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What should I pay attention to in a commercial lease agreement?

The rent-increase mechanism, the term and renewal, eviction conditions, fit-out and reinstatement obligations, and the right of assignment are the critical provisions of a commercial lease.…

Updated · July 20261 min readCategory · Transaction Advisory
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The rent-increase mechanism, the term and renewal, eviction conditions, fit-out and reinstatement obligations, and the right of assignment are the critical provisions of a commercial lease. In long-term leases, an unbalanced clause generates cost for years. We optimise the agreement according to your position. One protection tenants often overlook: under th…

The rent-increase mechanism, the term and renewal, eviction conditions, fit-out and reinstatement obligations, and the right of assignment are the critical provisions of a commercial lease. In long-term leases, an unbalanced clause generates cost for years. We optimise the agreement according to your position.

One protection tenants often overlook: under the Turkish Code of Obligations (No. 6098) a roofed-workplace tenant has real security — the landlord can evict only on limited statutory grounds, and annual increases are capped by law at the twelve-month average CPI rate for the previous lease year. After the tenth year of an extended lease the landlord gains an additional termination right. Knowing where these protections begin and end shapes how you negotiate term and renewal.

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