What is a TAPU? What does it look like?
A TAPU is an official document which shows you have ownership rights over the real estate. The owner's full name and photograph, and detailed information on the asset appear on this document.
Meaning of the terms on a TAPU
The meanings of the terms appearing on a TAPU are as follows:
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Term |
Meaning |
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Ana Gayrimenkulun: |
~Description, location and cadastral coordinates of the main land |
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Ili: |
Province |
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Ilçesi: |
Borough, district or town |
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Mahallesi: |
Parish, quarter |
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Köyü: |
Village |
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Sokagi: |
Street, avenue |
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Mevkii: |
Place |
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Pafta No: |
Pafta Number |
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Ada No: |
Plot Number |
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Parsel No: |
Parcel Number |
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Niteligi: |
Feature (whether it is a building land, vacant land, or cultivated land...) |
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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) |
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Ha: |
Hectare (=10.000m²=2,47 acres) |
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m²: |
Meter square |
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dm²: |
Decimeter square |
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KAT MÜLKIYETI: |
Ownership of the independent unit which is ready to use (flat, house, office etc built on the main land) |
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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) |
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DEVRE MÜLK: |
Fractional/timed ownership (the independent unit is owned just for a certain period of a year) |
The remaining sections at the bottom of the TAPU are for
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
How to check the details?
Whether a property does belong to a person can be checked through the pictures and names appearing on the TAPU. If the TAPU is a Xerox copy, then make sure it has been ratified by a notary public. Otherwise, a fake TAPU might have been handed over to you. With regards to the names, you can ask for the ID card of the seller(s) and compare the TAPU to the ID card in terms of names.
Whether cadastral/map coordinates on a TAPU are genuine can be double checked by means of a private cadastral or a civil engineering bureau.
Furthermore, one can ask the TAPU office to put an annotation (Serh) on the TAPU so as to specifically prohibit an unwanted transaction regarding the ownership. Unless the conditions described in the annotation are not met, the property can neither be sold out nor transferred into the names of third parties.
