Buying from a non-Turkish owner

[buddy]

A friend has bought an apartment from a non-Turkish owner and has been told by his solicitor that the tapu cannot be transfered directly to him, but has to first be registered in a Turkish citizens name. It's now 9 months since he paid for this property and he has not received his tapu, it is still in the name of a Turkish 'friend'. Is this procedure correct, or has he got problems.

[Scunner]

He has got problems.

[buddy]

Thanks Mr Scunner, I thought he had, and told him to go and camp on his solicitors doorstep.

[Rimms]

So does thia mean that a UK citizen can't sell their Turkish property directly to another UK resident ?

[yabanci]

We sold our apartment to a UK resident over 3 years ago now,no problem.

[Ovacikpeedoff]

Sold our villa to a UK resident 12 months ago and there were no problems. The clearance from Izmir took a while but that is normal.

[HappyMonday]

We sold our apartment to a UK resident last month and all papers were fine. It ended falling through as the buyer and wife split up but there were no problems with the process.

[ovaciksarah]

Bala at European estates sold my other villa, finalised in January, 3 payments and all papers, tapu etc done at same time.  She had been given power of attorney for the new English owners.  Plenty of forigners sell direct to other foreigners

[buddy]

When he told me I thought it sounded suspicious, thanks for your replies.

[elaina]

The same thing happened to a friend of mine in Uzumlu.  She acted on her lawyers advice and now has big problems.  3 years down the line still no Tapu and has paid so much out in legal fees.