The real estate sector, especially rental housing, has been experiencing a boom in disputes and litigation over the past year. In the context of this, an important innovation, which was one of the first mentioned by the Sondakika portal. The Supreme Court of Turkey has informed that from now on, correspondence on the Internet does not matter whether it is official emails, messages in messengers like Viber and WhatsApp or chats in social networks like Facebook. All of them are now accepted for consideration in court; and, accordingly, they can become evidence of this or that fact and significantly influence this or that decision.
They started talking about it a year and a half ago, in the context of discussing controversial situations arising from housing transactions; and finally, written messages have become full-fledged arguments.
The authorities strive to make all processes in the field of sale and rental of real estate as transparent as possible. It is for this reason that now a maximum of documents are carried out via the Internet, including it is recommended to pay online rent. Well, excessive overstatement of rent for owners is now fraught with serious sanctions, up to imprisonment.