Hakan Akçam, President of the Association of All Real Estate Consultants (TEDB), announced that as of today, the service for preparing rental contracts via the e-Government (e-Devlet) portal was now available for real estate agents as well. He stated, “Property owners can authorize a real estate consultant through the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre’s system.
With this authorization, the consultant can send the rental contract to the prospective tenant electronically.”
The Ministry of Treasury and Finance had completed the first phase of efforts to enable rental contracts to be made via the e-Government portal back in November 2024.
In the current system, property owners who are individuals can prepare contracts through the “Rental Contract Transactions” section on e-Government, and the tenant can approve them. These contracts are generated with a time-stamped, barcode-certified document that can also be verified through the e-Government portal.
“REAL ESTATE CONSULTANTS WILL OFFICIALLY PRACTICE THEIR PROFESSION”
As the second phase of the project nears completion, the rental contract service on e-Government has now been made available to real estate agents as of today.
Akçam noted that until now, tenants and landlords could meet and sign a rental agreement electronically through e-Government, but real estate consultants were not part of this process.
He stated: “Now, with this implementation, property owners can authorize a real estate consultant through the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre’s system. The consultant, using this authorization, can send the contract to the tenant candidate electronically. The consultant can also generate a barcode-certified document. Thus, real estate consultants will be able to officially perform their profession by bringing together property owners and tenants.”
“RENTAL CONTRACTS SHOULD BE MANDATORY THROUGH E-GOVERNMENT”
Akçam explained that the system would transition entirely to a digital format, enabling the Ministry to track data such as rent increase rates, tenant credibility, and how long the tenant had lived in the property.
He emphasized that updates and improvements to the system were ongoing and noted that, according to the Code of Obligations, rental contracts still required a wet signature from a guarantor, which is being worked on.
Akçam added that if rental contracts became mandatory through the e-Government portal, many disputes between landlords and tenants could be resolved, and fraud could be significantly reduced.
