Hakan Akdoğan, President of the All Entrepreneurial Real Estate Agents Association (TÜGEM), gave information about the rights of tenants against cunning landlords.
Providing information about the rights of tenants against cunning landlords, Hakan Akdoğan, President of the All Entrepreneurial Real Estate Consultants Association (TÜGEM), said:
“Although the deposit is deducted from the rent in general practices, it is not legally possible to deduct it in this way. The owner is obliged to return the deposit after the discharge. If he cannot get his deposit back, he must take legal action.
The deposit actually means security deposit. If there are any unpaid electricity, water, natural gas, dues and debts, these debts can be deducted from the deposit by the landlord. If the deposit is not sufficient, the tenant usually agrees and undertakes to pay the remaining amount in the contracts.
Akdoğan summarized the deposit procedures as follows: “If the tenant is contracted to make a deposit in the rental of residences and roofed workplaces, this amount cannot exceed the three-month rental fee. If it is decided to give money or valuable papers as a deposit, the lessee should deposit the money in a savings account and store the valuable papers in a bank, not to be withdrawn without the consent of the lessor. The bank can return the deposit only with the consent of both parties or upon the finalization of the enforcement proceedings or based on a finalized court decision. If the lessor has not notified the bank in writing that he/she has filed a lawsuit against the lessee regarding the lease agreement within three months following the expiry of the lease agreement, or that he/she has initiated proceedings through execution or bankruptcy, the bank is obliged to return the security upon the request of the lessee.
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