We did all the forms etc and went to all the different locations around the area to apply for our residency for ourselves starting with the local Mukhtar.We had to obtain signatures all over the place and it took us a day to complete. Thankfully we were applying in May when the weather was reasonably comfortable, it would have been a very unpleasant experience in the hot summer months.Our visit to the Mukhtar took about an hour and then there were visits to police stations and government offices and the post office.If we had not had a car it would have taken a lot longer.
If you do apply for yourselves you need 10 passport size photographs,3copies of your passport photo page and 2 copies of the page where your last tourist visa is located. 2 for the passport police and 2 for the Muhtar .You must have enough time on your passportfor the years you are applying for. You also need a copy of a bank statement or pension statement to prove that you have enough money to live in Turkey. A copy of your Tapu or rental contract.Your passport and plenty of cash!You will have to have an application form from the police station on the harbour and they send it off for you. Be sure to get the application number from them and take a photocopy of your passport in case you need it (maybe if the traffic police stop you when driving).
You have to call at the Maliye office in Calis to pay the residency visa fee.You will be given a receipt stamped and signed.The local Muhtar to register that you live in your property, the passport police on the harbour for the application form,fill it in at their office,the Kaymakamlik office next to Carrefour to have the application stamped and signed. The post office for the visa book application as well as the police station opposite the PTT to have your application again stamped and signed.They stamp it and then send you to room 16 for a signature, then back to the harbour police. It is quite a process and involves loads of running about and waiting. If you are in Calis or Gunlukhasi you also need the local police to sign a form. We applied in 2007, I have not heard of any changes to applying and we did not go to Mugla but waited for the residency to be sent to the police on the harbour.
You have to contact the police after about five weeks to see if the residency has been returned,they will not contact you!:D
At the PTT we made the payment on one of the white payment slips lying around.We made it out to MUGLA EMNIYET MUDURLUGU YABANCILAR SUBE MUDURLUGU ADINA at the top of the form.On the bottom clearly print your name and address. The visa book used to cost 70lira plus a small fee but it is probably more now.(Have been told it is now138 lira plus book.)