The following information is a guide to help you understand the process of buying a freehold property here in Turkey.
Once you have decided on the property you would like to purchase; a payment plan will be drawn up, which has been agreed by the seller & buyer. We recommend that you use solicitors with international expertise and we are happy to recommend an independent firm with partners in several European countries. You may of course use your own solicitor.

The following steps you through the process;

1. Once everything has been agreed we will take you to the solicitors' office where the sale agreement/contract will be drawn up. The solicitor will ensure that the title of the property is checked; that the person who is selling the property actually owns it; whether there are any charges on the property; where applicable that building licenses and permissions are in order; and that the terms and conditions stipulated by the seller are checked for fairness. The sale agreement/contract will be translated from Turkish into English by the legal translator. The solicitor, legal translator, buyer and seller will sign the sale agreements, and each party will get a copy of the sale agreement/contract in both Turkish and English, a copy will also be given to CasaBlendon for their records.

Please note:  (legal costs are non refundable).

2. If you would like to give your solicitor here in Turkey Power of Attorney to sign for the release of your title deeds from the title deeds office once they have been authorized (subject to army clearance which on average is 2- months)), we will take you to the Notary public office to have this done (closed at weekends). Please note that giving the solicitor Power of Attorney does not give us or the solicitor any rights or claim over your property, you will receive the title deeds (Tapu) in your own name.
3. The solicitor will then arrange for the paper work to be sent to the title deeds office for the transfer of the title deeds into your name, in order to do this the title deeds office will send your passport copies and title deeds to the Aegean Army Base in Izmir for the military check.
4. Once the title deeds have been authorized, we will inform you. At this time you will have to pay any outstanding balance due (in accordance with your contract) the solicitor will inform you of all payments that need to be made at this time (as reflected on your payment plan).
5. The release of the title deeds from the title deeds office is signed in the presence of the notary by the buyer and the seller. You can either attend the signing in person or appoint someone as power of attorney to attend on your behalf (for example the solicitor)  if you do not attend in person we will email a copy of your title deeds to you for your records, the original will be kept at our office and you can collect it when you next come to Turkey.
6. The solicitor will then arrange for the new title of the property to be registered with the local council office for property tax purposes.