Off-Plan Property in Turkey: Risks and How to Protect Yourself

Buying off-plan (before completion) can offer attractive prices and payment plans. It also carries risks that are easy to underestimate.

Common risks

• **Delivery delays** — completion dates can slip by months or more
• **Changes to plans** — layout, size or specifications can differ from the brochure
• **Developer financial strength** — a project depends on the developer finishing it
• **No title deed yet** — ownership is usually transferred only at or near completion
• **Citizenship timing** — not every off-plan structure fits a citizenship application

How to protect yourself

• Check the developer's track record and completed projects
• Confirm building permits and land ownership
• Use a notarised preliminary sales contract (satış vaadi sözleşmesi) registered at the land registry where possible
• Agree clear delivery dates, penalties and refund terms
• Link payments to construction milestones

Even after delivery

As we have seen with clients, holding the title deed does not always mean a property is ready to rent immediately — site works can continue for months.

How Legit Law helps

We review the developer, permits and contract before you sign. [Contact us](/contact).

*General information only, not legal advice.*