The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (the “CBRT”) made important amendments to Article 13 of the Capital Movements Circular, which sets out the principles applicable to real estate acquisition. With the amendments to the Circular, the CBRT has introduced additional provisions to the FX payment requirement for non-Turkish citizens’ real estate acquisitions.

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• The upfront payment obligations under promise to sell agreements which non-Turkish citizens are parties to will need to be fulfilled in foreign currency.
• The payment obligations under property sale agreements and promise to sell agreements which non-Turkish citizens are parties to cannot be performed through statutory mortgages, except in relation to debts owed to public institutions.
• Real persons residing abroad who are non-Turkish citizens can only finance their real estate acquisitions in Turkey by utilizing FX loans. The bank will deposit the loan amount to the seller’s account in Turkish Liras.
• Among the financial leasing agreements to be concluded with real persons residing abroad who are non-Turkish citizens, those relating to the acquisition of real estate can only be drawn up in FX and the payments to be made in FX will require an FX purchase document.

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By these amendments, the Circular clarified the uncertainties relating to the FX payment requirement for real estate acquisitions of non-Turkish citizens.

As it is understood from our article, it is very important to take the right steps during the FX payments made for real estate acquisitions as a non-Turkish citizen. Any small error cause losing time, effort, and Money. Contact us for free information and receive professional advice from our Vastgoedrecht experts.