In short
Revenue-sharing construction is a model in which a landowner gives their plot to a developer and, instead of payment, receives an agreed number of units in the building to be constructed. Most new urban construction in Turkey runs on this model.
The logic is simple: the landowner has land but no capital; the developer has capital but no land. The two come together and divide the resulting units at a ratio agreed in advance. The landowner pays nothing, and the developer buys no land.
The sharing ratio is the most discussed clause in the contract, but it is not the only decisive one. Three clauses matter just as much: the delivery schedule, the penalty applied in case of delay, and the technical specification. The specification puts in writing which materials the building will use; every item left unwritten becomes a dispute at handover.
Why it matters to an investor
This model concerns more than the landowner. For a unit produced this way, the title process, payment structure and delivery risk all work differently from a project a developer builds on land it owns. Knowing whether the party across the table is the developer or the landowner changes how the contract should be built.