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Agricultural and forest land cannot be sold to foreigners

Rule record · last verified 14 September 2026

Rule

Immovable property in agricultural land and forest land may not be sold to foreign natural or legal persons. A person who sells such land to a foreigner commits an offence.[1]

Applies to: Agricultural land · Forest land

Legislation · Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC) · Immovable Property Acquisition and Long-Term Lease (Aliens) Law, Article 4(1); penalty in Article 16(1) · in force from 21 May 2024 · last verified 14 September 2026 · rule record

Where this rule comes from

Jurisdiction
Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)
authority
Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi), TRNC
Instrument
Immovable Property Acquisition and Long-Term Lease (Aliens) Law, No. 52/2008, consolidated with amending Law 39/2024, Article 4(1); penalty in Article 16(1)
Basis
Legislation · asserted by us within this jurisdiction
Verification
Primary source verified
in force from
21 May 2024
until
open

Regulatory events

History of this rule

  • — First encoded from the primary text. (version 1, initial)

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]
    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 · register entry

Identifier no-sale-of-agricultural-or-forest-land · Review priority: consequential · Open data · challenge this rule