Types Of Title Deed In Turkey (Full Legal Information)

The title deed of the property or the so-called (Tapu) in Turkey is the official document that proves the rights to own property in Turkey, in which the real estate survey numbers and information about the property such as the name of the property owner, type of property, its location, area and others are mentioned, and it is signed and stamped by the title deed administration, where the Title Deed is being extracted from The Directorate of Land Registry, which is affiliated to the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Cities.

The title deed of the property (Tapu) is granted to the owner of the property only, and it is not granted to any person related to the property such as the lessor, mortgagor or others, even if the owners of the property are more than one person, only one title deed is granted to the property, and the details of each person’s share and percentage of the property are mentioned in the details of the title deed.

Types of Tapu in Turkey 

The blue agricultural title deed and the red title deed for residential units (apartments- houses- villas- offices), where they were separated by color in relation to the validity of the property, is it agricultural land or land suitable for construction, Building and real estate development.

There are several types of real estate title deed in Turkey (Tapu), and they are detailed as follows:

1- Agricultural title deed in Turkey

Or what is known as the blue Tapu, which is the title deed of agricultural lands and fields, and it gives its owner the right and legitimacy to carry out any agricultural work or to raise poultry, livestock or the like within this land he owns, and it gives the land owner the right to farm and benefit from the crops of the land and their inheritance after him.

2- Construction and buildings Tapu in Turkey

It is a title deed often for independent houses, villas, palaces, factories, hospitals, schools and other real estate projects that are within a separate building.

In this document, the general information and basic data of the building are mentioned in full as one unit, without mentioning the special details of the sections or parts of the building.

3- Real estate easements title deed

It is a title deed obtained before obtaining the full title deed, in which each section of the property is registered separately, such as dividing the project into separate sections where each apartment represents a section, until approval of the construction is issued, where these real estate easement documents prove the ownership of the title deed holder in the construction to be constructed but not yet completed.

After the completion of construction and the issuance of housing approval, the title deeds are allocated to the property, in which the location and number of each section of the property and to whom it belongs is mentioned, and the easement deed turns into a full title deed.

4- Floor Easement Tapu in Turkey

This title deed is issued after at least 70% of the construction work of the property has been completed, and a floor easement Tapu is required to protect the rights of the property owner. The floor easement Tapu is the document obtained to prove that the owner has a right in a specific floor of the building, and through it The Land Registry Office briefly states that the entire building was constructed in accordance with building codes.

Contractors usually display the characteristics and details of the building when it is sold to the buyer through this register, explaining these characteristics and features accurately and carefully, and after the completion of construction, the contractor applies for full ownership of each title deed.

5- Ownership Properties Title Deed in Turkey

These are documents that record the ownership of real estate after the completion of its construction completely, and in which the independent sections are assigned to the building, and each section is issued its own title deed proving the ownership of the owner of the title deed.

In this title deed, the type of property, its number, location of the building, and its share of the building land are mentioned.

Source : Tapu ve Kadastro Genel Müdürlüğü (TKGM)

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