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Associations, Foundations and Cooperatives
How Is the Appraisal (Şerefiye) Charge Determined in a Cooperative? Objecting to the Calculation and the Price Difference
By what criteria are differences in floor, facade and location reflected in the price? A comprehensive guide explaining the distinction between şerefiye and additional dues, review of the technical report, a sample distribution calculation, and why an internal cooperative objection is separate from the time limit for suit.
Associations, Foundations and Cooperatives
What Happens If a Cooperative Delivers the Home Late? Rent Loss and Compensation Claims
A guide that runs from the delivery date and the position of comparable members to the calculation of rent loss. The five-year limitation approach of the Civil General Assembly (HGK) and the 2026 procedural change are explained together.
Construction Law
Construction Contracts Guide: Contract Types, Form, Obligations of the Parties, Termination and Settlement
Formation of a construction contract, official form, price, variations, delivery, defects and the legal consequences of termination.
Construction Law
Contractor, Subcontractor and Progress Payment Disputes in Construction Contracts for Work
Unpaid progress payments of contractors and subcontractors, additional work, security, the final account, identifying the debtor and actions for payment.
Construction Law
Construction Contract in Return for Land Share (Flat-for-Land): Formation, Title Transfer, Delivery, Termination and Lawsuits
Official form, the contractor’s obligations, title transfer, third-party good faith, delivery, termination of the contract and lawsuits in construction in return for land share.
Division of Property in Divorce
Property Division After Divorce in Urban Transformation and Construction in Return for Flats
See how personal land, an urban transformation contract, the new independent unit and additional payments affect property division, based on documents and the source of financing.
Ownership and Neighbor Disputes
Neighbor’s Construction Damaging Your Building: Preservation of Evidence, Halting the Construction, and Compensation
If a neighbor’s excavation has damaged your building: preservation of evidence, interim injunction, mandatory mediation, and compensation, with a real Court of Cassation decision applied.
Title Cancellation and Registration Cases
Can a Title Obtained from a Builder Be Cancelled? Third-Party Good Faith and the Current Court of Cassation Approach
The 2025 unification-of-case-law decision, proof of bad faith and the current limits of the earlier approach.
Title Cancellation and Registration Cases
What to Do If the Contractor Does Not Hand Over the Title Deed? Registration and Compensation for an Apartment Bought from the Contractor
Whose name the title is in, and what right the contractor acquired against the landowner: a claims plan built on those two questions.
Title Cancellation and Registration Cases
Termination of a Land-Share Construction Contract and Return of Title Deeds: Rights of the Landowner
Formal notice, technical evidence, type of termination, mutual settlement and acquisitions by third parties.
Tourism Law
Land, Zoning and Construction for a Tourism Facility: Farmland, Coast, Forest and Protected Areas
Land selection, non-agricultural use, zoning and building permits for a tourism facility. Review the 2026 changes for farmland, coastal, forest and protected areas.
A guide to court applications for preserving evidence that may change or disappear, covering technical examination, service, objections and the move to the main action.
Debt Claims
Objecting to an Expert Report in a Civil Case: Time Limits, Grounds and Requests for a New Report
How should an expert report in a civil case be assessed? A guide to the options, from calculating time limits and service to specific grounds of objection, requests for supplementary reports and expert opinions.
Construction Law
Late, Incomplete and Defective Delivery in Construction Contracts: Damages, Contractual Penalty and Termination
When a contractor delivers a home late, incomplete or defective, under what conditions do rights to loss of rent, contractual penalty, repair, substitute performance, termination and title arise?
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