Turkish Landlords Jam Courts to Circumvent Rent Control, Media Reports
Residential apartment buildings in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Turkish courts are facing a record number of lawsuits after the government introduced a cap on rent increases, Dunya newspaper reported.
The number of cases brought by landlords against tenants stood at about 47,000 in the first half of the year, more than twice the total in the whole of 2022, Dunya said, citing Ali Guvenc Kiraz, head of the Istanbul-based Property Law Association. “Courts are jammed,” he said.