The amendment to the Village Law has made it easier to demolish all unauthorized structures.

The Law on Amendments to the Village Law and Certain Laws has been published in the Official Gazette. According to the law, which was accepted in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on December 5, additional time until December 31, 2028, is granted to those who are residents of the village, registered in the village population, and do not have a house, as well as to those who do not build on the properties sold to them for various reasons or who do not pay their installments, and to those whose rights will expire before December 31, 2024, to build their buildings or pay their installments.

DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR ALL ILLEGAL STRUCTURES

In areas belonging to municipalities, the treasury, special administrations, and special budgetary agencies, or in places under the jurisdiction and control of the state, all permanent or temporary unauthorized structures, including surrounding fences, walls, and similar structures, whether under construction or inhabited, may be demolished by the Housing Development Administration, municipalities, or provincial special administrations.

PENALTIES WILL NOT BE LESS THAN 50 THOUSAND TL

The number of building inspection organizations that can operate in a province will be determined by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change. If it is necessary to impose one or more administrative penalties on a building inspection organization, the administrative fine to be applied will not be less than 50 thousand lira. In cases where 50% of the building inspection service contract fee exceeds 50 thousand lira, an administrative fine will be imposed up to a maximum of 50% of the building inspection service contract.

NEW REGULATION ON PERMIT DOCUMENTS

Real persons and private legal entities collecting, producing, sharing, or selling geographic data within the scope of Turkey's National Geographic Data Responsibility Matrix will be subject to the permission of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change, provided that they have the necessary documents to carry out commercial activities, and subject to the provisions of the legislation regarding intellectual, industrial, and commercial rights, as well as the Personal Data Protection Law and provisions in special laws. The validity period of the permit document will be determined upon the request of the permit applicant, with the approval of the Ministry, for a period of no less than one year and no more than five years. The start date of the permit will be considered as the date the application is approved by the Ministry.