Registration
of your property and paperwork is not only getting your Title Deed, or Tapu.
There is another important document called Iskan. Iskan confirms the permission
to use the real estate or its independent part as residential. Iskan is a
technical passport of a property.
There are
two types of iskân. The first is a general iskân, which is being issued for a
whole building in general (a residential complex, an apartment building). The
developer is getting a general iskân after completing the construction of the
residential complex, it is issued only if all the construction standards have
been met in the building. Also, the building must be built according to the
approved plan of the city. The using of the property without this document
under the legislation of the Republic of Turkey is prohibited.
The second
kind of iskân is individual, or Ferdi iskân. It is being issued in the local
municipality and contains full technical information about the independent part
of the real estate object (separate apartment or villa): the gross apartment
area including balconies, kitchen, hallway, bathrooms and the walls outside,
the number of apartments in the building, the exact address, the information
about the owner. Individual iskân is issued once and only when buying an
apartment in a new building. When buying a resale real estate it is necessary
to check whether an individual iskân has been received, and if not, whether is
there a general iskan for the building.
Registration
of individual iskân takes about 7-10 days, the cost of registration – from 1000
euros and above, depending on the area and characteristics of the property.
After
receiving the iskân, the owner can apply for registration of the water and
electricity meters, telephone and Internet on his name. Be sure to pay
attention to the fact that without water and electricity meters registered on
the name of the new owner, the apartment can not be used.