For most steps, no. If you grant a power of attorney through the Turkish consulate in Germany — or one drawn up in proper form, apostilled and translated — your lawyer can obtain the certificate of inheritance, search the estate, carry out the land registry and bank transfers, deal with the tax formalities and, where it comes to that, handle a sale. The situations that genuinely require you to attend in person are few, and we tell you about them in advance.
Succession in property situated in Türkiye is governed by Turkish law, under the Turkish Civil Code (No. 4721); where the file has a German connection, the foreign-element succession rules of the Private International Law Act (MÖHUK, No. 5718) can come into play as well. We take the process forward with reporting in German and manage the flow of documents, translations and apostilles between the two countries, so that you can follow it from where you are.
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