This guide examines Reservation deposit specifically through the lens of “Deadline Readiness Review”, using the official rule and evidence that belong to this topic rather than expanding into adjacent subjects.
Official facts that control the topic
The first substantive rule for “Deadline Readiness Review — Reservation deposit” is this: A reservation payment or kapora should not be interpreted from its label alone; its legal effect depends on the agreement—whether it is part-payment, earnest money, security or a conditionally refundable amount.
Applied specifically through the “Deadline Readiness Review” lens to Reservation deposit, the official position is more precise: The Turkish Code of Obligations distinguishes contractual payment concepts, so the written terms should state when the amount is refunded, when it is credited to the price and what follows if either party withdraws. Before a material payment, the property, seller, amount, refund conditions and deadline should be identified; a receipt may prove that money moved without resolving who is entitled to keep it.
What this review changes
Deadline readiness means Reservation deposit can actually be completed within the available time without depending on a document that will arrive after the decision point. Legal deadlines must be separated from practical lead time for obtaining and correcting documents.
Turn these items into a dated readiness list: amount/date, recipient, reserved property, legal character stated in the agreement, refund/retention conditions, final-contract deadline and how the payment credits to price. Classify each as available, needs refresh, pending a third party, or impossible to complete before the deadline.
Documents and data that must reconcile
For “Deadline Readiness Review”, the key evidence is: amount/date, recipient, reserved property, legal character stated in the agreement, refund/retention conditions, final-contract deadline and how the payment credits to price
Scope boundary
Because this record is limited to “Deadline Readiness Review”, its boundary matters: A reservation payment does not transfer real-estate title and does not replace a formal sale or notarised sale-promise instrument.
Official source
Turkish Code of Obligations No. 6098
Deadline readiness before a reservation payment is released
The reservation deadline should be treated as a control gate, not as pressure to send money before the file is intelligible. Before release, confirm the exact property, buyer and seller identities, the person authorised to receive the money, the amount and currency, and whether the document characterises the payment as evidence of contract under Article 177, an agreed withdrawal payment under Article 178, or another expressly defined advance. Write the refund and forfeiture conditions in operative language rather than relying on a sales representative’s summary.
Build the timetable backwards from the next binding step. The reservation document should identify when the main contract is expected, when title and authority checks must be completed, which documents are conditions precedent, and by what date a refund request must be made if a condition fails. Allow time to verify bank details independently and to resolve inconsistencies before the transfer. If the seller or intermediary demands same-day payment while the named account, authority or property identity remains unclear, the readiness result is “not ready”; urgency does not cure missing evidence.
Deadline review must also test change events. A revised price, substituted unit, new seller, amended instalment plan or delayed title appointment can make the original reservation timetable obsolete. Record whether the reservation automatically extends, needs written amendment, or triggers a refund right according to the signed text. Do not infer these consequences from the word “deposit.” Immediately before payment, compare the final reservation form with the payment instruction and bank beneficiary. Immediately before the next instalment or main contract, repeat the check for amendments and unresolved conditions. The file is deadline-ready only when a reviewer can identify the controlling document, legal character of the money, recipient authority, decision date and consequence of each missed condition without relying on oral explanations.