CUMHURİYET DÖNEMİNDE TÜRKİYE’NİN ARAZİ BÖLÜNÜŞÜ VE TARIM ALANLARINDAKİ DEĞİŞMELER

• Published in: Coğrafi bilimler dergisi Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 41 - 55
• Main Author: Rüya BAYAR
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ankara University 01-04-2004
• Subjects: agricultural land of turkey; area plantation; area sown; land; land division
• ISSN: 1303-5851; 1308-9765
• DOI: 10.1501/Cogbil_0000000039

From the first years of republic to present, Land division and changes in agricultural land in Turkey have been invesligaled by our article. Before all else changes in Turkey’s land division are taken up. Then it is put forth how agricultural lands classified as sown, planted and fallowing land have experienced change process. In this study, Agricultural Statistics of Republic of Turkey, Prime Ministry State Institute of Statistics were taken base. On the other hand, because of the lack of same detail statistical data from the beginning of Republic to now, agricultural statistics belong to 1935 and 2001 were analyzed. Results of analysis were shown on the maps, tables and graphics. In 1949, 20 per cent of Turkish land was set aside for agricultural lands, 50 per cent for meadow and postural land, 13 per cent for forest and 18 per cent for other lands. But of the Turkish land in 2000, 34 per cent has been allotted to agriculture, 22 per cent to meadow and posture, 26 per cent to forest and 18 per cent to other lands. Especially, forest, meadow and postural lands, which are not even suitable for farming, have experienced some decline in the favor for agricultural land. While agriculture has given its place to the other economic sectors in Turkish economy, it has, all the time, maintained its importance and has been still providing for living of bulk of population in Turkey. For agricultural development, it should be first step to stop immigration from rural area to urban area by means of increasing prosperity of the rural population. It is important to know that the agricultural areas are used appropriate to agricultural land classification or not for agricultural investments and agricultural policies