1.  Legal Sources

The regulation of real estate law is set forth in section four of the Turkish Civil Code, named as Law of Property.  This section stipulates the subject matter of real property, procedure for acquisition and termination of ownership rights and main principles of property law.  In addition, the said section of property law deals with non-proprietary interests to real estate, such as easements, real estate obligations, mortgage and charge over property.

In the foregoing section, the Turkish Civil Code addresses various matters pertaining to title deed.  The provisions dealing with law of real property may also be found in other sections of the Civil Code, such as the provisions concerning legal capacity to act are contained in the Law of Persons, the provisions concerning Marriage Property Regime are found in the Family Law and they may be applied as long as they are related to Real Property Law.