Land law

Landlords, tenants end up in courts over rent hikes

More and more landlords and tenants engage in legal battles to settle disputes over rent hikes, keeping the country's courts busy.

Rent prices and huge rent hikes demanded by landlords have been some of the hotly debated issues over the past months, which prompted the government to introduce a regulation restricting rent increases to 25 percent.

Ministries working to solve soaring rent prices

Within the framework of a regulation that Turkey's Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Ministry, the Justice Ministry and the Treasury and Finance Ministry are working on to solve soaring rent prices, the production of social housing will be increased, housing costs will be reduced and new steps will be taken to enable citizens to purchase houses affordably.

Lawyers warn against illicit rental price raise

As the prices of renting a flat in Turkey have exploded, leaving house-hunters and students in particular in a state of turmoil, lawyers have warned against landlords asking tenants for an interim raise even though they are entitled to a one-year raise.

The rapid increase in rental prices due to limited supply and excessive demand in the market

Minister: Taking aim at campus crime

The mission of the new police force to serve on university campuses will be to avoid the "humiliation" of any more rectors, Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis told Kathimerini in an interview, citing the October 2020 attack on the Athens University of Economics and Business rector, when anarchists hung a sign around his neck with a pro-squatting slogan on it.

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