Looking for a lawyer in Esenler?

We provide clients who reach us from Esenler and the surrounding area with legal advice and litigation across Istanbul from our office in Bakırköy. About 25 minutes to Bakırköy by the M1 metro line.

Urban regeneration projects mean disputes under Law No. 6306 are seen frequently.

What do we handle in Esenler?

Construction and zoning, real estate, administrative and tax, and compensation law are the headings that stand out in our Esenler files. We take files in other areas of law as well; which court has jurisdiction becomes clear at the first meeting, according to the nature of the dispute.

Main neighbourhoods

We take files from every neighbourhood within Esenler, and above all from Menderes, Oruçreis, Havaalanı, Fevzi Çakmak, Turgut Reis.

How does the meeting work?

You can have the first meeting at our office in Bakırköy in person or by video. If you send your documents digitally beforehand, we complete the preliminary assessment before the meeting and set out the roadmap in a single session.

Urban regeneration under Law No. 6306

Most Esenler files arise from disagreements between the owners in buildings declared to be at risk. The process runs in several stages, and each stage has its own period.

The risk determination and objections. The determination is served on the owner; there are fifteen days in which to object. The objection is examined by a technical panel. If the period is missed the determination becomes final and the process moves to evacuation and demolition.

The two-thirds majority. The decision to rebuild is taken by a two-thirds majority of the owners by share. The share of an owner who does not join the decision may be sold to the other owners or to the administration at market value. The valuation used for that sale is the point most often litigated.

Action to correct the land share. As the units in the new building are allocated by land share, an incorrectly determined share leads directly to a loss of rights. That action must be brought before the regeneration begins — correcting it afterwards is far harder.

A practical note: The position of tenants in a regeneration is assessed separately. When a building at risk is evacuated, the tenant’s contract does not end automatically; the tenant may claim compensation for the remaining term and the cost of moving. That claim rests on the contract between owner and tenant.

Which courthouse will your case be heard in?

Disputes within the boundaries of Esenler are heard at the Bakırköy Courthouse — the courthouse in the district where our office is. That site brings together the civil courts of first instance, commercial, family, labour, civil courts of peace, consumer, criminal courts of first instance and serious crime courts along with the enforcement offices.

Our proximity to the courthouse makes a difference where time limits are involved: applications for interim injunctions and attachment can be lodged the same day. Administrative disputes are heard in the Istanbul administrative and tax courts.