Although not partcularly a property query, it involves the sale of property. If i were to sell my property in Turkey. Is there any laws that prevent me from actually just returning to uk with the Hard cash received from the sale? It seems a swift bank transfer takes 3-5 working days, and also costs quite a bit of money to do this, so i was thinking of just bringing the cash instead myself? Any views?
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Camarillo, California
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My 'guess' is that there's a limit to what you can bring back with you. One possible way to accomplish this would be to find the American Express office in Istanbul and convert your cash into International Money Orders, each of which being of an amount less than that amount that would raise a "red flag" when you redeem them (one at a time).
But if I were to tell you no, there's no law that would prevent you from bringing a load of hard cash back into the UK with you and based on what I say you did so and it was discovered and you were detained and fined, what would you do about that? This is hardly the forum in which to be asking such an important and specific question. I suggest you contact the appropriate government agency (HM Revenue & Customs?) in the UK or at a UK embassy in Turkey for accurate information.