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Selling your shares or ending your directorship invalidates the İş Kurma İzni

Rule record · last verified 21 September 2026

In force. Start date not confirmed in this record.

Rule

An İş Kurma İzni (Business Establishment Permit) becomes invalid automatically the moment the qualifying company's TRNC activity ceases, the holder sells their shares, or their directorship ends — it is a conditional, derivative right tied to the holder's qualifying position, not a standing investor-residence status.[1]

Exceptions

  • This Rule states the invalidation trigger only. It does not address any grace period, notification duty, or what happens to a person's separate residence status (if any) once the permit lapses — those were not independently researched.
  • Does not extend to other, unrelated residence or employment permit categories — see the Founder's explicit instruction not to generalise beyond this specific permit.

Applies to

Who:
Investors · Company shareholders

Where this rule comes from

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 21 September 2026.
Legal review
Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer. Marked for priority review.

Editorial note

Related to iskurma-izni-definition-and-conjunctive-trigger (the base permit definition) and iskurma-izni-active-unpaid-management-ncr-interpretation (the active-management trigger) by shared subject matter.

History of this rule

  • — Published following Founder approval. (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. [1]
    Foreigners' Work Permits Regulation (Yabancıların Çalışma İzinleri Tüzüğü), consolidated text incorporating amendments through 17 September 2026

    Central Legislation Office, TRNC · Legislation and gazettes · original in Turkish · accessed 19 September 2026 · source record

Cite this record

https://northcyprusreference.com/en/rules/iskurma-izni-invalidated-by-share-sale-or-directorship-end

Identifier iskurma-izni-invalidated-by-share-sale-or-directorship-end · Open data · challenge this rule