I gained somebody their HC some years back, in those days there was no amnesty.
Whilst going through the process I found out that the villa next door was on the plot of land the villa I was dealing with. Akbuk Belidye had to be involved to get the HC & it wasn't long before they pointed out to the me that the villa was illegal.
They gave options.
(a) They will knock it down (it was only the shell) & the land owners pay the bill plus the fine. Over all cost around 20,000 TL (plus fiddle no doubt)
(b) The land owner knocks it down (Brits).
(c) The builder knocks it down.
(d) The owner of the shell knocks it down.
Once thing was for sure.........it was going down & they gave 28 days for it to happen.
The builder had "done one", the shell owner was a German Turk woman who was a Doctor living in Germany. I contacted her & she had a rant at me telling me not to touch it. The Brits who owned the finished villa were terrified that if they let me knock it down they would be sued.
I used a solicitor along with official notification from the Belidye Office to calm the Brits, they on day 24 finally gave the nod, day 25 I paid 3,000TL for some Turks with big boys toys to knock it down (needed more than JCBs), by day 27 it had gone.
Via email I sent pictures to the Brits & the German Turk, the Brits were over the moon (still worried) but over the moon..........I never heard back from Germany.
Depends where you are but for sure, Akbuk don't mess about, well they didn't in those days. Villa shells look unsightly & do nothing for an area apart making people ask........."what's gone on there", the usual reply being, "probably ran out of money".