I am an avid reader of this forum and I only wish I had found it earlier. I don't post very often becuase of the problems I have in Turkey which I am sorry to say are ongoing. I "have" an apartment in Uzumlu - I can't say I own it because I have no Tapu and the decision on that is with the Court (has been for over 6 years now - I am sorry to say). I have always tried to do what is right and by the book so to speak. So although I do not legally speaking "own" the apartment I pay the insurances for building and contents, I pay my electricity and complex maintnenance for use of pool, gardens, etc. I have also paid out for minor maintenance jobs - leaking roof repairs, bit of internal making good and painting and painting of exterior woodwork and balustrades, also I paid out my share to have the garden re-landscaped, etc. The complex consists of 8 apartments, two of which remain unsold and are still owned by the directors of the estate agents who built them (and who still have my Tapu). No maintenance is received for these 2 apartments and I am now being asked to stump up an extra 20TL per month to help to cover the shortfall because of increased costs. Other residents in the complex have also decided that the complex needs a re-paint and I am being asked for another 1500TL for my apartment plus 600TL for my share (ie. one sixth!!!) of the communal area repaint. The question I ask is should I pay this money because I don't think I should. What do other forum members think? Any advice would be gratefully received.