Kocaağa Law Firm — Fethiye, Türkiye
English Speaking Lawyer in Fethiye
We are a Fethiye-based law firm advising foreign residents, property owners and businesses across the Fethiye–Kaş coastline. You can work with us directly in English, from the first phone call to the final hearing.
Who we help
The Fethiye region — Ölüdeniz, Kayaköy, Göcek, Seydikemer, Kalkan and Kaş — is home to a large international community. Many of our clients are foreign nationals who own or are buying property here, live here part or full time, or run a business in the area. Others contact us from abroad about an inheritance, a dispute or a court case in Turkey.
Turkish law and court procedure differ substantially from common-law systems. Our role is to handle the Turkish side of your matter correctly and to keep you informed in plain English at every step: what the law says, what your realistic options are, what it will cost and how long it is likely to take.
How we work with clients abroad
Most matters can be handled without you being in Turkey. A power of attorney issued at a Turkish consulate, or apostilled in your home country, allows us to act on your behalf before the Land Registry, notaries, tax offices and courts. We communicate by e-mail and video call, and provide written updates at each milestone of your case.
Local knowledge that matters
Which courthouse hears your case depends on the nature of the dispute and the statutory venue rules — for claims concerning real estate, for example, the court where the property is located has exclusive jurisdiction. We appear before the courthouses across the region regularly. This matters in practice: local procedure, expert panels and hearing calendars differ from courthouse to courthouse, and a local firm follows your file in person rather than by correspondence.
Marina, villa and charter disputes arising in Göcek are heard in Fethiye. Because our office is within walking distance of the Fethiye courthouse, we can attend hearings, on-site inspections and enforcement steps the same day. See our dedicated page: Göcek legal services.
Property owners in Göcek, Ölüdeniz and Kalkan
Most enquiries we receive from abroad concern real estate. The recurring problems are consistent: a deposit paid before anyone checked the title deed, a villa without a habitation certificate, a developer that missed delivery, a short-term letting arrangement that breached the site's own rules, or an inheritance where the Turkish property was never addressed in the will. Each of these is considerably cheaper to prevent than to litigate. Our detailed guidance is on the property lawyer page.
Residence permits and citizenship
We assist with short-term and family residence permit applications, renewals and — importantly — appeals against refusals, which carry strict deadlines. For clients acquiring real estate at the statutory investment threshold, we handle the property and citizenship stages together so the valuation report, the currency exchange documentation and the three-year no-sale annotation on the title are consistent with each other. We explain what the authorities decide and what a lawyer can and cannot influence, rather than promising outcomes.
What to expect at the first consultation
We tell you which procedure applies to your matter, what the realistic time frame looks like, which documents we need from you and what the likely obstacles are. If a matter is stronger handled another way — through an administrative appeal rather than litigation, or through negotiation rather than a court claim — we say so at that stage rather than after the file is open.