Category: Employment and Social Security LawType: Employment GuideReading time: 4 minBy: Av. Ali Mücteba KatırcıoğluLast reviewed: 10 September 2026 A recurring mistake in foreign investment is to treat company incorporation, residence permission and work authorisation as the same thing. They are not. A foreigner may own shares in a Turkish company but still require a…
Category: Inheritance LawType: Cross-Border GuideReading time: 4 minBy: Av. Ali Mücteba KatırcıoğluLast reviewed: 10 September 2026 A foreign family may have no connection with Turkish courts until a relative dies owning an apartment, land, company interest, bank asset or other property in Türkiye. At that point, succession becomes a cross-border legal process. The key questions…
Category: Real Estate LawType: Residence GuideReading time: 5 minBy: Av. Ali Mücteba KatırcıoğluLast reviewed: 10 September 2026 Foreigners frequently ask whether buying an apartment in Türkiye automatically produces a residence permit. The legally accurate answer is more careful: ownership of qualifying residential property can provide a statutory basis for a short-term residence-permit application, but ownership…
Category: Real Estate LawType: Investor GuideReading time: 6 minBy: Av. Ali Mücteba KatırcıoğluLast reviewed: 10 September 2026 Foreign investors searching for “Turkish citizenship by investment” often begin with a single figure: USD 400,000. That figure matters, but it is only one part of the legal structure. Under the current exceptional citizenship framework, a foreign investor…