Real Estate & Properties in Turkey

Budget 5.0%–5.5% on top of the asking price

title deed fee (tapu harcı), legal fees, agency commission. The seller separately carries title deed fee (tapu harcı) and agency commission — not your cost.

No licence needed to buy as a foreigner

Open to most nationalities since the reciprocity requirement was abolished in 2012, though a short list of nationalities remains excluded. Three caps apply: 30 hectares per person nationwide, no more than 10% of any one district's area in foreign hands, and nothing inside a military or security zone — which is why every sale to a foreigner is checked for clearance, now usually a matter of days rather than weeks. A mandatory independent valuation report is also required on a sale to a foreign buyer.