Current deadline: transfer within one year of the permission being published

Where this rule comes from

Instrument

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), Article 4, new Article 8(6)

Authority

Council of Ministers, TRNC

Jurisdiction

Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)

Basis

Legislation · asserted by us within this jurisdiction

Verification

Primary source verified. We read the primary text ourselves on 10 October 2026.

Legal review

Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer. Marked for priority review.

Lineage

• Supersedes Statutory deadline: transfer within six months of the permission being published

Regulatory events

• 7 August 2026 · The rules currently in force for foreign buyers are re-issued by decree
• 6 October 2026 · The foreign property-acquisition decree was renewed four weeks before its expected expiry, almost entirely unchanged

History of this rule

• 14 September 2026 — First published from the primary text. (version 1, First published)
• 20 September 2026 — Following Founder approval: added the supersedes back-link to statutory-transfer-deadline-six-months, completing the correction applied to that rule. No change to this rule's own statement, status or validity window. Note for the next Gazette check: this rule's own effectiveTo (2026-11-05) is the date the underlying decree needs renewal or a permanent Assembly amendment — if that date passes without one, a human must decide whether the statutory six-month rule reverts to being the live answer (its own record was not deleted, only unlinked from the question, precisely so this reversal stays possible without re-research). (version 2, Corrected)
• 10 October 2026 — Decree 119/2026 (6 October 2026) repealed and replaced Decree 89/2026, restating this same figure/rule unchanged. Found via a routine Gazette watch, read in full and compared word for word against the repealed text before publishing — see src-gazette-2026-196-decree-119-2026's own notes for the full comparison. Citation and effective window updated; the rule's own substance did not change. (version 3, Revised)

Review record

• 20 September 2026 — Founder (editorial) · Approved · the text has changed since this reviewApproved, 20 September 2026 — correction (companion to a related record). Added the supersedes back-link to statutory-transfer-deadline-six-months, completing the correction. No change to this rule's own statement, status or validity window (still current, effectiveTo 2026-11-05). Flag for a future review: if that date passes without a renewal or a permanent Assembly amendment, a human must decide whether the statutory six-month rule should be relinked as the live answer.