Official Gazette / November 17-23, 2025

The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change has published the Regulation on the Implementation of the Value Increase Share Regarding Zoning Plan Amendments. The new regulation stipulates that in the event of a zoning change that increases the value of a property upon the request of all property owners, 90% of the value increase must be paid to the public. The issue of zoning rent created by zoning plan amendments is not a new topic of debate for our country. The practice of transferring value increases that occur in a property and are not based on the owner's labor and capital (i.e., zoning rent) to the public is already included in the Zoning Law as the Value Increase Share (DAP) regulation. However, the Constitutional Court, with its decision numbered 2020/42, had annulled the law that stipulated the transfer of 100% of the value increase to the public, deeming it a disproportionate interference with the right to property. In other words, the legislation stipulating the transfer of 90% to the public is not essentially new; it is merely a revision. This time, the legislation requires the application of all property owners for the zoning increase. In other words, the state does not increase zoning on its own. The increase takes place with the application of the property owners and the prior acceptance that 90% of the resulting value increase will be paid to the public. In this form, the legislation seems to have bypassed the Constitutional Court's decision. With the new regulation, an annotation is placed on the title deeds of properties that have undergone a zoning increase in this way. It is not possible to sell the property without paying this fee (or without paying the first installment if it is paid in installments). At the same time, a building permit cannot be issued. The 90% portion of the value increase is shared as follows: 25% to the district municipality, 25% to the metropolitan municipality, and 50% to the ministry. 

The monetary limits to be applied in the grant, exchange, or aid of goods and services to friendly and allied states and their public or private institutions and organizations without a contract were set at 250 million TL for the year 2025 by the Presidential Decree dated November 29, 2024. This time, with the Presidential Decree dated November 20, 2025, this limit has been increased from 250 million TL to 750 million TL, valid for the year 2025. Consumption items under many headings, primarily weapons, ammunition, food/beverages, clothing, personal equipment, medicine, medical devices, office supplies, electronic products, and fuel, fall within this scope. 

With a Presidential Decree, the premium for those who are registered as general health insurance holders for themselves and their dependents by paying General Health Insurance premiums has been increased from 3% to 6%. According to the new rates that will come into effect as of December 1, 2025, the payments of individuals within this scope have increased from 780 TL to 1560 TL per month.

By a decision of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM), a "Parliamentary Research Commission was established to determine the measures to be taken to examine the causes leading children to be dragged into crime in all their dimensions, to develop protective and preventive mechanisms, and to ensure the effective participation of children in social life."