Turkey is a popular destination for foreigners, both due to its geographical location and the investment opportunities it offers. However, purchasing real estate, making investments, establishing a company, or obtaining a residence permit in Turkey requires extensive legal knowledge and expertise. These processes can be difficult and risky for foreigners. Therefore, it is important for foreigners to seek the services of a lawyer in Turkey. It is necessary to obtain support from a lawyer in order to carefully protect your rights and, when necessary, take legal action without suffering any loss of rights.
In Turkish law, interpreting the wording of laws, fully and accurately understanding existing rights, and monitoring time limits for rights can be complex. A specialist lawyer providing support can easily handle the relevant legal process on behalf of a foreign client and prevent any procedures that could result in a loss of rights. The ECY Law & Consulting team aims to minimize the risks that may arise in these processes by providing professional consultancy to its international clients.
What Should You Consider When Choosing a Lawyer?
- The lawyer you consult should be an expert in the field where your legal proceedings will take place. For example, in processes such as inheritance disputes, divorce, and preparing company contracts, your lawyer’s experience and knowledge play an important role.
- Your lawyer should be proficient in a foreign language to ensure clear communication.
- You must check that your lawyer is registered with a bar association. For example, if they are registered with the Istanbul Bar Association, you can check whether they are registered by entering their first and last name on the bar association’s website. Nowadays, some people introduce themselves as lawyers and deceive people in order to obtain unjust benefits.,
- You must be clear and transparent with your lawyer about the legal procedure you wish to undertake. If you provide your representative with incomplete or incorrect information, the legal process may be slowed down or you may cause incorrect actions to be taken that could be detrimental to your interests.
- You should clearly and explicitly state your fee expectations regarding the legal matter for which you are seeking support. Otherwise, the relationship of trust between you and your lawyer may be undermined, and you may experience disagreements in future proceedings.
- You should be aware that expenses such as fees, notifications, and expert witness fees are not the responsibility of your lawyer, and you should act accordingly after clearly understanding these costs.
- You should not make any illegal offers to your lawyer and should not make any statements that could undermine your relationship of trust.
As ECY Law, we provide legal consultancy services from the very first step of any legal process you wish to undertake in our country; we support you in complex processes such as contract preparation, intellectual property protection, company incorporation procedures, and residence permits. In addition, with our expertise in international law, we also handle international service of process and the collection of foreign debts.
