Rule
No more than seven per cent of a district’s surface area, and in any case no more than three per cent of the country’s surface area, may be sold to foreigners; any registration made contrary to these ratios is void.[1]
Caps on the share of land that may be sold to foreigners
Rule record · last verified 14 September 2026
In force since 21 May 2024.
Where this rule comes from
- Instrument
- Immovable Property Acquisition and Long-Term Lease (Aliens) Law, No. 52/2008, consolidated with amending Law 39/2024, Article 4(3)
- Authority
- Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi), 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 14 September 2026.
- Legal review
- Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer.
Regulatory events
History of this rule
- — First published from the primary text. (version 1, First published)
Sources for this rule
Numbered in order of first use. Each entry names the kind of source it is and the day we read it.
- [1]Immovable Property Acquisition and Long-Term Lease (Aliens) Law, No. 52/2008, consolidated with amending Law 39/2024
Central Legislation Office, TRNC · Legislation and gazettes · 10 November 2008 · original in Turkish · accessed 14 September 2026 · source record
Cite this record
https://northcyprusreference.com/en/rules/district-and-country-caps
Identifier district-and-country-caps · Open data · challenge this rule