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🔑 Taking Handover of a New Apartment in Türkiye: Inspect the Home and Record Outstanding Items Before Moving In Receiving the key starts the inspection; it does not finish the review of the project. Attractive finishes can conceal an unconnected meter, a leak beneath a cupboard or a material...

🏗️ Buying Off-plan Property: Turn the Offer into Verifiable Documents and Payments An unfinished project offers a defined promise of ownership, specifications and a delivery date, so its risks differ from buying an apartment you can inspect today. The price may be lower or instalments easier...

🏙️ Urban Redevelopment in Türkiye: Buy Documented Rights and a Clear Delivery Plan A seller may present an old apartment as an opportunity because the building ‘will be redeveloped soon’. Yet owners’ wishes, an official risk report, an approved decision, a funded agreement and a permitted...

🛡️ Building Safety Before Buying in Türkiye: Check the Structure, Then Arrange Insurance An attractive apartment in a building with an unknown structural history leaves the most important part of the decision unanswered. A new façade or modern kitchen tells you nothing about concrete...

Before asking how much deposit to pay, ask: what right am I buying, who owns it, and what restrictions are registered against it now? A title-deed photograph may be genuine but outdated, and possession of a key does not establish that the seller can transfer the entire unit free of third-party...

A suitable neighbourhood for investment is one where you can explain what drives demand, what the property costs to run and how you would sell it when you need to exit. A city's reputation or a photograph of a residential complex is not enough. An ordinary apartment close to jobs and transport...

One apartment's file may contain four different figures: the asking price, municipal value, professional valuation and registered sale price. A difference does not automatically indicate manipulation, but needs explaining before you pay. This becomes particularly important for foreign buyers...

🏗️ Building permits and occupancy certificates: examine the file before judging the apartment's appearance An apartment may look ready to occupy, with a working lift, water and electricity, while parts of it do not match the approved project. A building may also have an occupancy certificate...

A higher price in lira does not always mean greater wealth, and a rise in rent does not mean the landlord's net income has increased by the same amount. Understanding Türkiye's property market in 2026 requires reading prices, rents and inflation together, then moving from the broad index to the...

Is an apartment advertised at TRY 5 million expensive or reasonably priced? A citywide price per square metre cannot answer that, nor can the seller's claim that it is 'below market'. Price reflects the location, building, unit and ownership position, together with the quality of comparisons...

🚄 High-speed trains in Central Anatolia: planning your journey Türkiye's YHT high-speed trains, operated by TCDD Taşımacılık, make it possible to combine several Central Anatolian cities in one trip. You can explore Eskişehir's markets, Ankara's museums, Konya's landmarks and Sivas's heritage...

🌉 Kırıkkale: riverside scenery and heritage in Central Anatolia Kırıkkale lies east of Ankara, combining modern city landmarks with historic and natural sites around the Kızılırmak River. Organise a visit around three areas: the city centre, Çeşnigir Bridge and its canyon, and the town of...

An archival Salt Cave photograph; Çankırı Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorate, Turkish Culture Portal. 1. 🧂 Çankırı: salt, heritage and mountain scenery Çankırı combines underground salt passages, Seljuk architecture and traditional houses, with the option of extending a trip into the...

🏛️ Sivrihisar and Phrygia: timber architecture and rock-cut monuments Excursions outside central Eskişehir reveal a varied heritage: Sivrihisar's historic mosque and old houses, followed by Phrygian rock-cut sites around Yazılıkaya and Han. For a comfortable pace, divide these into two outings...

🏡 Living in Eskişehir: choosing where to live Eskişehir brings together universities, trams, markets and parks, but choosing a home means matching its address to your daily routine. Start with the location of your university, workplace or children's school, then compare travel time, nearby...

🌉 Porsuk River and Sazova: a family day in Eskişehir Eskişehir combines walks along the Porsuk River with parks offering science and leisure activities for children. You can visit the river and Sazova in one day, allowing time to travel between them: the popular riverside area is in the city...

🏘️ Odunpazarı: exploring historic Eskişehir Odunpazarı brings together traditional houses with projecting windows, paved lanes, mosques, museums and craft workshops. Its historic quarter occupies the hills south of central Eskişehir, where traces of Ottoman life sit alongside contemporary art...

🏙️ Eskişehir: river walks, historic houses and parks Eskişehir combines Odunpazarı's traditional lanes with cafés overlooking the Porsuk River, museums and parks suited to family trips. High-speed rail connections make it easy to include in a journey involving İstanbul, Ankara or Konya. For a...

🌲 Yozgat and Boğazkale: nature and Hittite heritage This itinerary combines Yozgat's Ottoman monuments and Çamlık woodland with Hattuşa and Yazılıkaya, an introduction to Hittite civilisation. Spread it over two days to include town walks, nature and archaeology without rushing. Yozgat and...

♨️ Kangal: springs, countryside and renowned livestock guardians Kangal brings together fish-inhabited thermal springs, a tradition of breeding livestock guardian dogs and rural landscapes in southern Sivas province. Spend a day exploring its sights, then allow a separate day for Gürün...