Imagine this scenario: You wake up one morning, brew your coffee, and casually check the daily news or the Official Gazette, only to discover that your neighborhood—the streets you walk every day, the home you have invested your life savings into—has been officially designated as a “Reserve Building Area” (Rezerv Yapı Alanı) by the government. […]
Construction projects are inherently high-risk operations. Employees may work at height, operate heavy machinery, enter excavations, handle electrical systems, work around cranes and lifting equipment, use hazardous substances and perform multiple activities simultaneously within a constantly changing work environment. For this reason, occupational health and safety in Turkish construction projects is not treated merely as […]
Time is often one of the most valuable elements of a construction project. A shopping centre that opens six months late may lose an entire commercial season. A hotel delivered after the beginning of the tourism period may suffer substantial revenue losses. An industrial facility that cannot commence production on schedule may expose the employer […]
Web Tapu and Online Property Transactions in Turkey: Legal Convenience and Hidden Risks Introduction Digitalisation has significantly changed the way real estate transactions are initiated and managed in Turkey. The Turkish General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre (Tapu ve Kadastro Genel Müdürlüğü – TKGM) operates Web Tapu, an electronic platform through which property owners […]
Buying a newly built home in Turkey may appear straightforward: the construction is completed, the developer hands over the keys, and the buyer moves into the apartment. Legally, however, several different stages may exist between purchasing an off-plan property and becoming the owner of a fully completed and formally registered condominium unit. Three concepts are […]
Plan Amendments in Turkey: Legal Risks of Buying Property Based on Future Zoning Changes Introduction Some of the most financially significant real estate investments in Turkey are made not because of what a property is today, but because of what a buyer is told it will become tomorrow. A buyer may be told: These statements […]
Short-term residential rentals have become an increasingly important part of the Turkish real estate market. Apartments in Istanbul, Antalya, Bodrum, Fethiye, İzmir and other tourism-oriented locations may generate significantly different returns when rented for days or weeks rather than under traditional long-term residential leases. However, Turkish law no longer treats this activity as an ordinary […]
Purchasing an apartment from a development project often requires the buyer to make substantial payments months or even years before the property is completed. When the developer fails to deliver the property on the agreed date, the buyer may face significant financial consequences: continued rent payments, financing costs, lost rental income, accommodation expenses and uncertainty […]
When a car can record where you go, how you drive and even who is inside the vehicle, who may legally use that information? Modern vehicles are no longer merely transportation devices. Connected cars increasingly operate as sophisticated digital platforms combining sensors, cameras, microphones, navigation systems, telematics, mobile applications, artificial intelligence and internet connectivity. As […]
Introduction Compensation arising from an aircraft accident is governed by a considerably more complex legal framework than the simple question of how much an airline must pay. The international or domestic character of the carriage, the passenger’s residence, the identity of the contractual and operating carriers, the causal connection between the accident and the injury, […]