New Property Law in Turkey Bans Foreign Companies from Buying Turkish Property
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 
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A Resort in Antalya: With Turkey’s new FDI law in place foreign property developers have been barred from developing resorts like this
A law allowing the sale of real estate in Turkey to foreign companies was annulled by Turkey’s Constitutional Court last Friday. In an attempt to gain entry to the EU, Turkey’s centre-right government previously approved the law allowing the sale of Turkish property to foreign individuals and businesses. This however changed on Friday when the ruling of Turkey’s Constitutional Court favoured the nationalist-leaning Republican People’s Party.
This decision by the court would ultimately affect companies specifically set up to acquire property in Turkey by foreign investors through joint ventures.
