information about permits, ownership, cadastral, and structural details have been  revealed and disclosed. 


Step 2: Next step is then to  obtain confirmation that the checked information is what is required to qualify the property as being safe and secure for investment, and for this a independent professional specialist and expert (not the agent or lawyer  referred) should be relied upon, because the report itself provides information but does NOT guarantee that information is acceptable and meets requirements - for example about permits. An experienced independent expert will need to perform the due diligence on the information provided in the report to determine the acceptable status of the various detailed information provided in the report- and there are many surprising aspects where this is essential (legal, cadastral, planning permits, flood plains, construction conformity with regulations, etc.) Due Diligence by an independent expert is essential.



At mytapu.com, business for foreign buyers is done in a new and better way. A way that is much safer for buyers. Thanks to mytapu.com, foreigners can now receive in advance an Eksper Rapor covering all key legal issues, and buy a property with-out paying a reservation deposit, and without a pre-sales contract of questionable validity. 


The Team at mytapu.com are pleased to announce that the myatpu.com way of buying property,  with an Expert Appraisal Report, has now become a Turkish Regulatory Requirementfor property purchase by foreigners, as of February 15,  2019, and will also be required for purchases by Turkish nationals in the future..

 

And guess what…? This how local Turks buy property - without paying any reservation deposit. Instead, locals simply pay the full amount at the Land Registry or Tapu office on the day of the transfer of title. This is why Turkish buyers from Istanbul and Ankara use mytapu.com when buying property in Turkey, and retirement homes on the Turkish Riviera….

 

So if you have found a property, on an agent's website or elsewhere, and want to make sure it’s safe to buy, tell the experts at mytapu.com, and they will do what’s required. The Safe Way to Buy Property in Turkey is just like the locals do. And now at mytapu.com foreigners, too, can buy like the locals!


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At mytapu.com our policy is to ensure our clients are fully informed, so that they may make fully informed decisions- this helps to ensure better outcomes all around. 

 

Suggested Reading:

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]]>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 06:29:03 +0300<![CDATA[Independent Legal Advice for Property Purchases in Turkey]]>https://www.mytapu.com/blogs/post/Independent-Legal-Advice-for-Property-Purchases-in-Turkey

How do foreigners find independent ethical legal advice for property purchases in Turkey?


Where to find unbiased professional legal guidance that does not suffer from conflicts of interest with local developers and agents etc?

 

This is an important issue because the local agents refer foreign buyers to local lawyers that do things the way the agents’ want. The lawyers do this because they get referrals of new clients from the agents. So instead of receiving impartial professional legal advice, foreign buyers are guided to follow a procedure that benefits local agents and developers. As a result, the buyer’s ‘reservation deposit’ monies are placed at risk, and several different types of problems arise for the buyers, which they usually find out about only later.  

 

And when the client complains to the lawyer, asking ‘Why didn’t you tell me?’ what do these unscrupulous lawyers typically, say? Usually the standard reply is… ‘I didn’t tell you because you did not ask.’ This is an un-satisfactory reply, but the buyer’s only alternative is to complain to the local Bar Association, and that does not typically produce results the buyer needs- like a return of deposit monies, or corrections to planning permits.

 

So the key is to know what questions to ask- in advance. But how can a foreign buyer know what questions to ask when managing a transaction in a foreign legal system? It’s a ‘Catch 22’ situation, and precisely the reason independent ethical legal advice is essential.

 

Identifying a legal adviser without conflicts of interest in the small coastal towns where foreigners are typically buying property is always problematic. In these small communities everyone knows each other, and commonly the agents and developers will have a word with the solicitors to reach an understanding between them. And unfortunately, many larger law firms are not familiar with some of the procedural details that apply to the purchase of a Turkish property by a foreigner. Even referrals by other foreigners that have bought are not always a safe bet, because often the problems do not materialise until later, and the referrer may not know this at the time of making the referral.

 

The simple fact is that is far more costly and complicated to correct or rectify something that has gone wrong, than it is to prevent the problems from occurring in the first place. Disciplined, ethical legal advice is essential to reduce costs and transaction times, and for this reason, an experienced team of transaction managers has applied a framework of best practice case management techniques to the lawyers working under their direction, for their foreign clients buying property in Turkey.

 

This is the team of legal advisorsat mytapu.com, and their clients benefit from a service delivered with quality control and cost control, applied with policies of best practice governing the transaction process- possibly the only service of this kind available. Streamlined with the experience over the last 10 years, of processing thousands of Turkish property transactions for foreigners, this is important because the procedures for foreigners do differ from local buyers and sellers. And not only do foreign clients receive structured legal advice benefiting from best practices, they also have the reassurance of knowing the process is being managed cost effectively.


Keep informed about property matters in Turkey, with articles like this one…sign-up for our periodic Newsletter here…or here…

 

At mytapu.com our policy is to ensure our clients are fully informed, so that they may make fully informed decisions- this helps to ensure better outcomes all around. 

 


How to Reduce ‘Rip-Off’ Risks Buying Property in Turkey

When or When Not to use a Solicitor for Property Matters in Turkey

Legal Oversight Management- what is it, when to use it…​​


Legal Checks on Property and Purchase Transaction in Turkey: Due Diligence

Legal Services for Property Matters in Turkey


Valuations and Appraisal Expert Reports

Are Appraisal Valuations in Turkey Understating Property Prices?

Buying Turkish Property- Why use an Eksper Rapor ?

Property Price Histories in Turkey


Conveyancing

Completing Transfer of Title, Access, & Payment - 'Conveyancing'​​

Residential Property Investors Tool-Kit for Turkey

Property Finders Service Istanbul and Coastal Turkey,

Citizenship Investment in Turkey

The One Source for Every Turkish Mortgage

Advice for Property Matters in Turkey 



All Articles (click here)

How to Begin Your Property Purchase in Turkey

How to Buy or Sell Turkish Property Remotely Online without Travelling June 2020

The Guide to Buying a Property in Turkey

The True Cost of Citizenship by Investment in Turkey, for Investors’ Capital AND for Advisory Consultants Brand Value….

Turkey Residential Real Estate Property Market Outlook, Trends, Forecasts, and Turkish Lira Exchange Rates

Why Istanbul Lifestyle Retains its Allure for Real Estate Investors…

 

Building Trusted Relationships is Building Our Business...!

See What Our Clients Say About Us...





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