Inheritance Procedures in Turkey – Guide for Those Living Abroad (2025)
Many individuals living abroad may be unaware of their inheritance rights in Turkey or face difficulties exercising these rights. We understand these problems and provide solution-oriented legal services.
Inheritance law regulates how a person's estate is transferred after their death and to whom. However, for heirs living abroad, the process becomes more complicated due to lack of information, trust issues, and distance. In this context, we offer the following services for inheritance procedures that can be conducted in all cities of Turkey:
As is known, inheritance law is the branch of law that regulates how a person's assets are distributed after their death. The problems faced by individuals living abroad regarding inheritance law are generally as follows:
- a - Due to living abroad for years, individuals may be deprived of their inheritance rights by relatives in Turkey. Therefore, before death, the deceased's assets are transferred to their own name, infringing on the inheritance rights of those living abroad.
- b - Individuals in Turkey take advantage of being constantly by the deceased's side, transferring assets to their own name before death, and infringing on the inheritance rights of those living abroad.
- c - Other heirs in Turkey obtain a power of attorney from the heir living abroad by claiming it is necessary for another procedure, then misuse this power of attorney to conduct transactions that infringe on the rights of the person abroad.
- d - The deceased may have bequeathed all their assets to someone else through a will, infringing on the inheritance rights of the person living abroad.
- e - All heirs live abroad and want to divide the deceased's assets in Turkey.
- f - The deceased has an out-of-wedlock child, and the other children do not want to give them a share in the inheritance.
- g - The person living abroad wants to renounce the inheritance in Turkey to avoid being responsible for the deceased's debts.
- h - A person living abroad wants to prepare an official and valid will for their inheritance in Turkey.
- i - Some heirs live abroad, and the heirs in Turkey do not inform the heirs abroad about the inherited assets. The person abroad does not even know what their share is.
- j - Some heirs live abroad, and the real estate related to the inheritance is rented out by the heirs in Turkey. The heirs abroad are not informed about this rental income, and their inheritance rights are ignored.
If you are facing one or more of these problems, you can contact us directly via WhatsApp to initiate the necessary legal procedures. You can find our other services in inheritance law below.