It never made any sense to us. We paid over 800TL, some owners on our complex (25 villas) paid much more, some paid much less and it had nothing to do with the location of the property or the size. Some owners received official looking letters from the council asking for payment, some didn't...in fact the Zabita came onto the complex to hand them out. I know of quite a few people not on our complex who never paid because the council could find no record of their property despite them paying council tax since they lived there. Crazy doesn't even come close! I just wonder if they would give us the money back now or would they claim the new "improved" roads and walkways are paid for by that tax.