So Wet ears, I reckon that will take at least 2 years to get the money back plus thousands of Lira in fees! You know to even get a Notary to authenticate a document is expensive, imagine the cost of trying to get anything into the Turkish Courts! another useless law that is not enforceable in a practical sense..The best advice is not to pay the rent equal to the deposit, even the big Emlaks like Remax and Century 21 agree this is the only way..My deposit money was spent 6 years ago on cigarettes and Raki!