{"id":46866,"date":"2026-09-20T06:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/?p=46866"},"modified":"2026-09-20T06:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:21:56","slug":"tapu-errors-land-register-corrections-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/ru\/tapu-errors-land-register-corrections-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Turkish Land Register Is Wrong: Tapu Errors and Cadastral Corrections"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"46866\" class=\"elementor elementor-46866 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-377f4dc0a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"377f4dc0a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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.kdr-step-num{width:44px;height:44px;font-size:1rem}\n  .kdr-steps::before{left:21px}\n  .kdr-contact{padding:48px 0}\n}\n@media(max-width:480px){.kdrc{padding:0 14px}}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"kdr\">\n\n<!-- HERO -->\n<section class=\"kdr-hero\">\n  <div class=\"kdr-hero-bg\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"kdr-hero-pat\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"kdr-hero-ov\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"kdr-hero-content\">\n    <span class=\"kdr-eyebrow\">Land Registry &middot; Foreign Owner Guide &middot; September 2026<\/span>\n    <h1>When the Turkish Land Register Is Wrong: Tapu Errors and Cadastral Corrections<\/h1>\n    <p class=\"kdr-hero-sub\">Turkey's land register is centrally kept, publicly reliable and, occasionally, wrong. The law anticipates that. It protects the buyer who relied on it in good faith, makes the State liable for the damage its records cause, and puts hard deadlines on putting things right. Here is how those three mechanisms fit together.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"kdr-hero-meta\">\n      <div class=\"kdr-hm\">&#9878;&#65039; <strong>Civil Code No. 4721, Art. 1007 and 1023<\/strong><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-hm\">&#128207; <strong>Cadastre Law No. 3402, Art. 41 and 12\/3<\/strong><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-hm\">&#127482;&#127479; <strong>Written for foreign owners and buyers<\/strong><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- DATA STRIP -->\n<div class=\"kdr-strip\">\n  <div class=\"kdrc\">\n    <div class=\"kdr-strip-in\">\n      <div class=\"kdr-si\"><span class=\"kdr-sv\">Art. 1007<\/span><span class=\"kdr-sl\">State Liability For Register Errors<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-si\"><span class=\"kdr-sv\">Art. 1023<\/span><span class=\"kdr-sl\">Protection Of The Good-Faith Buyer<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-si\"><span class=\"kdr-sv\">30 days<\/span><span class=\"kdr-sl\">To Challenge A Cadastral Correction<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-si\"><span class=\"kdr-sv\">10 years<\/span><span class=\"kdr-sl\">Preclusive Period, Art. 12\/3<\/span><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- LEAD + DATA SHEET -->\n<section class=\"kdrs\">\n  <div class=\"kdrc\">\n    <div class=\"kdr-2col\">\n      <div class=\"kdr-body\">\n        <span class=\"kdrt\">Two Records, Not One<\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"kdr-title\">The register says who owns it. The cadastre says where it is. They can disagree.<\/h2>\n        <p>Foreign buyers arrive in Turkey and are told, correctly, that the title system is strong. Ownership is recorded centrally by the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre, the record is authoritative, and the transfer of a property is an act of registration rather than a private exchange of documents. Compared with jurisdictions where ownership rests on a chain of private deeds, this is a considerable advantage, and it is one of the genuine reasons Turkish property is straightforward to buy.<\/p>\n        <p>What that reassurance tends to flatten is that there are two records, doing two different jobs. The land register, the tapu sicili, records legal facts: who owns the parcel, in what shares, and what rights, mortgages, liens and annotations are registered against it. The cadastre records physical facts: the parcel's measured area, its boundaries and its position on the map. A property has an entry in both, and it is entirely possible for one to be impeccable while the other is wrong.<\/p>\n        <p>That is not a theoretical concern. Cadastral surveying in Turkey has been carried out over a long period, with varying technology and varying precision, and renewal work has in places produced registered parcel areas that differ from what was recorded before. Those changes have generated compensation claims against the State under the land-register liability provision, a pattern examined in the journal Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk in 2025, which noted that some discrepancies fall within tolerable survey error while others are significant enough to warrant compensation. If you own rural land, a large plot or a villa with a garden, this is the category of problem most likely to touch you.<\/p>\n        <p>The law's response has three parts, and they are worth separating because buyers tend to collapse them into a general sense that the system is safe. The first is protective: a person who acquires in good faith, relying on what the register says, is protected in that acquisition. The second is compensatory: where the keeping of the register causes damage, the State answers for it. The third is procedural and unforgiving: corrections and challenges run on deadlines, and those deadlines do not pause because the owner lives in another country.<\/p>\n        <p>It is the third that catches foreign owners. The protective and compensatory provisions are generous by international standards. The procedural ones assume an owner who is present, who receives notices at an address that is actually monitored, and who acts within weeks. An owner who visits twice a year and whose Turkish correspondence goes to an empty apartment is exposed not because the law is harsh but because the clock is indifferent.<\/p>\n        <p>This guide sets out what each of the two records actually contains, how errors in each are corrected, what deadlines apply, and what an owner abroad should have in place so that a notice does not expire unread. It states the provisions and the periods; it does not attempt to value a claim or predict how a court would decide one, because neither can responsibly be generalised.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"kdr-hbox\"><strong>The distinction that decides everything.<\/strong> Before anything else, establish whether the problem is in the register or in the cadastre. A wrong name, a wrong share or a stale annotation is a register matter. A wrong area, a wrong boundary or a parcel that does not sit where the map puts it is a cadastral matter. They have different procedures, different deadlines and different remedies, and a great deal of wasted effort comes from attacking the wrong one.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov\">\n        <div class=\"kdr-ov-head\"><h3>Land Register and Cadastre<\/h3><p>The provisions that govern getting it wrong, and putting it right<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov-row\"><span class=\"kdr-ol\">Authority<\/span><span class=\"kdr-or burg\">TKGM<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov-row\"><span class=\"kdr-ol\">Register statute<\/span><span class=\"kdr-or\">Civil Code No. 4721<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov-row\"><span class=\"kdr-ol\">State liability<\/span><span class=\"kdr-or burg\">Article 1007<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov-row\"><span class=\"kdr-ol\">Nature of liability<\/span><span class=\"kdr-or\">Strict, without fault<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov-row\"><span class=\"kdr-ol\">Recourse<\/span><span class=\"kdr-or\">State against at-fault officials<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov-row\"><span class=\"kdr-ol\">Good-faith protection<\/span><span class=\"kdr-or burg\">Article 1023<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov-row\"><span class=\"kdr-ol\">Cadastre statute<\/span><span class=\"kdr-or\">Law No. 3402<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov-row\"><span class=\"kdr-ol\">Correction of errors<\/span><span class=\"kdr-or burg\">Article 41<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov-row\"><span class=\"kdr-ol\">Challenge window<\/span><span class=\"kdr-or\">30 days from notification<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov-row\"><span class=\"kdr-ol\">If unchallenged<\/span><span class=\"kdr-or\">Correction becomes final<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov-row\"><span class=\"kdr-ol\">Preclusive period<\/span><span class=\"kdr-or burg\">Article 12\/3 &mdash; 10 years<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-ov-row\"><span class=\"kdr-ol\">Amended by<\/span><span class=\"kdr-or\">Law No. 7579, 22 May 2026<\/span><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kdr-body\" style=\"margin-top:32px;\">\n      <div class=\"kdr-warn\"><strong>The notice goes to a Turkish address, and the clock starts anyway.<\/strong> The 30-day window under Article 41 runs from notification, not from the day you happen to find out. If your registered correspondence address in Turkey is a property you rarely visit, or an old agent whose engagement has lapsed, a cadastral correction affecting your boundaries can become final without you ever having read the notice. Keeping a current, monitored address on file &mdash; or a standing arrangement with a Turkish lawyer to receive and act on notices &mdash; is the cheapest protection available here.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- STEPS -->\n<section class=\"kdrs kdrg\">\n  <div class=\"kdrc\">\n    <span class=\"kdrt\">If Something Is Wrong<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"kdr-title\">How to establish, and then fix, an error affecting your property<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"kdr-sub\">The order matters. Each step narrows what the problem can be, and several of the later options close permanently if the early ones are skipped.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"kdr-steps\">\n      <div class=\"kdr-step\"><div class=\"kdr-step-num\">1<\/div><div class=\"kdr-step-body\"><h3>Pull both records, not one<\/h3><p>Obtain the current land register entry for the parcel and the cadastral data for it. The register entry gives the owner, the shares, and the full annotations and declarations pages. The cadastral data gives the parcel's recorded area, boundaries and map position. Turkish citizens and residents can reach much of this through the state e-government service; a foreign owner will usually work through a lawyer or directly with the land registry office holding the file.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-step\"><div class=\"kdr-step-num\">2<\/div><div class=\"kdr-step-body\"><h3>Compare the record against the ground<\/h3><p>Walk the boundary against the cadastral map, and compare the recorded area against what is actually enclosed. Fences, walls, access tracks and outbuildings that have been in place for years are the usual sources of divergence, and a neighbour's structure sitting inside your parcel is a materially different problem from your own wall sitting inside theirs. Where the parcel is large, rural or irregular, this is work for a licensed surveyor rather than for a tape measure and optimism.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-step\"><div class=\"kdr-step-num\">3<\/div><div class=\"kdr-step-body\"><h3>Classify the error<\/h3><p>Decide which record is wrong. An incorrect name, identity number or ownership share, or an annotation that should have been lifted and has not been, is a register defect. An incorrect area, boundary or map position is a cadastral defect. Where both look wrong, they are usually the same underlying event recorded twice, and the cadastral question is generally the one to resolve first because the register describes a parcel the cadastre defines.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-step\"><div class=\"kdr-step-num\">4<\/div><div class=\"kdr-step-body\"><h3>Use the administrative route where it exists<\/h3><p>Cadastral errors of measurement, area and boundary are corrected administratively under Article 41 of the Cadastre Law No. 3402, rather than requiring litigation as a first step. The correction is made and then notified to the owners and other right holders. This is the quickest route available and it is worth exhausting before anything more adversarial, both because it is faster and because a contested court process starts from a worse position if the administrative option was never tried.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-step\"><div class=\"kdr-step-num\">5<\/div><div class=\"kdr-step-body\"><h3>Watch the 30-day window in both directions<\/h3><p>Once a correction under Article 41 is notified, an affected party has 30 days to bring an action in the civil court to have it cancelled, after which it becomes final. That cuts both ways. If a correction has been made that damages your position, 30 days is all you have to attack it. If a correction has been made in your favour, the same 30 days must run before you can treat the matter as settled. Diary the date from the notification, not from when you read it.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-step\"><div class=\"kdr-step-num\">6<\/div><div class=\"kdr-step-body\"><h3>Consider the compensation claim separately<\/h3><p>Fixing the register and being compensated for what the error cost you are two different proceedings. Where damage has arisen from the keeping of the land register, Article 1007 of the Civil Code makes the State liable, on a strict basis, and the State may then pursue officials at fault. Whether a claim is available on your facts, and within what period it must be brought, is genuinely contested in Turkish commentary and is not something to determine from a guide. Take it to a Turkish lawyer with the file in front of them.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- CARDS -->\n<section class=\"kdrs\">\n  <div class=\"kdrc kdrct\">\n    <span class=\"kdrt\">What Goes Wrong<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"kdr-title\">Six errors that actually turn up on Turkish property files<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"kdr-sub\">None of these is exotic. All of them are cheaper to find before completion than to litigate afterwards.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"kdrc\">\n    <div class=\"kdr-protect\">\n      <div class=\"kdr-pc\"><span class=\"kdr-pc-icon\">&#128221;<\/span><h3>Identity and name errors<\/h3><p>A misspelled name, a transliterated name recorded inconsistently, or a wrong identity or passport number. Trivial-looking, and capable of stalling a sale, an inheritance transfer or a mortgage application years later when the entry no longer matches the document you are holding.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-pc\"><span class=\"kdr-pc-icon\">&#128207;<\/span><h3>Area discrepancies<\/h3><p>The registered area of the parcel does not match what the cadastral measurement now shows, often following renewal survey work. Some differences sit within tolerable survey error; others are large enough to change what the property is worth and to found a compensation claim.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-pc\"><span class=\"kdr-pc-icon\">&#129517;<\/span><h3>Boundaries that moved<\/h3><p>The line on the cadastral map and the line on the ground have diverged, usually through decades of fences and walls being rebuilt approximately. The question is always which one the register supports, and the answer is not always the one that has been respected in practice.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-pc\"><span class=\"kdr-pc-icon\">&#127968;<\/span><h3>Encroaching structures<\/h3><p>A neighbour's wall, outbuilding or extension sits partly inside your parcel, or yours inside theirs. Long-standing occupation does not automatically resolve who owns the strip, and the remedy available depends heavily on how the encroachment arose and how long it has stood.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-pc\"><span class=\"kdr-pc-icon\">&#128204;<\/span><h3>Stale annotations<\/h3><p>A mortgage that was discharged but never lifted, a resale restriction whose period has expired, a lien relating to a settled dispute. The underlying restriction may have lapsed while the entry survives, and the entry is what a future buyer, lender or notary will read.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-pc\"><span class=\"kdr-pc-icon\">&#128220;<\/span><h3>Share and inheritance errors<\/h3><p>Co-ownership shares recorded incorrectly, or an inheritance transfer only partly carried through the register. These compound quietly across generations and tend to surface at the worst possible moment, which is when somebody finally tries to sell.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- TABLE -->\n<section class=\"kdrs kdrg\">\n  <div class=\"kdrc\">\n    <span class=\"kdrt\">Which Route Applies<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"kdr-title\">Register defect, cadastral defect, or ownership dispute<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"kdr-sub\">Three different problems that present almost identically to an owner, and are handled in three different places.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"kdr-compare-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"kdr-compare\">\n        <thead><tr><th><\/th><th>Register defect<\/th><th>Cadastral defect<\/th><th>Ownership dispute<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n        <tr><td><strong>Typical symptom<\/strong><\/td><td>Wrong name, share or a stale annotation<\/td><td>Wrong area, boundary or map position<\/td><td>Someone else asserts a right to the parcel<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td><strong>Which record is wrong<\/strong><\/td><td>The land register<\/td><td>The cadastral survey<\/td><td>Possibly neither &mdash; the claim is substantive<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td><strong>Governing provision<\/strong><\/td><td>Civil Code No. 4721<\/td><td>Cadastre Law No. 3402, Art. 41<\/td><td>General property and civil procedure law<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td><strong>Administrative fix available<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"yes\">Often, for clear clerical errors<\/td><td class=\"yes\">Yes, under Article 41<\/td><td class=\"no\">No<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td><strong>Hard statutory deadline<\/strong><\/td><td>Depends on the defect<\/td><td>30 days from notification<\/td><td>Art. 12\/3 preclusion may apply<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td><strong>Good-faith protection relevant<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"yes\">Yes &mdash; Article 1023<\/td><td>Sometimes, depending on the facts<\/td><td class=\"yes\">Yes &mdash; often decisive<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td><strong>State liability may arise<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"yes\">Yes &mdash; Article 1007<\/td><td class=\"yes\">Yes &mdash; Article 1007<\/td><td>Only if a registry error caused it<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td><strong>Where it ends up if contested<\/strong><\/td><td>Civil court<\/td><td>Civil court, within the 30 days<\/td><td>Civil court<\/td><\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- CTA -->\n<div class=\"kdr-cta-strip\">\n  <div class=\"kdrc\">\n    <div class=\"kdr-cta-in\">\n      <div>\n        <h3>Buying land, or holding a Turkish property from abroad?<\/h3>\n        <p>We will pull the register and the cadastral position and tell you whether the two agree.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/trupropertyturkey.com\/contact\/\" class=\"kdrbtn\">Request a Check &rarr;<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- FAQ -->\n<section class=\"kdrs\">\n  <div class=\"kdrc kdrct\">\n    <span class=\"kdrt\">Questions<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"kdr-title\">Tapu errors and land register corrections \u2014 frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"kdr-sub\">What foreign owners ask when the paperwork and the property stop agreeing with each other.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"kdrc\">\n    <div class=\"kdr-faq-list\">\n      <div class=\"kdr-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"kdr-faq-q\" onclick=\"kdrFaq(this)\">What happens if the Turkish land register turns out to be wrong?<span class=\"kdr-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"kdr-faq-a\">Turkey treats this as the state's problem rather than purely as bad luck for the owner. Article 1007 of the Turkish Civil Code No. 4721 provides that the State is liable for damage arising from the keeping of the land register, and Turkish doctrine and case law treat that as strict liability, meaning liability without proof of fault by any particular official. The State then has a right of recourse against officials who were at fault. The practical significance for a foreign owner is that a registry error is not automatically a loss you simply absorb. It may found a claim for compensation against the State, brought through the courts, separately from whatever is happening to the register entry itself.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"kdr-faq-q\" onclick=\"kdrFaq(this)\">Am I protected if I bought in good faith and the register was wrong?<span class=\"kdr-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"kdr-faq-a\">In many cases yes, and this is the single most important feature of the Turkish system for a foreign buyer. Under Article 1023 of the Turkish Civil Code, a third party who acquires a right in rem in good faith in reliance on the land register is protected in that acquisition. The register is designed to be relied upon, and someone who reads it properly, acts on what it says and has no knowledge of any defect is in a far stronger position than someone who did not look. Good faith is the condition, though, and it is assessed against what you knew or should have known. A buyer who ignored an obvious discrepancy, or who was told about a problem and proceeded anyway, is not protected by this provision.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"kdr-faq-q\" onclick=\"kdrFaq(this)\">What is the difference between a tapu error and a cadastral error?<span class=\"kdr-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"kdr-faq-a\">They sit in different places and are corrected by different routes. A tapu error is a defect in the land register itself: a misspelled name, a wrong identity number, a share recorded incorrectly, an annotation that should have been removed. A cadastral error is a defect in the underlying survey: the parcel's measured area, its boundaries or its position on the cadastral map do not match reality on the ground. The distinction matters because the register describes ownership while the cadastre describes the physical parcel, and a property can have a perfectly clean register entry attached to boundaries that are wrong. Establishing which of the two you are dealing with is the first step, because it determines both the procedure and the deadline.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"kdr-faq-q\" onclick=\"kdrFaq(this)\">How long do I have to challenge a cadastral correction?<span class=\"kdr-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"kdr-faq-a\">Thirty days from notification. Under Article 41 of the Cadastre Law No. 3402, corrections to errors in cadastral measurements, areas and boundaries are made administratively and then notified to the owners and other right holders. From that notification, an affected party has 30 days to bring an action in the civil court to have the correction cancelled. If nobody challenges it within that window, the correction becomes final. This provision was among those amended by Law No. 7579, published in the Official Gazette on 22 May 2026. For an owner living abroad the practical risk is obvious: the window runs from notification, and a notice that arrives at a Turkish address nobody is checking can expire before you have any idea it was sent.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"kdr-faq-q\" onclick=\"kdrFaq(this)\">Is there a point after which cadastral records can no longer be challenged?<span class=\"kdr-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"kdr-faq-a\">Yes, and it is one of the most consequential provisions in Turkish property law. Article 12\/3 of the Cadastre Law No. 3402 provides that once ten years have passed from the date the cadastral records became final, no objection may be raised and no action may be brought on legal grounds that predate the cadastre. The effect is to close off historical ownership claims and give the cadastral determination a settled quality. The scope of that ten-year preclusive period is genuinely contested in Turkish case law and academic commentary, particularly around which kinds of claim it does and does not extinguish, so it is not a provision to rely on from a summary. It is a provision to put to a Turkish lawyer on the specific facts.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"kdr-faq-item\">\n        <div class=\"kdr-faq-q\" onclick=\"kdrFaq(this)\">Should I get the boundaries checked before buying land in Turkey?<span class=\"kdr-faq-icon\">+<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"kdr-faq-a\">For any purchase where the parcel boundary matters, yes, and the more rural or the larger the plot, the more strongly yes. The land register will tell you who owns the parcel and what is registered against it, but it will not tell you whether the fence, the wall, the access track or the neighbour's outbuilding sits where the cadastral map says the boundary sits. Discrepancies between the recorded parcel and the occupied ground are common enough to be a normal part of buying land rather than an exotic risk, and they are far cheaper to discover before completion than after. The General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre is the authority for the cadastral position, and a check against the official parcel data is inexpensive relative to what it protects.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- FURTHER READING -->\n<section class=\"kdrs kdrg\">\n  <div class=\"kdrc kdrct\">\n    <span class=\"kdrt\">Keep Reading<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"kdr-title\">Where to go next<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"kdr-sub\">The register is the thing every other stage of a Turkish purchase depends on. 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