Yogi,

The halt concerns all foreigners.

I think your developer was mentionning a previous halt for foreign companies, which actually, forbid them to purchase land, while, in the meantime didnt affected the single foreign purchasers.

This halt we are discussing in this topic is concerning all foreigners wishing to purchase a property in Turkey.

Until the new law, which we all hope will be voted very soon, no title deed will be given to foreigners who have purchased a property.

What does that mean?

It took (before the halt) approximately 4-6 months for a foreigner to get its title deed. The reason for that is simply because all requests are sent to the military for clearance. However, the real reason for this process to take so long time is that all requests are sent to only one military base located in Izmir, dealing with thousands of cases.

What is going to happen than?

Well, the title deed is the official paper saying that you are the owner of your property. Obviously, it will take some more time now to get it. I am %100 sure that within a very short period of time the new law will be voted. However, this will not help very much to speed up the checking process.