Neighbors Serve Former Central Bank Chief Gaye Erkan With Notice, Saying She Made Communal Life Intolerable

Hafize Gaye Erkan’s life in a €1.3 million villa in Bodrum has reportedly pushed her neighbors to seek legal action, with the housing complex management warning that communal life had become unbearable.

According to Economim columnist Sadi Özdemir, the management of the Çağdaş Turgut Reis Holiday Homes complex sent Erkan a notarial notice on Aug. 28, 2026. Erkan served as president of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey from June 9, 2023, to Feb. 3, 2024, becoming the country’s first woman to hold the post.

The notice warned that continued conduct allegedly violating obligations could lead the site management to use all available legal remedies, including a lawsuit under Article 25 of the Condominium Law to seek the transfer of ownership of the independent unit. It also said any resulting legal costs and attorney fees could be charged to Erkan.

Residents and management reportedly listed alleged interference with shared areas, breaches of communal and neighborly rules, and repeated use of service vehicles, known as buggies, as if they were privately assigned. The complex includes 72 villas and residences and a 74-room hotel. Seven employees of the site management were also reportedly said to have filed criminal complaints against Erkan on allegations of insult, threats and violence.

Erkan had previously drawn public criticism over comments during her tenure concerning whether rents were excessively high. The notice portrays the dispute as a prolonged conflict involving both residents and the hotel operation.

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We hereby warn that if your actions that have made communal life unbearable for the other condominium owners continue and the necessary obligations are not fulfilled, all legal rights and remedies available to the site management will be pursued, including filing a lawsuit for the transfer of ownership of your independent unit under Article 25 of Law No. 634 on Condominiums.