Foreign Nationals’ Property Acquisitions

Prepared by: Constantinople

Being abroad may not require personal attendance for every property procedure in Turkey. However, the availability of representation does not require every power to be granted broadly in one document. First identify the stage requiring representation: obtaining documents, preparing an agreement, purchasing, a land registry transaction or another act. Authority should be proportionate to that need.

Assess separately who the representative is, which property or transaction is covered and the scope of purchase and payment powers. Provisions on bank accounts, receiving money, selling or delegating may have different consequences from simple document retrieval. Rather than signing merely because it is called a standard power of attorney, compare the text with the transaction's purpose.

The appropriate route—Turkish consulate, Turkish notary or foreign notary—is determined by the file. Form, certification or apostille and Turkish translation requirements for foreign-issued documents are checked separately. An apostille does not automatically supply missing authority. Suitability for the land registry transaction should be assessed before execution.

We read the draft alongside title, agreement and payment sequence, assessing necessary powers and unrelated breadth in writing. If authority was already granted, include a copy and details of its use. New authority or changes to existing representation are not treated as a uniform solution without reviewing the file.