KSU TARIM VE DOGA DERGISI-KSU JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURE, cilt.21, ss.133-145, 2018 (ESCI)
In order to prevent the fragmentation of agricultural lands by inheritance and sales the use of agricultural lands for non-agricultural purposes, Turkey has established the Law No. 6537 concerning Soil Conservation and Land Use. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has in charge the attribution and information for relevant units of agricultural land in order to transfer the property both from sales and inheritance. Accordingly, the transfer of land takes into consideration the land size limitations, such as minimum agricultural land, sufficient agricultural income and economic integrity. However, the applicants for the sale permit face many difficulties in determining the land size limits as well as the transfer to inheritance encounters many disputes. So, this situation makes the implementation of the inheritance Law complicated and becomes prominent issue which requires urgent solution in the country's agenda. This study aims to evaluate the causes of disputes over land transfer and to suggests solutions to resolve land ownership's issues. Primary data through survey was used in the current research and the findings reveal that the main disagreements arise from the existing law in the province of Antalya.