Looking for a lawyer in Sultanbeyli?

Our Bakırköy-based office also handles Sultanbeyli files; the process begins with the assessment at the first meeting and runs through to the appeal stages with the same team. About 60 minutes to Bakırköy by the TEM motorway.

Property disputes arising from shared title deeds and the zoning amnesty are widespread in the area.

What do we handle in Sultanbeyli?

Construction and zoning, real estate, administrative and tax, and compensation law are the headings that stand out in our Sultanbeyli 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 Sultanbeyli, and above all from Abdurrahmangazi, Mehmet Akif, Fatih, Turgut Reis, Hasanpaşa.

How does the meeting work?

So that travelling time is not spent unnecessarily, we usually hold the first meeting with clients in Sultanbeyli by video. Once a power of attorney has been given, you do not need to come to Sultanbeyli for hearings, site inspections or enforcement steps; if you prefer to come to the office, we plan the appointment so that everything is completed in a single visit.

The zoning amnesty and the limits of shared title

Most Sultanbeyli files turn on the building registration certificate. What that certificate does and does not give is the most widespread misunderstanding in the area.

A building registration certificate does not make a building licensed. What it gives is that no demolition order or administrative fine will be issued for that building. What it does not give is this: it does not make the building compliant with the zoning legislation, it does not by itself make it possible to establish condominium ownership, and it does not carry the same rights over into a rebuilding. The certificate does not prevent a return to the development plan in force when the building is to be renewed.

The second common situation is shared title. On shares sold with the words "this part is yours", everyone is in law a co-owner of the whole; a de facto division binds the co-owners but cannot be asserted against third parties. That structure brings two actions with it: the pre-emption right where a co-owner sells their share outside, and dissolution of co-ownership where no agreement can be reached.

Reading the scope of the certificate and the title record together before buying is more effective than any action brought afterwards.

A practical note: A building registration certificate does not in every case make it possible to establish condominium ownership over the building; the consent of all the owners is needed and the building must meet certain conditions. In a building where neither a construction servitude nor condominium ownership can be established, selling a unit takes effect only as a transfer of a share.

Which courthouse will your case be heard in?

Disputes within the boundaries of Sultanbeyli are heard at the Istanbul Anatolian Courthouse (Kartal), the central courthouse for the Anatolian side. It houses the civil courts of first instance, commercial, family, labour, civil courts of peace, enforcement, criminal courts of first instance and serious crime courts together with the public prosecutor’s office; the enforcement offices are on the same site. As it is one of the busiest courthouses in Turkey, the intervals between hearings can be longer than elsewhere.

Administrative disputes (demolition, permits, tax, personnel matters) are not heard there but in the Istanbul administrative and tax courts.