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Mars 2005 Annulering av eksisterende lovgivning i forbindelse med kjøp av eiendom i Tyrkia. Den tyrkiske høyesterett vurderer å annullere en del lovparagrafer. På den tyrkiske høyesteretts hjemmeside, fremgår det, at det årlig annulleres 9-10 lovparagrafer, med den begrunnelse at loven på en eller annen måte er forfatningsstridig. Loven ble vedtatt i juli 2003 Den gjeldende Eiendomslov/skjøtelov ble vedtatt i juli 2003. I følge lovens §35 pkt. 19 kan utlendinger (både individuelle og virksomheter uten videre) kjøpe opp til 30 hektar jord i Tyrkia. Klage fra opposisjonspartiet CHP Opposisjonspartiet, Det Republikanske Parti (CHP) la inn en klage til høyesterett, da de mener at reglene for kjøp av større landområder må strammes på, og at de per i dag er grunnlovsstridige. Denne klage har høyesterett gitt CHP medhold i. Under høyesterettshøringen har det spesielt vært fokus på større oppkjøp av jord i landets sydøstlige grenseregioner, hvor flere syriske statsborgere aktivt har kjøpt opp jord, i området Hatay ved den syriske grense. Dette grenseområdet har under flere årtier vært å regne som et konfliktområde mellom Tyrkia og Syria. Høysterettens begrunnelse for annullering av loven Beslutningen er ikke offentliggjort i den tyrkiske statstidende ennå, derfor er det ikke en offisiell begrunnelse. Høyesterett har funnet loven overfladisk, og ser det nødvendig med lovmessige restriksjoner ved oppkjøp av større landområder. Som et eksempel nevner høyesterett grenseområder, skogområder, landsbyområder også videre. Høyesterett har gitt en tidsfrist på 3 måneder fra offentliggjørelse til beslutningen er gjeldende, det skyldes , at høyesterett vil gi regjeringen mulighet for å klargjøre en endring på loven, som omfatter restriksjoner på hvor, og hvor mye land som kan selges til utlendinger i sikkerhetsmessige kritiske områder, sånn som for eksempel de sydlige anatoliske områder som grenser til områder som Syria, Irak og Iran. Skandinavenes oppkjøp av ferie- og investeringseiendommer i ferieområdene forventes ikke å bli berørt av denne lovendringen

4. Juni 2004 New Sky News Foreignors Love Turkey - It's Official! Citizens of dozens of countries around the world are flocking to Turkey to buy real estate, according to government figures released this week by the Anatolia news agency. The approval of Law 4916, which allowed foreign citizens to own Turkish properties from July 2003, has led to a huge increase in the number of foreigners holding real estate in the country; nationals of 64 countries now own well over 40,000 pieces of property in 70 provinces, with Greeks the most common foreign owners with 12,557. The British are fourth on the list with 4,101, following German and Syrian owners in second and third respectively. Four out of every ten foreigners owning Turkish property have bought in either Istanbul or Antalya, according to a report in the Turkish Daily News. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his country is expecting to be given a date in December by the European Union for the beginning of talks on Turkey’s accession to the Union. Addressing the 57th Congress of the World Association of Newspapers, Mr Erdogan said that Turkey had been working towards joining the EU for 41 years, and that he expected that this work would finally “bear fruit at the end of this year” according to the Turkish Daily News. "Now, in December, after 41 years of efforts we want to get a date to start accession talks that would carry Turkey into the EU with a reasonable schedule," he said, adding that although he did not expect the Union to snub Turkey once again, in the unlikely event that it did so his government would rename the Copenhagen criteria for accession the “Ankara criteria” and would work independently towards the reforms therein, regardless of the EU’s action.

16. April 2004 New Sky News I’M A UK RESIDENT – GET ME OUT OF HERE! A new survey has revealed that almost a third of British people planning to buy property abroad say that the main reason behind their decision is that they have had enough of life in the UK. Four percent – well over two million people – already own property overseas, according to the survey – but this figure is set to grow and grow as more and more people grow dissatisfied with life this side of the Channel. The survey, conducted by CCB Fast/MAP for ‘A Place in the Sun’ magazine, asked nearly 4,000 people in an attempt to establish UK residents’ overseas property-buying trends. Four out of ten adults are now actively considering buying property abroad – and planning on spending more than double the £50,000 spent by more than half of existing owners. “The number of people who have simply had enough of the UK and cite disillusionment as a driving factor really ought to be a wake-up call for those in power,” says the magazine’s Publishing Editor, Darren Styles. “Only 17% of people who have already bought a property abroad said this country’s decline was their reason for getting out. But 31% of today’s would-be buyers seem far less happy with life here.” Mr Styles pointed out that the trends could pose a significant threat to the UK’s financial and political future. “However bad it is now, it’s getting worse,” he said. “Remember, the people planning to run comprise the highly-taxed, highly profitable tract of Middle England so beloved of our Chancellor.” As well as these new revelations, the survey reinforced some established trends, particularly in terms of Britons’ preferred buying destinations. Eighty percent of British buyers choose to stay within Europe, with 27% of these buying in Spain and a further 18% preferring the Canary Islands. France (8%), Greece (7%), Italy and Turkey (both 5%) follow suit. Eight percent of buyers now choose Florida, the most popular non-European destination. Turkey’s tourist industry continues to grow at a very healthy rate, boding well for the long-term future of property investment in the country. According to Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) figures released this week, the number of tourists visiting Turkey in March was up 55% from 2003’s figures to just under 778,000; visitor numbers for the January-March period were up 43% to 1,919,530.

This is why many buildings are only half finished ! When you as a tourist arrive in Antalya you might wonder why there are so many half finished buildings in the area – buildings where the construction work seems to have stopped. Many believe that the reason for this is that in this way the owners can avoid paying property taxes. This is not correct though. In Turkey tax is paid as soon as you move in. There are several reasons for the many half finished buildings: 1: From May until October it is prohibited to build in tourist areas. This is to avoid noise which might bother the tourists. The construction of a building is often not finished in only one winter. Many of towns in Antalya region is under constant development and the construction of new buildings is started every year. 2: Many Turks build their own houses. Building materials however are pretty expensive and a bank loan is not an option because of the high interest rates. This means work ceases on many buildings for a while until there is money for the next phase. The high interest on loans is caused by Turkey’s inflation.

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