Buying Property in North Cyprus: The Complete Legal Guide
Every legal step of a purchase, from reservation to title transfer — what protects you, what does not, and where buyers most often go wrong.
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Written for people who want to understand the law before they instruct anyone — including us. Each guide is reviewed by a partner and dated.
How to use these guides
Each guide sets out the law and the practice as we understand it at the date shown on the page, and is written for a reader with no background in Northern Cyprus law. They are general information, not advice on your situation — the facts of a particular plot, contract or family always change the answer. Where a guide gives a figure or a timescale, treat it as an indication to be confirmed rather than a promise.
North Cyprus Title Deeds Explained: Turkish, Exchange, TMD and Foreign Title
The four categories of title in Northern Cyprus, what each one means for risk, resale and financing, and how to verify which one you are being offered.
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The Purchase Permit (PTP) in North Cyprus: Process, Timing and Refusals
How a non-citizen obtains Council of Ministers consent to hold title, how long it takes, and what happens to your position while you wait.
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Forming a Company in North Cyprus as a Foreign Investor
Structures available to overseas investors under TRNC Companies Law, approval requirements, and when a company is the right vehicle to hold property.
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Coming next
Guides in preparation
The following are drafted or planned. If one of them answers a question you have now, ask us directly rather than waiting for it to be published.
- Inheritance and wills for foreign property owners in Northern Cyprus
- What to do when a developer fails to complete
- Residence permits and property ownership — how they relate
- Selling property in Northern Cyprus: the seller's side of the transaction
- Enforcing a foreign judgment in the TRNC courts
- Powers of attorney: what to grant, and what never to grant
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