Property in Turkey

  Alanya-Serik Toll Road: A Project of Promise and Controversy The newnounces Alanya-Serik toll road is one of the region’s most ambitious infrastructure projects.  Designed to slash travel time between Antalya and Alanya, the 122-kilometer highway promises economic growth, significantly reduced traveltime and a major boost to tourism.  However, the project has also sparked heated debate over its environmental impact, cost transparency, and the realism of its claimed benefits of reduced travel time. The Promise: Faster Travel and Economic Growth The Turkish government touts the Alanya-Serik toll road as a game-changer.  Officials claim the highway will reduce travel time from the current 2.5 hours to just 36 minutes, thanks to its modern design: 84 km of main highway, 38 km of connecting roads, 8 tunnels, and 19 viaducts, all built to accommodate speeds of up to 140 km/h.  Beyond time savings, the highway is positioned as a catalyst for regional development. By ...

  Not so long ago, checking the mail meant a trip to the mailbox, and making a phone call required sitting by a landline. International calls were a rare and costly luxury. Today, smartphones, email, WhatsApp, and easy internet access have transformed the way we communicate. Now, you can effortlessly dial an English number to speak with your real estate broker in Turkey, no matter where you are. Similarly, creating a professional and attractive website has become both simple and affordable, allowing companies to present themselves in the best possible light.  However, when choosing your future real estate partner in Turkey, it’s crucial to look beyond the surface and consider the following: Is there a real company behind the broker, or just an individual? How many employees does the brokerage employ? Choosing a broker who works alone can leave you, as a customer, in a vulnerable position. In Turkey, many brokers operate not as established companies, but as individuals—an unsaf...

  This time, we will examine something that should seem quite simple: the size of a square meter. First, let's see what Wikipedia has to say on the subject: The square meter is a unit of area. It is defined as the area of a square whose sides measure exactly one meter. For those particularly interested in the subject, it is worth noting that one square meter equals 0.000001 square kilometers or 10,000 square centimeters. One question Wikipedia does not answer is the size of a Turkish square meter. Experience has taught us that one European square meter and one Turkish square meter are not equal. This is most obvious when we receive the floor plans for the units we promote. These are often quite exaggerated, and we often see 2-bedroom apartments listed as 150 square meters. However, visiting the apartment in question often reveals a different story. In other words, the 150-square-meter apartment turns out to be just 100 square meters. The main reasons for this are: - In Turkey, info...

Good advice when issuing a power of attorney This is usually worth considering when buying or selling real estate or when you are in need of an accountant or a lawyer. Quite often, it can be useful and time-saving to issue a power of attorney to a third party, who can then act on your behalf. The process itself is simple and fast, and alone in and around Alanya there are almost ten different notary offices to choose from. These are the most important issues to remember when issuing a power of attorney: Only issue powers of attorney to persons that you trust and that you know who they are. Make sure that the power of attorney is specific and for your exact purpose only. When selling your property via power of attorney, the exact registration and location must be specified. When selling a car, the licence plate and registration must be specified and so on. If it serves a purpose, consider making a time-limited power of attorney. Use a professional translator whom you unde...

  When to withdraw your power of attorneys ? To issue a power of attorney to a 3rd party is a quite usual thing in Turkey. This is used when buying or selling cars, real estate or dealing with lawyers and accountants. In the Alanya area alone, there are almost ten public notaries, so to issue a power of attorney is an easy and well-known process. But what about withdrawing a power of attorney when it is no longer needed? How do you do that, and is it necessary at all? So let's take the easy part first... This is how you do it:  To withdraw a power of attorney, you need to visit a notaries office. It does not have to be the notary where the power of attorney was issued. You should bring your ID and a copy of the power of attorney that you want to cancel, or know the date it was issued and the reference number. Unfortunately, withdrawing a power of attorney is not free and will cost you almost the same as the price of issuing a new one. Is it necessary to withdraw your power of ...

With the end of 2024, we have prepared a new issue of our magazine.  In this issue of our magazine, you will see new flavors, trips that we can recommend, articles that you will enjoy reading and new houses that we offer for sale.  This magazine took a little longer than the previous issues. It contains more pages and more news.  We hope that 2025 will be much better for everyone.  We think you will like our new magazine and wish everyone a good read.