5. Conclusion
Turkey shows its sensitivity in the issue of property ownership along its coastal areas by being a party to the international environmental and coastal agreements as well as through the legal regulations that the country has established to ensure that the coastal areas are managed effectively. Among the purposes of the plans for the integrated coastal areas which have been conducted in many coastal regions in Turkey, planning coastal settlements is done in conjunction with eliminating the shortcomings of the present legal status. This study, which takes such problems into account, focuses on the coastal property, which we consider to be a serious hindrance to the application of the coastal policies. Our
study also explains the evolution of the private property along the coastal areas, the judicial process which took place after the government’s cancellation of the land titles that it had previously given and a final analysis. At this time, annulment of the title deeds on the coastal areas, without any compensation, is not possible, although the individuals involved in this situation have been told they may file another lawsuit in order to receive compensation. Nevertheless,
payment of these compensation amounts will involve significant financial costs. Therefore, it is necessary to find new methods for solving this issue, aside from financial payments. However, considering that many of these methods are inadequate, a more creative approach is required and our study has focused on suggesting a concrete solution. The sample application we performed in this study has shown that a fair, applicable approach is possible, both in terms of the
public and the property owners, through the use of the Modified Land Readjustment model that we developed. The following concrete suggestions will serve many purposes, both directly and indirectly: