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Meaning of the terms on a TAPU
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The meanings of the terms appearing on a TAPU are as follows:
| Term |
Meaning |
| Ana Gayrimenkulun: |
~Description,
location and cadastral coordinates of the main
land |
| Ili: | Province |
| Ilçesi: |
Borough, district or town |
| Mahallesi: | Parish, quarter |
| Köyü: |
Village |
| Sokagi: | Street, avenue |
| Mevkii: | Place |
| Pafta No: |
Pafta Number |
| Ada No: |
Plot Number |
| Parsel No: |
Parcel Number |
| Niteligi: |
Feature (whether it is a building land, vacant land, or cultivated land...) |
| Yüzölçümü: |
Area/size of the land (summation of the figures
shown for the three pameters below should add
up to the total size of the main land) |
| Ha: |
Hectare (=10.000m²=2,47 acres) |
| m²: |
Meter square |
| dm²: | Decimeter square |
| KAT MÜLKIYETI: |
Ownership of the independent unit which is ready to
use (flat, house, office etc built on the main
land) |
| KAT IRTIFAKI: | Ownership of the independent unit which is not ready
for use yet (either because of an on-going development/construction
work or due to the fact that usage permit from
the municipality has not been gathered yet) |
| DEVRE MÜLK: |
Fractional/timed ownership (the independent unit is owned just for a certain period of a year) |
| Bagimsiz Bölüm: |
~Information
about the Independent Unit (the property subject
to the use such as a flat, house, etc) on the
main land |
| Satis Bedeli: |
Actual purchase price of the property (Make sure that actual amount is written in this section. Otherwise, you may encounter very serious legal problems including being accused of money-laundering and/or be subject to severe financial penalties due to a tax evasion. Please do not forget the collect the documents to justify that you exactly paid this amount to the seller) |
| Arsa Payi: | Land share (what proportion of the land belongs to
the independent unit) |
| Blok No: |
Block (Building, Mansion, Lodge, Court, House) Number |
| Kat No: |
Floor No. |
| Bagimsiz Blm
No: |
Independent Unit Number |
| Edinme Sebebi: |
The reason why the property is being acquired (From
whom to whom the property has been sold and any
other relevant explanation) |
| Sahibi: | Name(s) of the current owner(s) |
(More than one person can own the same property. In
this case, their respective shares are to be
shown in this section. The respective shares
are illustrated in terms of the proportion of
the main land. For example, suppose that a flat which possess the
ownership of 10/456 of the main land on which
the complex is based and that the flat is to
be owned by three person named AB, CD, and EF
with shares of 20%, 30%, and 50%, respectively.
Then, these names and their respective shares
are shown on TAPU as follows:
AB: ab: 2/456 hisse, CD: cd: 3/456 hisse, EF: ef: 5/456 hisse, where the word 'hisse' means
'share' and 'ab',
'cd', and 'ef'
are the names of fathers of those persons) |
The remaining sections at the bottom of the TAPU are for official use only.
The TAPU has to be sealed with a stamp in the central part at the bottom and this section has to be signed by a TAPU officer.
The picture(s) of all owner(s) is (are) to be suffixed to the top-right of the TAPU, it (they) has (have) to be sealed with a stamp and signed by the TAPU officer mentioned above