Sertaç İnce, Attorney-at-Law
About
He completed his legal education at the Faculty of Law of Marmara University in Istanbul. He practises as an attorney registered with the Istanbul Bar Association.
Over an extended period, he has handled and coordinated legal matters with cross-border connections, particularly involving Germany and Austria. His work in this context has covered inheritance and estate administration; real estate, land registry matters and the dissolution of co-ownership; family law and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments; enforcement proceedings, debt recovery and interim measures; employment law; company formation and corporate procedures; and commercial contracts and disputes.
In cross-border matters, he has also coordinated powers of attorney, apostilles and translations, alongside procedures involving land registries, tax authorities, banks, notaries and other public bodies. In this work, he has treated legal case management, document preparation and the practical steps before the relevant institutions as interconnected parts of the same matter.
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Related guides
- Inheritance in Türkiye for Residents of GermanyAn inheritance in Türkiye may include property, bank accounts or business interests, even when the family lives in Germany. Much of the administration can be handled through a representative in Türkiye. First establish the heirs and liabilities, then identify each institution’s requirements for releasing assets or updating records.
- Using a Power of Attorney from Germany in TürkiyeA person living in Germany does not always need to travel to Türkiye to sell property there, handle inheritance matters, deal with a bank account or bring court proceedings. Many procedures can be handled through an appropriate power of attorney. Whether the document can be used in Türkiye depends not only on where it was executed, but also on the powers it contains and the formal requirements of the intended transaction. A consular power of attorney, a German notarial instrument, an apostille and a translation each serve a different function in that process.
- Registering Inherited Property in TürkiyeAs a general rule, heirs acquire the estate upon death. Tapu intikali, the land registry transfer of inherited title, records that acquisition in the Turkish land register; it does not create ownership afresh in the manner of a sale. Registration is nevertheless required before an heir can carry out dispositions such as a sale of the property. The transfer therefore does not replace a later partition of the estate or a sale. Turkish Civil Code, Articles 599 and 705.
- German Divorce: Recognition and Registration in TürkiyeFor administrative registration under Article 27/A of Turkish Civil Registration Services Law No. 5490, the decision must have been issued by a competent authority in Germany, must be final under German law and must not be manifestly contrary to Turkish public policy. The application may be submitted to the competent Turkish foreign mission in Germany or to a provincial directorate of population and citizenship affairs in Türkiye authorised to process these applications. Processing the application through the consulate does not mean that the German divorce case is reheard on its merits.
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