{"id":46824,"date":"2026-09-09T06:23:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/aidat-service-charges-turkey\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T06:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:23:53","slug":"aidat-service-charges-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/ru\/aidat-service-charges-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Aidat in Turkey: What Service Charges Actually Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"46824\" class=\"elementor elementor-46824 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-svc9a1b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"svc9a1b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"svc-eyebrow\">Ownership Costs &middot; Foreign Owner Guide &middot; Updated September 2026<\/span>\n    <h1>Aidat in Turkey: What Service Charges Actually Cover<\/h1>\n    <p class=\"svc-hero-sub\">Every flat inside a Turkish apartment block or managed complex carries a recurring communal charge. It is the ownership cost foreign buyers understand least, argue about most, and discover last. Here is who sets it, what it buys, and what the 2026 amendments changed about how it can rise.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"svc-hero-meta\">\n      <div class=\"svc-hm\">&#127968; <strong>Condominium Ownership Law No. 634<\/strong><\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-hm\">&#128220; <strong>Amended by Law No. 7579, 22 May 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-hm\">&#127482;&#127479; <strong>Written for non-resident owners<\/strong><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- DATA STRIP -->\n<div class=\"svc-strip\">\n  <div class=\"svcc\">\n    <div class=\"svc-strip-in\">\n      <div class=\"svc-si\"><span class=\"svc-sv\">Law 634<\/span><span class=\"svc-sl\">Condominium Ownership Law<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-si\"><span class=\"svc-sv\">22 May 2026<\/span><span class=\"svc-sl\">Law No. 7579 Published<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-si\"><span class=\"svc-sv\">3 Months<\/span><span class=\"svc-sl\">To Approve A Temporary Budget<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-si\"><span class=\"svc-sv\">Owners&rsquo; Vote<\/span><span class=\"svc-sl\">Who Signs Off The Aidat<\/span><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- INTRO + DATA SHEET -->\n<section class=\"svcs\">\n  <div class=\"svcc\">\n    <div class=\"svc-2col\">\n      <div class=\"svc-body\">\n        <span class=\"svct\">Start Here<\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"svc-title\">Aidat is not a fee your agent invented. It is a statutory obligation.<\/h2>\n        <p>When a foreign buyer completes on a Turkish apartment, the purchase costs are usually well understood. The recurring costs are not. Within a month or two of taking the keys, a message arrives from the building or complex management asking for the <strong>aidat<\/strong> &mdash; and a surprising number of owners have no idea what it is, who decided the amount, or whether they are obliged to pay it.<\/p>\n        <p>They are. Aidat is the contribution each owner makes towards the shared running costs of the property &mdash; the <em>ortak giderler<\/em>, or common expenses. It is not a discretionary service the management is selling you. It arises from Turkey&rsquo;s Condominium Ownership Law (Kat M&uuml;lkiyeti Kanunu, Law No. 634), which governs how buildings divided into individually owned units are run, and it binds every owner in the building whether they use the facilities or not.<\/p>\n        <p>The size of the charge varies enormously, and that variation is the single biggest reason buyers get caught out. A plain apartment block in a residential district with a stairwell, a lift and a caretaker sits at one end. A gated coastal complex with pools, landscaped grounds, a gym, a generator, 24-hour security and a shuttle bus sits at the other. Two apartments with identical purchase prices can carry annual running costs that differ by a multiple, and nothing on the listing will tell you which is which.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"svc-hbox\">\n          <strong>The question to ask before you buy, not after:<\/strong> ask the seller or the agent for the current <em>i&#351;letme projesi<\/em> &mdash; the building&rsquo;s approved operating budget &mdash; and a written statement of account for the flat. Those two documents tell you what the charge is, what it pays for, and whether the previous owner left anything unpaid. They cost nothing to request and they are the only reliable answer.\n        <\/div>\n        <p>This guide explains how the charge is set, what it normally covers, how the 2026 amendments to the law changed the way it can be increased, and what happens when it goes unpaid. For the wider picture of what owning from abroad involves, see our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/property-management-in-turkey\/\">property management in Turkey<\/a>; for the annual charges levied by the state rather than by your neighbours, see <a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/property-taxes-in-turkey\/\">property taxes in Turkey<\/a>.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div>\n        <div class=\"svc-ov\">\n          <div class=\"svc-ov-head\">\n            <h3>Aidat &mdash; The Essentials<\/h3>\n            <p>How the communal charge works in Turkish law<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Turkish term<\/span><span class=\"svc-or\">Aidat \/ ortak gider<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Governing law<\/span><span class=\"svc-or burg\">Law No. 634<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Building&rsquo;s rulebook<\/span><span class=\"svc-or\">Y&ouml;netim plan&#305; (management plan)<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Budget document<\/span><span class=\"svc-or burg\">&#304;&#351;letme projesi<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Who approves it<\/span><span class=\"svc-or\">General assembly of owners<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Who collects it<\/span><span class=\"svc-or\">Y&ouml;netici or management firm<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Payable if vacant<\/span><span class=\"svc-or burg\">Yes<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Payable if abroad<\/span><span class=\"svc-or burg\">Yes<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Late payment<\/span><span class=\"svc-or\">Default interest applies<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Amended by<\/span><span class=\"svc-or\">Law No. 7579 (2026)<\/span><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-warn\">\n          <strong>Arrears can follow the flat, not just the seller.<\/strong> Turkish condominium law does not treat unpaid communal charges as a purely personal debt of whoever ran them up. A new owner can find the management pursuing them for a predecessor&rsquo;s arrears. Always obtain a written, dated statement of account from the building management before completion, and make clearing any balance a condition of the sale.\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- HOW THE BUDGET IS SET -->\n<section class=\"svcs svcg\">\n  <div class=\"svcc\">\n    <span class=\"svct\">The Mechanism<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"svc-title\">How the amount is decided<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"svc-sub\">Aidat is not set by the developer, the agent or the caretaker. It comes out of an annual budget cycle that the law prescribes, and owners have a vote in it.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"svc-steps\">\n      <div class=\"svc-step\">\n        <div class=\"svc-step-num\">1<\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-step-body\">\n          <h3>The management plan sets the ground rules<\/h3>\n          <p>Every building or complex under condominium ownership has a <em>y&ouml;netim plan&#305;<\/em>, a management plan registered against the title at the Land Registry. It is effectively the constitution of the development: it says how the management is appointed, how meetings are called, what the common areas are and how costs are apportioned. It binds every owner and every future owner automatically. Ask to see it before you buy &mdash; it is a registered document, not a private one.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-step\">\n        <div class=\"svc-step-num\">2<\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-step-body\">\n          <h3>The owners&rsquo; general assembly meets<\/h3>\n          <p>The decision-making body is the <em>kat malikleri kurulu<\/em>, the general assembly of the flat owners. It meets on the schedule set by the management plan, elects the manager (<em>y&ouml;netici<\/em>) or appoints a management company, and approves the accounts. An owner who is abroad can be represented by proxy. An owner who never attends and never appoints one has no say in a budget they are nonetheless obliged to pay.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-step\">\n        <div class=\"svc-step-num\">3<\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-step-body\">\n          <h3>The manager prepares an operating project<\/h3>\n          <p>The <em>i&#351;letme projesi<\/em> is the annual operating budget. It estimates the year&rsquo;s common expenses line by line &mdash; staff, utilities for shared areas, maintenance contracts, insurance, the reserve fund &mdash; and then allocates the total across the individual units. Your aidat is your share of that document. If you have never seen it, you have never seen the justification for what you are being charged.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-step\">\n        <div class=\"svc-step-num\">4<\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-step-body\">\n          <h3>The cost is apportioned between the flats<\/h3>\n          <p>Law No. 634 provides a default split, which the management plan can vary. Broadly, certain categories are shared equally between the units while others are apportioned in proportion to each unit&rsquo;s land share (<em>arsa pay&#305;<\/em>) &mdash; the fraction of the underlying plot attributed to that flat and recorded on the title deed. This is why two flats of the same size in the same block can carry different charges, and why the land share on your <a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/tapu-title-deed-turkey\/\">title deed<\/a> is worth reading rather than skipping.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-step\">\n        <div class=\"svc-step-num\">5<\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-step-body\">\n          <h3>The assembly approves &mdash; or amends &mdash; the budget<\/h3>\n          <p>The operating project is not final because the manager wrote it. It takes effect through the general assembly, which can approve it, amend it or reject it. This is the point at which owners have leverage over their own running costs, and it is the meeting that non-resident owners most often miss.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-step\">\n        <div class=\"svc-step-num\">6<\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-step-body\">\n          <h3>Collection, arrears and enforcement<\/h3>\n          <p>Once approved, the charge is due on the schedule the budget sets, typically monthly. An owner who pays late owes default interest under Law No. 634 in addition to the principal, and the management can pursue the debt through the courts and enforcement proceedings. Non-payment is not a practical form of protest; it is an escalating liability attached to a property you own.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- WHAT IT COVERS -->\n<section class=\"svcs\">\n  <div class=\"svcc svcct\">\n    <span class=\"svct\">Where The Money Goes<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"svc-title\">What aidat typically pays for<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"svc-sub\">The exact list depends on the development and on what the management plan defines as common area. These are the categories that appear in almost every operating budget.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"svcc\">\n    <div class=\"svc-protect\">\n      <div class=\"svc-pc\"><span class=\"svc-pc-icon\">&#128104;&#8205;&#128188;<\/span><h3>Staff<\/h3><p>The caretaker (<em>kap&#305;c&#305;<\/em> or <em>g&ouml;revli<\/em>), security personnel, gardeners, cleaners and, in larger developments, a site manager. In many buildings staff costs are the single largest line in the budget, and they carry employer obligations that the management has to fund.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-pc\"><span class=\"svc-pc-icon\">&#128161;<\/span><h3>Common-area utilities<\/h3><p>Lighting for stairwells, corridors, car parks and grounds; water for irrigation and communal cleaning; power for lifts, pumps, the generator and pool plant. These are billed to the building, not to your flat, and split across the owners.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-pc\"><span class=\"svc-pc-icon\">&#128736;&#65039;<\/span><h3>Maintenance contracts<\/h3><p>Lift servicing and statutory inspection, boiler and heating plant, generator servicing, fire systems, water tanks and pressurisation, satellite and entry systems. Recurring contracts rather than one-off repairs.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-pc\"><span class=\"svc-pc-icon\">&#127946;<\/span><h3>Amenities<\/h3><p>Swimming pool treatment and staffing, gym equipment and servicing, sauna and spa areas, tennis courts, children&rsquo;s play areas, landscaped gardens. This is where the gap between a plain block and a resort-style complex is widest.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-pc\"><span class=\"svc-pc-icon\">&#127970;<\/span><h3>Management and administration<\/h3><p>The fee of the management company or the remuneration of the elected manager, accountancy, bank charges, insurance on common parts, and the cost of convening and minuting the general assembly.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-pc\"><span class=\"svc-pc-icon\">&#128176;<\/span><h3>The reserve fund<\/h3><p>A contribution set aside for major works &mdash; facade renovation, roof replacement, lift modernisation, repainting. A development with no reserve is not cheaper to own; it is a development that will one day ask every owner for a large one-off contribution instead.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"svc-warn\" style=\"max-width:900px;margin:34px auto 0;\">\n      <strong>What aidat does not cover.<\/strong> It funds the common parts, not your flat. Repairs inside your own four walls, your own electricity, water and gas subscriptions, your annual property tax, your compulsory earthquake insurance and any contents cover are all separate and remain yours. Treat aidat as one of four recurring costs, not as an all-inclusive charge.\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- COMPARISON TABLE -->\n<section class=\"svcs svcg\">\n  <div class=\"svcc svcct\">\n    <span class=\"svct\">Side By Side<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"svc-title\">The four recurring costs of owning a Turkish flat<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"svc-sub\">Owners routinely confuse these, and each is set, collected and enforced by a different body. Amounts are deliberately not shown here: they depend entirely on the property, and stale figures are worse than none.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"svcc\">\n    <div class=\"svc-compare-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"svc-compare\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr><th>Recurring cost<\/th><th>Who sets the amount<\/th><th>Paid to<\/th><th>Usually borne by<\/th><th>Blocks a title transfer?<\/th><\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td><strong>Aidat<\/strong><br>communal service charge<\/td>\n            <td>The owners&rsquo; general assembly, through the approved operating project<\/td>\n            <td>Building or site management<\/td>\n            <td>Tenant for day-to-day items, owner for capital items &mdash; the lease should say<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"no\">No<\/span> &mdash; but arrears can be pursued against a new owner<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td><strong>Emlak vergisi<\/strong><br>annual property tax<\/td>\n            <td>Fixed by statute and assessed on the municipality&rsquo;s valuation<\/td>\n            <td>The local municipality<\/td>\n            <td>The owner<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"no\">No<\/span> &mdash; but the municipality enforces the debt with interest<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td><strong>DASK<\/strong><br>compulsory earthquake cover<\/td>\n            <td>Set under the state scheme by reference to the building<\/td>\n            <td>The insurer operating the policy<\/td>\n            <td>The owner<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"yes\">Yes<\/span> &mdash; a valid policy is required to register a transfer<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td><strong>Utilities<\/strong><br>electricity, water, gas<\/td>\n            <td>Regulated tariffs applied by the supplier<\/td>\n            <td>The utility company<\/td>\n            <td>Whoever holds the subscription, normally the occupier<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"no\">No<\/span> &mdash; but unpaid balances follow the subscription<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"svc-body\" style=\"max-width:900px;margin:30px auto 0;\">\n      <p>The practical consequence of that table is that a buyer who budgets only for the purchase price and the property tax has budgeted for perhaps half of what the property will actually cost to hold. In a facility-heavy coastal development, the aidat can be the largest recurring line of the four by a wide margin &mdash; and unlike the tax, it is set by a vote you are entitled to attend.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- 2026 CHANGE -->\n<section class=\"svcs\">\n  <div class=\"svcc\">\n    <div class=\"svc-2col\">\n      <div class=\"svc-body\">\n        <span class=\"svct\">What Changed In 2026<\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"svc-title\">Law No. 7579 tightened the rules on raising the charge<\/h2>\n        <p>One of the most persistent complaints from owners &mdash; Turkish and foreign alike &mdash; was that management could effectively set and raise the communal charge on its own, presenting owners with a figure rather than a decision. Law No. 7579, adopted on 7 May 2026 and published in Official Gazette No. 33261 on 22 May 2026, amended Articles 35 and 37 of the Condominium Ownership Law to address precisely that.<\/p>\n        <p>Under the amended provisions, where no approved operating project exists, the management must prepare a temporary one &mdash; but that temporary budget is no longer the last word. It has to go to the general assembly for approval or amendment within three months, and the owners retain final authority over it. Crucially, where a previous operating project exists, the temporary project may not exceed the previous one as adjusted by the applicable annual revaluation rate.<\/p>\n        <p>The effect is to put a ceiling on unilateral interim increases. A management that wants to raise the charge by more than the revaluation-linked figure now has to persuade the owners rather than simply invoice them. The same law also reduced the majority needed to amend a management plan in large residential complexes from four-fifths to two-thirds, which makes it materially easier for a determined majority of owners to change how their development is run.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"svc-hbox\">\n          <strong>Why this matters most to non-resident owners.<\/strong> The protection the amendment creates runs entirely through the general assembly. It gives owners the final say &mdash; but only owners who are present or represented can exercise it. If you own in Turkey and live elsewhere, the single highest-value administrative step you can take is to find out when your assembly meets and appoint someone to hold your proxy.\n        <\/div>\n        <p>Law No. 7579 was a wide-ranging statute touching more than a dozen areas of property law, from cadastral corrections to fire safety inspections. We covered the full sweep of it in our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/turkey-property-law-changes-2026\/\">Turkey&rsquo;s 2026 property law changes<\/a>; this page deals only with the condominium and communal-charge provisions.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div>\n        <div class=\"svc-ov\">\n          <div class=\"svc-ov-head\">\n            <h3>Law No. 7579 &mdash; Condominium Provisions<\/h3>\n            <p>What the 2026 amendment changed<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Adopted<\/span><span class=\"svc-or\">7 May 2026<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Official Gazette<\/span><span class=\"svc-or burg\">No. 33261<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Published<\/span><span class=\"svc-or burg\">22 May 2026<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Amends<\/span><span class=\"svc-or\">Arts. 35 &amp; 37, Law 634<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Temporary budget<\/span><span class=\"svc-or\">Assembly approval in 3 months<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Interim increase cap<\/span><span class=\"svc-or burg\">Previous project + revaluation rate<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Final authority<\/span><span class=\"svc-or\">General assembly of owners<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"svc-ov-row\"><span class=\"svc-ol\">Mgmt plan majority<\/span><span class=\"svc-or burg\">Two-thirds (was four-fifths)<\/span><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-warn\">\n          <strong>Figures deliberately omitted.<\/strong> This page does not quote a monthly aidat amount, a default interest rate or the current revaluation rate. Those change, and a stale number is actively misleading. Ask your building management for the approved operating project, and confirm current rates and any tax or interest figures with a licensed Turkish adviser before relying on them.\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- CTA -->\n<div class=\"svc-cta-strip\">\n  <div class=\"svcc\">\n    <div class=\"svc-cta-in\">\n      <div>\n        <h3>Find out what a property really costs to hold<\/h3>\n        <p>We obtain the operating budget and the statement of account before you commit &mdash; not after.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/contact\/\" class=\"svcbtn\">Ask Us To Check &rarr;<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- FURTHER READING -->\n<section class=\"svcs svcg\">\n  <div class=\"svcc svcct\">\n    <span class=\"svct\">Keep Reading<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"svc-title\">Where to go next<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"svc-sub\">The rest of our library on what owning Turkish property actually involves.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"svcc\">\n    <div class=\"svc-body\" style=\"max-width:820px;margin:0 auto;\">\n      <ul>\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/property-management-in-turkey\/\">Property management in Turkey<\/a> &mdash; what running a property from abroad involves month to month.<\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/property-taxes-in-turkey\/\">Property taxes in Turkey<\/a> &mdash; the annual charges levied by the state, and who has to file.<\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/turkey-property-law-changes-2026\/\">Turkey&rsquo;s 2026 property law changes<\/a> &mdash; the full sweep of Law No. 7579 for owners.<\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/apartments-for-sale-in-turkey\/\">Apartments for sale in Turkey<\/a> &mdash; how to read a listing and a title deed before you offer.<\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/renting-out-property-in-turkey\/\">Renting out property in Turkey<\/a> &mdash; the rules owners keep missing when they let.<\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/tapu-title-deed-turkey\/\">Tapu: the Turkish title deed<\/a> &mdash; including the land share that drives your cost apportionment.<\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/cost-of-living-in-turkey\/\">Cost of living in Turkey<\/a> &mdash; the wider monthly picture beyond the property itself.<\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/turkey-property-guides\/\">All Turkey property guides<\/a> &mdash; the full foreign-buyer library in one place.<\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- FAQ -->\n<section class=\"svcs\">\n  <div class=\"svcc svcct\">\n    <span class=\"svct\">FAQ<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"svc-title\">Aidat and service charges in Turkey \u2014 frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"svc-sub\">The questions foreign owners ask most often about communal charges, who sets them and what happens if they go unpaid.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"svcc\">\n    <div class=\"svc-faq-list\">\n      <div class=\"svc-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"svc-faq-q\" onclick=\"svcFaq(this)\">What is aidat in Turkey?<span class=\"svc-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-faq-a\">Aidat is the recurring contribution each owner makes towards the shared running costs of a building or managed complex \u2014 the ortak giderler, or common expenses. It funds things such as the caretaker and security staff, lighting and water for common areas, lift and boiler maintenance contracts, pool and garden upkeep, management administration and the reserve fund for major works. It arises from Turkey's Condominium Ownership Law (Kat M\u00fclkiyeti Kanunu, Law No. 634) rather than from any contract with your agent or developer, and it binds every owner in the building. What it does not cover is anything inside your own flat, your own utility subscriptions, your property tax or your compulsory earthquake insurance.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"svc-faq-q\" onclick=\"svcFaq(this)\">Do I have to pay aidat if my apartment is empty or I am abroad?<span class=\"svc-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-faq-a\">Yes. The obligation attaches to ownership of the unit, not to occupation or use of the facilities. An owner who lives abroad, keeps the flat as a holiday home, leaves it empty for most of the year or never swims in the pool is still liable for their share of the approved budget. This surprises a great many foreign owners, who assume the charge is a service they can decline. It is not \u2014 the common parts have to be run and insured whether or not any individual owner is present, and the law allocates that cost across all the units.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"svc-faq-q\" onclick=\"svcFaq(this)\">Who decides how much the aidat is?<span class=\"svc-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-faq-a\">Not the developer, the selling agent or the caretaker. The manager or management company prepares an annual operating budget, the i\u015fletme projesi, which estimates the year's common expenses and allocates them across the units. That budget then takes effect through the kat malikleri kurulu \u2014 the general assembly of the flat owners \u2014 which can approve it, amend it or reject it. Law No. 634 sets a default method of apportioning the cost between flats, which the building's registered management plan can vary: broadly, some categories are shared equally between units and others in proportion to each unit's land share, the arsa pay\u0131 recorded on the title deed.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"svc-faq-q\" onclick=\"svcFaq(this)\">Can the site management raise the aidat by any amount it likes?<span class=\"svc-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-faq-a\">No, and this was tightened in 2026. Law No. 7579, adopted on 7 May 2026 and published in Official Gazette No. 33261 on 22 May 2026, amended Articles 35 and 37 of the Condominium Ownership Law. Where no approved operating project exists, management must prepare a temporary one, but it has to go to the general assembly for approval or amendment within three months, and where a previous operating project exists the temporary one may not exceed it as adjusted by the applicable annual revaluation rate. The final authority sits with the owners. The same law also cut the majority needed to amend a management plan in large complexes from four-fifths to two-thirds.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"svc-faq-q\" onclick=\"svcFaq(this)\">Does the tenant or the owner pay the aidat?<span class=\"svc-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-faq-a\">In practice the cost is usually split: the tenant pays the day-to-day operating element they benefit from directly, and the owner pays capital items and contributions to the reserve fund for major works. This is a matter of what the lease says rather than a rule the law fixes for you, so the allocation should be written into the tenancy agreement explicitly rather than assumed. If the lease is silent, expect an argument. Note also that whatever you agree with your tenant, the building management will generally look to the owner if the charge goes unpaid.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"svc-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"svc-faq-q\" onclick=\"svcFaq(this)\">What happens if the previous owner left unpaid aidat?<span class=\"svc-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"svc-faq-a\">This is the trap worth taking seriously. Turkish condominium law does not treat unpaid communal charges as a purely personal debt of whoever incurred them, and a new owner can find the management pursuing them for a predecessor's arrears. Late payment also attracts default interest under Law No. 634 on top of the principal, and management can escalate to court and enforcement proceedings. Before completion, obtain a written and dated statement of account for the flat from the building management, and make clearing any outstanding balance a condition of the sale. 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