Why Turchina
There are many advisory firms in Istanbul. Most either speak Mandarin but lack real Turkish depth, or they have the local know-how but cannot communicate clearly with Chinese clients. Turchina Group sits exactly where those two things meet.
Our team is based in Istanbul day to day. We hold direct relationships with the institutions that matter: the land registry, the migration directorate, the tax office, the trademark office, the major banks, the international student offices at the leading universities. At the same time, every engagement is led by a Mandarin-speaking partner from start to finish. You make decisions on facts, not on second-hand translations.
We serve Chinese individuals, families, and companies exclusively. That focus means every workflow, every document template, every checklist is built for Chinese expectations: the documentation Chinese authorities require, the funding routes Chinese banks allow, the family considerations that matter when a Chinese family moves abroad. Other firms treat Chinese clients as one segment of many. We treat them as the only one.
We do not advise on any other country. Everything we know, every relationship we have, every hour we spend goes into Turkey. That depth shows up in the small things: the closed-district list updated within days of each change, the right valuer for each Istanbul neighbourhood, the bank manager who knows our case files. A generalist firm covering twelve countries cannot match this.
We work with a curated network of independent Turkish professionals: lawyers, certified public accountants, valuers, registered trademark and patent attorneys, real-estate appraisers, and bankers. Every partner has been tested by us through real client work over time. When we recommend a Turkish lawyer to draft your contract, that recommendation is built on years of seeing how they perform.
Every fee is confirmed to you in writing before any engagement begins. Every external cost (government fees, valuation, notarisation, translation, third-party counsel) is reconciled against actual receipts. We do not accept developer commissions, broker fees, or any payment from third parties. Our compensation comes from clients only.
If a project is not in your interest, we say so. If a property is overpriced, we walk away from the commission. If a residence-permit application has a real risk of refusal, we tell you before you spend the application fee. Many advisory firms in this space pretend the answer is always yes. We have built our practice on telling Chinese clients the truth, even when it costs us short-term revenue.
Our partners have lived and worked in Turkey for years. Yiman Liu trained as a lawyer in China before moving to Turkey. Burak Unal studied finance at the London School of Economics and management at Boğaziçi University. Kaan Karanfiloğlu is a registered Turkish lawyer at the Istanbul Bar Association. The team behind Turchina is not a sales force; it is a small group of qualified professionals.
Real estate, Turkish citizenship by investment, residence and work permits, university admission, Turkish language tuition, company registration, M&A, import-export trade, intellectual property, and cross-border legal coordination. Across all of this, the team and the partner you talked to stay the same. You do not get passed between firms; everything is handled inside one accountable engagement.
If any of this sounds like the team you have been looking for, get in touch. The first 60-minute consultation is free, in Mandarin or English.
