Law No. 5403 on Soil Preservation and Land Utilization.

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This Law sets forth the rules and principles for determining land and soil resources and their classification, preparing land utilization plans, preventing non-purpose utilization, and defining the tasks and obligations to ensure land and soil preservation. Soil Preservation Boards are established in each province to examine, assess and monitor the activities related to the preservation, development and productive utilization of lands. Lands are classified as absolute farming lands, special crop lands, cultivated farming lands and marginal farming lands. Except for objectives and circumstances clearly defined in the Law, farming lands cannot be used for any purpose other than the one defined in the utilization plans. These exceptions are specified in the Law. Areas that are deteriorated or likely to be deteriorated due to natural or artificial incidents will be classified as erosion-sensitive areas. Land use plans prepared by the Ministry covers agricultural land, pastureland, forest land, areas designated by special laws, settlements, infrastructure facilities for social and economic purposes and other forms of lands in local, regional and national scale. In order to rationalize land utilization, land aggregation projects will be prepared and implemented either with the consent of the majority of land owners or by a government decree, if deemed necessary, regardless of receiving any consent.

Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. Decree No. 2012/2767 (2012-01-30)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. Decree No. 2012/3774 (2012-09-24)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. Decree No. 2012/3910 (2012-10-18)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. Decree No. 2012/3884 (2012-10-22)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. Decree No. 2012/3998 (2012-11-26)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. Decree No. 2012/4009 (2012-11-26)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. Decree No. 2012/4046 (2012-12-04)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. Decree No. 2013/4319. (2013-02-11)
Implemented by: Decree No. 2010/923 by of the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. (2010-09-13)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. Decree No. 2013/4790. (2013-05-27)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. Decree No. 2013/5146 (2013-07-22)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. Decree No. 2013/4886. (2013-05-27)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers regarding land consolidation. (2013-07-22)
Implemented by: Decree No. 2014/5887 by the Council of Ministers regarding land consolidation. (2014-01-27)
Implemented by: Decree No. 2014/5906 by the Council of Ministers regarding land consolidation. (2014-02-10)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers No. 2013/5557 regarding land consolidation. (2013-11-04)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers No. 2014/6017 on land consolidation. (2014-02-24)
Implemented by: Regulation regarding the transfer of ownership of the agricultural lands. (2014-12-31)
Implemented by: Decree by the Council of Ministers on land consolidation. Decree No. 2015/7374. (2015-03-02)
Implemented by: Decree No. 2016/9620 on declaration of protected areas for specific meadows. (2016-12-12)
Implemented by: Regulation on the implementation of the Law on Soil Preservation and Land Utilization. (2005-12-15)
Implemented by: Regulation on the procedures and processes of acquisition of agricultural land. (2018-04-13)
Implemented by: Regulation on conservation, use and planning of agricultural land. (2017-12-09)
Implemented by: Regulation on land consolidation. (2017-12-09)
Implemented by: Regulation on protection, utilization and consolidation of agricultural lands. (2009-06-29)
Implemented by: Instructions on technical standards of land and soil classification. (2008-10-23)
Implemented by: Decree No. 2008/11519 of the Council of Ministers on the approval of the Regulation amending the Regulation No. 85/9588 on the implementation of the Land Reform Act in irrigation areas. (2018-03-12)
Amended by: Law No. 6537 amending the Law No. 5403 on Soil Preservation and Land Utilization. (2014-05-15)
Amended by: Law amending the Law on Soil Preservation and Land Utilization and the Law on pastures. (2008-03-26)