The rules for foreign buyers have been carried by a chain of decrees with force of law re-issued on expiry: 30/2025 (14 August 2025), 42/2025 (14 November 2025), 11/2026 (12 February 2026), 63/2026 (11 May 2026), 89/2026 (7 August 2026) and 119/2026 (6 October 2026), each stating that it applies in place of the listed articles of Law 52/2008 while in force.
Claim record · last verified 10 October 2026
How to read this claim
- Jurisdiction
- Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)
- Verification
- Primary source verified. We read the primary text ourselves on 10 October 2026.
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- Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer.
- Relevant from
- 14 August 2025
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Version history
- — First published from the cited source. (version 1, First published)
- — Added 119/2026 (6 October 2026), which repealed and replaced 89/2026 — found via a routine Gazette watch, four days after the fact. The chain's own cadence (roughly every 90 days, the constitutional limit on a decree with force of law) held again: 63/2026 to 89/2026 was 88 days, 89/2026 to 119/2026 was 60 days (earlier than the pattern, not yet explained). (version 2, Revised)
Sources for this claim
Numbered in order of first use. Each entry names the kind of source it is and the day we read it.
- [1]Official Gazette No. 165 of 14 August 2025: Decree with force of law 30/2025 regulating the rules on acquisition of immovable property by foreigners
Official Gazette of the TRNC (State Printing Office) · Legislation and gazettes · 14 August 2025 · original in Turkish · accessed 14 September 2026 · source record
- [2]Official Gazette No. 225 of 14 November 2025: Decree with force of law 42/2025 regulating the rules on acquisition of immovable property by foreigners
Official Gazette of the TRNC (State Printing Office) · Legislation and gazettes · 14 November 2025 · original in Turkish · accessed 14 September 2026 · source record
- [3]Official Gazette No. 28 of 12 February 2026: Decree with force of law 11/2026 regulating the rules on acquisition of immovable property by foreigners
Official Gazette of the TRNC (State Printing Office) · Legislation and gazettes · 12 February 2026 · original in Turkish · accessed 14 September 2026 · source record
- [4]Official Gazette No. 87 of 11 May 2026: Decree with force of law 63/2026 regulating the rules on acquisition of immovable property by foreigners
Official Gazette of the TRNC (State Printing Office) · Legislation and gazettes · 11 May 2026 · original in Turkish · accessed 14 September 2026 · source record
- [5]Official Gazette No. 147 of 7 August 2026: Decree with force of law 89/2026 regulating the rules on acquisition of immovable property by foreigners
Official Gazette of the TRNC (State Printing Office) · Legislation and gazettes · 7 August 2026 · original in Turkish · accessed 14 September 2026 · source record
- [6]Decree with force of law 119/2026 regulating the rules on acquisition of immovable property by foreigners (Official Gazette No. 196, EK I Bölüm II, 6 October 2026)
Official Gazette of the TRNC (State Printing Office) · Legislation and gazettes · 6 October 2026 · original in Turkish · accessed 10 October 2026 · source record
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https://northcyprusreference.com/en/claims/decree-cycle-2025-2026