Law No. 7579, published on 22 May 2026, amended the Condominium Law: service charge increases under a provisional operating project are capped at the revaluation rate.
The regulation that directly concerns apartment and housing estate residents entered into force with Law No. 7579, published in the Official Gazette of 22 May 2026. The law amended the articles of the Condominium Law No. 634 on service charges and the management plan.
The operating project will be approved by the general assembly
Under the new text, the operating project is approved at the general assembly of condominium owners. If there is no accepted operating project, the manager prepares a provisional operating project without delay, within three months at the latest, until it is approved by the condominium owners' assembly. A decision must be taken at a general assembly, within three months at the latest, to accept the operating project notified to the condominium owners, either as it is or with changes.
The provision on collecting advances has also changed. In place of the earlier wording "collecting advances again when the advance runs out," the principle of collecting advances until the operating project is approved was introduced.
A cap on service charge increases
The most notable part of the regulation concerns service charge increases. If there is an existing operating project, the amount foreseen for the provisional operating project is set, each year and effective from the beginning of the calendar year, on the amount in the project in force, provided it does not exceed the revaluation rate announced for the previous year under the Tax Procedure Law. In other words, in a provisional project prepared without general assembly approval, the manager cannot raise the service charge above this rate.
Changing the management plan is easier in multi-block complexes
For multi-block developments (housing estates), where more than one block or parcel is bound to a single management plan, the "four-fifths" majority required in Article 70 was lowered to "two-thirds". Accordingly, to change the management plan of a multi-block development, the votes of two-thirds of the independent units represented by the members of the representatives' board are enough; the provisions on the provisional management can also be changed by the votes of two-thirds of the independent unit owners. It was also stated explicitly that provisions of management plans contrary to this article will not be applied.
What does it mean for homeowners and buyers?
- Estate residents can check whether the annual increase in the provisional project prepared by the manager exceeds the legal limit.
- The real determiner of the service charge is now explicitly the general assembly of condominium owners; attendance at meetings is therefore even more important.
- Those buying a home, especially in estate projects with pools and gardens in Akçay, Altınoluk and Güre, should ask for the approved operating project, the management plan and the latest general assembly decisions before buying.
What should estate management do?
It helps prevent possible objections if managers document the rate of increase in the provisional operating projects they prepare for the new year, present it to the condominium owners, and call the general assembly to a meeting within the three-month period. If unexpected expenses arise during the year, obtaining a general assembly decision to cover them would be a sounder path.
The law entered into force on the date of its publication.
