OMG - its no wonder confusion reigns, with some Notaries insisting on a residency and others not...isn't there one person or head of department who has authority over them, who is able to make sure all Notaries are informed as to what is the law on this and what is not. Our friend, a sworn Translator, phoned the police for clarification on this, she was told that foreigners need to have residency in order to buy or sell a car in Turkey. If thats so, why are they not making sure all Notaries have the same information?. People are contributing a lot of info here on the Forum, but there is still different opinions. Some say definitely yes to residency, others say definitely not. I think we need absolute clarification one way or the other, and everyone should act accordingly. We have no wish to break the law, or get around it; we just want to know what actually IS the law.