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Turkish citizenship by investment: how the programme actually works
Thresholds, qualifying property, family members, timelines and the traps that disqualify applications — the complete route to a Turkish passport.
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Buying property in Türkiye as a foreigner: the title check that comes first
Encumbrances, seller checks, title types, military clearance and valuation — what to verify before your deposit leaves the account.
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Company formation in Türkiye: choosing the right structure as a foreign investor
Limited or joint stock? Branch or subsidiary? The choice shapes your taxes, liability and exit for years — here is how to decide.
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Injured in Türkiye: compensation claims run from home
Traffic accidents, hotel and excursion injuries — who is liable, what is recoverable, the limitation period, and why the flight home does not end the claim.
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Under investigation in Türkiye while you live abroad
Arrest warrants, file access and representation without travelling: what can be established before you board a flight, and what a warrant changes.
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Buying a company in Türkiye: due diligence and what comes with it
Share deal or asset deal, which liabilities travel with the target, what the review examines, and how findings turn into contract protection.
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Investment incentives in Türkiye: the certificate comes before the first invoice
VAT exemption, customs relief, reduced corporate tax and social security support — and the mistake that costs all of them.
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Patents, utility models and designs in Türkiye
Which right protects what, why your own trade fair destroys novelty, and when a utility model is the smarter filing.
Read the article →Starting up in Türkiye: equity, IP and the first funding round
Joint stock or limited company, who actually owns the software, what belongs in the shareholders' agreement, and how a round is built under Turkish law.
Read the article →Corporate tax in Türkiye: what foreign-owned companies actually pay
The headline rate is only the beginning — withholding, VAT, incentives and treaty relief decide what your Turkish venture really pays.
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Debt recovery in Türkiye: enforcing what you are owed from abroad
Unpaid invoices, cheques, judgments and rent — how Turkish enforcement works, what it can reach, and how it is run without you flying in.
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Divorced abroad? In Türkiye, you may still be married
A foreign divorce decree has no effect in Turkey (Türkiye) until it is recognised — with consequences from remarriage to inheritance. Here is the fix.
Read the article →Inheritance in Türkiye for foreign heirs: which law applies, and what to do first
Turkish immovables follow Turkish succession law — forced heirship, the certificate of inheritance, tax and the transfer, explained for heirs abroad.
Read the article →Trademark registration in Türkiye: first-to-file, and why speed matters
Search, classes, the opposition window, bad-faith filings and enforcement — protecting your brand in a first-to-file jurisdiction.
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Turkish residence permits: which one fits, and how applications actually get approved
Short-term, family, student, work and investor permits — requirements, the closed-district problem, renewals and what causes rejections.
Read the article →Work permits in Türkiye: what employers and foreign professionals need to know
Who applies, the employment ratio rule, capital requirements, timelines and the exemptions that change everything.
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Rules on how Turkish lawyers may present themselves changed: three articles of the advertising regulation repealed
An amendment to the advertising regulation of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations was published in the Official Gazette of 9 August 2024, No. 32627. It repealed articles 8, 9 and 10 of the regulation.
Those articles governed signage, printed material and internet use separately. The subject matter was not simply deregulated: the limits on websites, domain names and search engines moved into article 6. Using code or keywords to rank higher in search engines for the purpose of obtaining work remains prohibited.
A common misreading is that repealing the article numbers repealed the restriction. It did not. The material on this site is published for information within that framework.
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