“Hello Berk, I have just read your article on Turkish property law — subtenant and eviction issues. I am Irish and own a house in Turkey which I use on a yearly basis as a summer holiday. I have rented this out to a Turkish girl two weeks ago. She initially needed a house for [...]
Big companies make big money off of small claims. Sometimes you simply don’t keep the papers after terminating a utility agreement (such as cable TV) or simply don’t keep the receipts of payment for a payment. A long time later, you receive a letter stating that you have not fulfilled your obligations. You ignore this [...]
Turkey’s economy and real estate sector, though affected by the global economic slowdown, have held up well compared to others in Europe thanks in part to strong local demand and low exposure to international credit markets. The country’s solid economic performance was confirmed by a recent upgrade of its credit rating by Standard & Poor, [...]
A mother-of-three has told how she lost her dream home and nest egg after being caught up in a Turkish property fraud nightmare. Margaret Macdonald, from Whitehead, Co Antrim, flew out to Altinkum on Turkey’s Aegean coast as news broke that her three-bedroom apartment, along with 10 others owned by Britons and Europeans on the [...]
