REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT FOR REAL ESTATE

According to Article 998 of the Turkish Civil Code the following properties and other rights have to be registered in the land register:
• Real estate
• Independent and permanent rights on property
• Ownership of an apartment

Rights in rem which are able to encumber property are as follows:
• Property rights
• Usufruct
• Heritable building right
• Right of habitation
• Right to a source
• Other easements

It is still controversial whether the term independent and permanent rights over property also contains further limited rights in rem. According to the current dominant opinion, this term does in any case not contain the land charge.