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What to know when buying or assessing land in Türkiye and North Cyprus: zoning status, environmental plans, floor area ratio, shared title deeds, title deed costs, earthquake risk, solar land and North Cyprus title deed types — in plain English.

• Buying land in Türkiye: a checklistFrom the title deed record to zoning status, earthquake risk and payment safety: 12 things to check before you buy land in Türkiye.
• What is zoning status (imar durumu) and how do you find it?What a zoning status certificate shows, where to get it, and how to look it up through e-Devlet and municipal e-İmar systems.
• How to read an environmental plan legendWhat the colours, symbols and plan provisions mean on a 1/100,000-scale environmental plan (çevre düzeni planı).
• What are emsal (KAKS), TAKS and Hmax?A plain-English guide to the floor area ratio, ground coverage ratio and height rules that decide how much you can build on a plot.
• Shared title deeds (hisseli tapu): what to watch out forThe risks of buying a share of a plot: pre-emption rights, partition actions, and restrictions on use and on agricultural land.
• Title deed fee and the costs of buying landTitle deed fee, revolving fund fee, estate agent's fee and other costs: a summary for 2026.
• Types of title deed in North CyprusWhat are Turkish, equivalent and allocation title deeds (koçan)? What to watch out for when buying land in North Cyprus.
• How to assess earthquake risk when buying landDistance to active faults, the earthquake hazard map, ground surveys and the building code: reading the earthquake risk of a plot.
• Choosing land for a solar power plant (GES)Solar yield, slope, grid connection, agricultural land and zoning conditions when choosing land for a solar power plant.
• How to object to a zoning plan on public displayWhy zoning plans go on public display, the 30-day display period, the objection petition and the time limit for going to court.
• Buying land in North Cyprus: a checklistTitle deed type, an independent lawyer, permission to purchase, planning zone, access, utilities and ground conditions: what to check in North Cyprus.
• Planning in North Cyprus: development orders, Chapter 96 and protected areasHow development orders (emirname), colour zones, Chapter 96 and Special Environmental Protection Areas decide what you can build in North Cyprus.
• Türkiye guide by province and districtPlans, zoning plans on public display, industrial zones, incentive regions, earthquakes and amenities for 81 provinces and 973 districts.
• North Cyprus guide by district and village6 districts and 229 villages and towns: development orders, plan zone types, protected areas, earthquakes and amenities.