A total of 99% of Turkey’s cadastral surveys have been completed. Particularly because of the needs for transportation and other conveniences, according to official register numbers 2613,5602 (which were repealed) 766 and, finally, 3402 (which are in force), ownership determinations began being conducted along the coastal areas in 1934. Since the official borders of the shore borderline were not determined during the cadastral surveying, properties in coastal areas were identified as belonging to those who owned them and, since the cadastre determination was not rejected during the time that was required to do this (30-days’ notice), the title deed registry
was formed. After the shore borderline had been established, these errors in cadastral determinations for coastal areas become apparent. Why, then, do these types of mistakes in the cadastral determinations appear? They actually stem completely from mistakes made by cadastral staff members. Although determining properties of coastal character requires specialization in a particular discipline, it had not been thought that the members of the shore border commission would be involved in this determination work.
Fig. 3 shows schematic samples that illustrate the explanations
mentioned above. According to Fig. 3a the team worked on cadastral determinations in 2001, and the land titles were given to the property owners by the government. The study on which this is based was conducted before the shore borderline had been established but predicts the problems which would arise in the future. Hence, after the shore borderline had been established in 2008, the parcels which had been determined beforehand remained on the coast (in the public domain). This means that the shaded area in Fig. 3b falls into state ownership so that the land title of this area belongs to the government and that the land titles of the parcel owners who acquired the area in 2001 should be annulled. These kinds of coastal lands cannot be used entirely for residential purposes because of the zoning restrictions.