Register your address and settle in.

Before signing for a home

1. Confirm the landlord or authorised agent can lawfully let the property. Review the address, unit number, permitted use, deposit, rent, charges and termination terms.
2. Check the address is acceptable for your residence route before committing. Ask which tenancy or accommodation evidence the relevant office accepts.
3. Inspect the property and obtain a written condition inventory, meter readings and payment receipts. Clarify utilities, building dues and insurance.
4. If you will run a business from home, review lease restrictions, building/municipal rules and any business-registration or withholding implications separately.

Make your address record accurate

Register or update your actual residence through the competent population or migration office for your status. NVİ explains a 20-working-day address-change notification obligation; check the first-registration procedure for your particular case. Do not confuse an online residence application with completion of the separate address record.

Take the identity and housing documents the office requests. Save the resulting address record and confirm that spelling, building and flat details are correct. Align the record with your bank, insurer, tax office and, if relevant, company records. A business-address change has its own reporting process.

Identity number, tax number and digital access

Turkish citizens normally use their Turkish identity number. Foreign residents and Mavi Kart holders should verify which identifier the institution needs and whether existing records are linked correctly. A potential tax number used for transactions does not by itself prove tax residence or exemption eligibility.

Use GİB’s official Digital Tax Office or the appropriate tax office for tax-number and registration services. Avoid creating duplicate identities when a passport is renewed or a Mavi Kart number is already in use. Keep the issuing office’s confirmation.

Set up e-Devlet using the route available for your identity/status and secure it with your own contact details. Access to tax portals, electronic notifications and company e-signature tools are separate matters. Agree delegated permissions with your accountant instead of sharing passwords or one-time codes.

Make everyday services dependable

Obtain a suitable mobile number in your own name and check what identity the operator accepts. Test SMS verification for banking and official portals. For an imported phone, check the current BTK registration eligibility, deadline and fee before assuming it will work indefinitely with a local SIM.

Arrange electricity, water, internet and the insurance required for the home or residence route. Store contracts and customer numbers. Confirm your healthcare cover is effective from arrival and identify the nearest appropriate clinic.

Use traceable payments for rent and deposits and keep supporting records. Build an address-change list for foreign and Turkish institutions so an old address does not cause missed official correspondence.

Your document checklist

This is a preparation list. The receiving authority or bank may require additional or different documents.

• Lease/title or accepted accommodation evidence
• Address registration output
• Identity, Mavi Kart or foreigner ID records
• Tax-number confirmation where needed
• Utility and mobile contracts
• Insurance policy and coverage start date

Ask your adviser

• Can this address support my residence and business plans?
• Which office handles my address registration?
• Are my identifiers correctly linked across the systems?