Rule ·
While the current decree remains in force, a Permission to Purchase applicant's criminal-record certificate must be apostilled and issued no more than three months before submission — a stricter requirement than the plain 'original certificate' wording still found in the Ministry of Interior's own posted checklist and in the consolidated Law 52/2008 text.[1][2][3][4][5]
Exceptions
- EXPIRED 6 OCTOBER 2026: Decree 89/2026, which carried this requirement, was repealed and replaced by Decree 119/2026 on 6 October 2026. Decree 119/2026's text was read in full and searched specifically for this requirement — it is not restated anywhere (the only apostille/criminal-record provision in the new decree is a different, separate one: the Licensed Intermediary Investor's own documentary requirement, Article 8B(1) — see decree-licensed-intermediary-investor). This Rule's own exceptions had already named this exact risk before it happened (see the superseded text in versions[]) — found via a routine Gazette watch on 2026-10-10, four days after the fact.
- What this reverts to: the plain 'original certificate' wording already described in the Ministry of Interior's own posted checklist (src-icisleri-ptp-required-documents, undated) and in the consolidated Law 52/2008 text (through Law 39/2024) — see the Claim ptp-required-documents-list. Neither of those has been independently re-read as part of this update; this record does not assert a new 'current' position, only that the stricter decree-based one has lapsed. A fresh reading of the Ministry's checklist would be needed before publishing a replacement 'current' rule.
- This Rule does not address whether Turkish Republic citizens or other nationalities were treated differently on the FORM of the document (e-Devlet vs. original) while this requirement was in force — that remains a separate, unresolved question (see q-property-ptp-criminal-record-edevlet-vs-original-by-nationality, item 42, Founder-reported practice pending verification).
Applies to
- Who:
- Buyers