Coming soon · Istanbul
Rentals you can view on your own, without waiting for an agent.
Call or message the listing: a Turkish-speaking assistant answers any hour and books your slot. Your identity is verified, and ten minutes before the viewing your door code arrives. You get thirty minutes in the apartment, alone.
Your door code for the two-bedroom in Fenerbahçe is ready.
Valid 19:20 – 20:10. It closes itself when the viewing ends.
The message that arrives ten minutes before your viewing.
- 24/7
- Someone answers at eleven at night
- 30 minutes
- You are the only one in the apartment
- Single use
- The code dies when the viewing ends
What happens today
Finding a flat means waiting on an agent's calendar.
- 01
Viewings are stuck inside office hours.
You find the listing at 22:40. The office closed at 18:00. You will call tomorrow — if anyone picks up.
- 02
Every listing is a separate phone call.
You ask the same questions from scratch each time: how much is the maintenance fee, is it furnished, how many months' deposit, which floor.
- 03
A full month's rent plus VAT in fees.
Changing flats in Istanbul now costs around 55,000 lira in agency fees. What you usually get for it is someone unlocking a door.
Average monthly residential rent in Istanbul: 45,510 TL — Emlakjet–Endeksa, August 2026. Agency fee: one month's rent + 20% VAT.
How it works
Five steps. You wait in none of them.
- 01
Call or message
Dial the number on the listing or write on WhatsApp. The assistant speaks Turkish and knows everything in the listing: price, fees, deposit, furnishing, floor, transport.
- 02
Pick a time
It offers open slots and books your thirty-minute viewing during the call. Nine in the evening works. So does Saturday morning.
- 03
Verify your identity
A link arrives on your phone: you scan the chip in your ID card and complete a face check. It takes two minutes, and no biometric data is stored.
- 04
Open the door yourself
Ten minutes before the viewing, your single-use code arrives — with the address, building entrance and floor in the same message. Inside, it is just you.
- 05
Rent it if you like it
The moment the viewing ends, one question: shall we continue? Say yes and you reach the agency as a warm lead, guided through the e-Devlet contract steps.
If the landlord has not approved unaccompanied viewings, the same flow books an agent-led appointment instead. The listing says which applies.
How a call goes
The assistant knows the listing, sees the calendar, closes the booking.
The assistant only uses listing data that has been entered into the system. Asked something it does not know, it does not invent an answer — it hands the call to an agent.
Prospective renter
Hi, is the two-bedroom in Fenerbahçe still available?
kiralai
Yes, it is. 42,000 TL rent, 1,500 TL maintenance, two months' deposit. 95 m², third floor, lift, unfurnished.
Prospective renter
Could I see it this week?
kiralai
Thursday 19:30, Friday 12:00 and Saturday 11:00 are open. Which suits you?
Prospective renter
Thursday 19:30 works.
kiralai
Booked. I am sending an identity verification link to your phone now — it takes two minutes. Your door code will arrive Thursday at 19:20.
Viewing day
Three messages on your phone, one code at the door.
On the day itself you do not have to call anyone. The reminder, the code and the check-out arrive in order.
Reminder
You have a 19:30 viewing today for the two-bedroom in Fenerbahçe, Kadıköy. Address and directions: kiralai.com.tr/g/8fQ2
Door code
Your door code: 4 8 2 1 9 6. Valid between 19:20 and 20:10. For the building entrance, use the box above the intercom panel.
Check-out
Make sure the door is pulled shut on your way out. How was it? If you want to go ahead, reply here and we will connect you with an agent.
Trust
Compliance and security are not bolted on afterwards.
EİDS compliant
Listings are published under the partner agency's e-Devlet authorisation. The licence stays with the agency, and so does the contract.
Digital viewing record
The record the regulation requires for every viewing is signed with an SMS code. No paper — a signature and a timestamp.
Strong identity verification
The NFC chip in the ID card is read and a face match is performed. No biometric template is stored; only the result of the check is kept.
Single-use code
The code works only for the length of the booking. It expires when the viewing ends and changes completely for the next visitor.
Instant alert
Any opening outside a booking, or repeated wrong codes, alerts our team and the agency at the same time.
e-Devlet lease contract
Once both sides decide to go ahead, we guide them step by step through the lease contract on e-Devlet.
FAQ
The first things people ask
If the landlord has approved unaccompanied viewings, yes: for thirty minutes you are the only person there. If not, the same flow books an agent-led viewing instead, and the listing tells you which applies.
Identity verification exists to confirm that the person who booked is the person entering the flat. The face match happens at the moment of verification and no biometric template is stored; the system keeps only the result and the time. Details are in the Privacy Notice.
Please don't. The code belongs to the person who booked and only works during the viewing window. If someone is coming with you, say so when you book and the assistant will record it.
It is AI, and we say so at the start of the call rather than hiding it. When something falls outside what it knows, it does not guess — it passes you to an agent and arranges a callback.
No. Booking and viewing are free for renters. The agency fee is collected by the partner agency; kiralai earns from the agency. Our aim is to push that fee below where it stands today.
The pilot starts on the Anatolian side of Istanbul: Kadıköy, Ataşehir and Üsküdar. Join the list and we will write to you first when a listing appears in your area.
Waiting list
Leave your area and budget, and we will write first when a listing goes live.
There will be a limited number of homes in the pilot. We notify people on the list the moment a listing matching what they want is published.
We use your number only for listing alerts. No marketing messages, and you can leave the list whenever you like.
Agencies
Run an agency? We move your agents' hours from showings to closings.