Tenant improvements can represent one of the most valuable and disputed elements of a rental relationship in Turkey. A residential tenant may install a new kitchen, replace flooring or construct built-in wardrobes. A commercial tenant may spend millions of Turkish lira converting an empty unit into a restaurant, clinic, hotel, factory, retail store or professional […]
Commercial lease taxation in Turkey requires more than checking the monthly rent written in the agreement. The landlord’s legal status, the tenant’s tax status, whether the property belongs to an economic enterprise, whether the rent is stated as net or gross and whether value-added tax is included may all change the amount that must be […]
Advance rent payments are frequently used in Turkish residential and commercial rental transactions. A landlord may request six months or one year of rent before delivering the property, particularly where the tenant has limited income documentation, no Turkish credit history or is a newly established company. A tenant may also offer advance payment to negotiate […]
Payment of rent is one of the tenant’s principal obligations under Turkish rental law. Although the obligation appears straightforward, disputes frequently arise over whether a payment was made, which rental month it covered, whether it was paid to the correct person, whether the landlord accepted a lower amount and whether a bank transfer represented rent, […]
Apartment and site management fees are among the most common sources of disagreement between landlords, tenants and residential-complex administrations in Turkey. Monthly invoices may contain security, cleaning, landscaping, heating, pool maintenance, elevator services, personnel expenses, repair costs, insurance premiums, reserve-fund payments and major investment expenses. The invoice may use only the general expression “aidat”, even […]
Rental disputes frequently depend on the physical condition of the rented property at a particular moment. A landlord may claim that the tenant removed fixtures, damaged flooring, demolished walls or returned a commercial property in an unusable condition. A tenant may allege that the property contains water leakage, mould, structural defects, defective installations or conditions […]
Key delivery is one of the most important and frequently underestimated stages of a rental relationship in Turkey. A tenant may move personal belongings out of an apartment, close a business, stop using a warehouse or notify the landlord that the property has been vacated. However, physically leaving the premises does not always prove that […]
A rental agreement ordinarily creates contractual rights and obligations between the landlord and tenant. The landlord must allow the tenant to use the property under the agreed conditions, while the tenant must pay rent, use the premises carefully and return them when the rental relationship ends. In most cases, the rental agreement is not recorded […]
Landlords in Turkey frequently request a guarantor when the tenant has insufficient income, limited credit history, recently established a company or cannot provide another form of financial security. A parent may guarantee a student’s residential rent, a company shareholder may guarantee the company’s commercial lease or a business owner may guarantee rent payable by an […]
Foreign currency rent agreements are common in international real estate transactions, shopping centres, hotels, industrial facilities, logistics properties and leases involving foreign individuals or foreign-owned companies. A landlord may wish to determine rent in euros or United States dollars to protect the value of the property, while an international tenant may prefer to match rental […]