MaslakMaslak 1453, Sarıyer / Istanbul — European side, head office
About us
Seventeen Years in One Corner of Istanbul
Durukan Real Estate has advised buyers in Istanbul since 2009. Above all, we chose to go narrow rather than wide: twenty-five buildings we know from the inside, instead of a catalogue of the whole country.
An Istanbul real estate agency built on knowing a few streets properly
Most agencies claim the whole city. However, a building takes years to learn — which block gets the afternoon sun, what the service charge really covers, which floors resell quickly and which ones sit. Therefore we cover a short list of projects, and we know each of them by heart.
In practice that means we can tell an international buyer something a portal never will: not simply what is for sale, but which of it is worth buying. Sometimes the honest answer is that nothing on the list fits, and we say so.
2009Founded in Istanbul
26People in our team
25Buildings we cover
2Offices, both sides
4Languages spoken
What we actually do
Buying is the visible part. In addition, most of our work happens either before the viewing or long after the keys change hands.
- Sales and leasing — resale apartments, new-build projects and long-term rentals.
- Valuation — licensed appraisal reports, including the one a citizenship file needs.
- Turkish citizenship — shortlisting what genuinely qualifies, then the application with sworn legal partners.
- After-sale declarations — the paperwork that follows the title deed, handled for you.
- Market and district analysis — what a building has actually resold for, not what a brochure claims.
- Interior architecture — furnishing and fit-out, mostly for buyers who will rent the unit out.
- Rental management — tenants, utilities and the eventual resale, by the same team that sold it.
- International advisory — buyers writing from abroad in English, Arabic, Russian or Turkish.
Four things we do differently
No call centre
One named advisor takes your enquiry and stays with you through the viewing, the title deed and everything after it. So you will not be handed around, and you will not be called every morning.
We name the ones to avoid
Because we hold stock in these buildings ourselves, we know which floor lines are hard to resell. Therefore our shortlist usually arrives with a short list of what not to buy.
We stay after the deed
Utilities, furnishing, tenants, declarations and the eventual resale. Afterwards the same team that sold you the apartment is the team that manages it.
Your language
Our team speaks English, Arabic, Russian and Turkish. As a result you will be matched with someone who speaks yours, from the first message onwards.
Where you will find us
We keep two offices, one on each side of the Bosphorus. So visit either one for a coffee when you are next in Istanbul.
ÇınarköyÇekmeköy / Istanbul — Asian side, forest and villa corridor
Meet the people you will actually deal with
Ten of our twenty-six advisors are on the home page, with their photographs and the languages they speak. So you will know who is writing back before you send the first message.
See Our Advisors