Residency Permits for Newly Constructed Buildings

A residency (habitation) permit (“Yapi Kullanma Izni" or “Oturma Izni” in Turkish) is a document that shows the construction of the building has been completed in line with the authorisation (planning permission) given by the local council (Belediye). This document also includes the information regarding construction authorisation, completion date of the construction works, the land registry office records on the property, address & size of the property, specifications of the independent parts in the property, and the owners. Residency permit is provided by the Construction Licenses Directorate (Yapi Izinleri Müdürlügü) and Construction Supervision License Directorate (Yapi Denetim Izni Birimi) within a local council.

Without this document you can neither live in the property in question nor subscribe to the utility companies.

Required Documents

• Petition
• Copy of the title deeds
• A document to be gathered from local tax offices to evidence that the owner does not owe anything to the tax office.
• External Sewage Document (Water Utility Directorate of the Municipality provides with it)
• Turk Telekom’s suitability approval for future telecom connections
• Scientific Responsibility Report ("Fenni Mesul Raporu" in Turkish)
• Frontal photographs of size 13x18 cm
• If there is an elevator/lift in the property, guarantee & technical standards documents, engineers’ documents, supervision report, supervision receipts, application projects approved by the relevant chamber are also needed.
• Air-raid shelter report for the building where a shelter is designated
• Fire brigade reports for the buildings where fire exits are compulsory

Who can apply for it?

You or your agent (Power of Attorney holder) can apply to the aforementioned department in the municipality. As well as the documents listed above, please make sure the visas regarding the application, the base (zemin), the parts above the base ("su basman" in Turkish), heat insulation and general construction (kaba insaat).

What is the cost of residency permit?

An examination fee and the corresponding levy, which are very low compared to the European examples, are charged on the basis of the area (number of meter squares) of the property. The unit prices for these fees are updated periodically. Please contact the municipality in question for the updated figures.