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Abstract
The role assigned to cadastral systems has evolved over time from supporting taxation to assisting the land market, land management and sustainable development. This change has forced countries to re-engineer their traditional cadastral systems into land administration systems. Governments need to develop their own solutions in the re-engineering process for their own circumstances. In this context, this paper examines the findings of academic research carried out to analyse the efficiency of the current Land Administration System (LAS) in Turkey and then to develop a new vision for the future of the Turkish LAS. The analysis shows that there is a need for re-engineering the Turkish LAS. The main characteristics of the vision, inspired by the case study research carried out in some European countries and the statements of some well known international reports, are a land law, a leading institution and a land information system.
This paper is mainly derived from the PhD thesis presented by M. Cete under the supervision of Professor T. Yomralioglu at Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey, in 2008. As the authors of this paper we wish to thank O. Univ.-Prof. Dr-Ing. H. Magel for supporting and organising case study researches carried out in Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland. We also would like to express our appreciation to Professor S. Enemark (Denmark), Professor Ir. P. van der Molen (The Netherlands), Dr D. Steudler (Switzerland) and their colleagues for their valuable contributions to the research carried out in their countries. Lastly, the authors offer their regards to all Turkish experts on land administration who contributed to the research and to Karadeniz Technical University for assisting the research financially.
