Coastal and marine zone legislation within the concept of land management in Turkey

In this study, the development of coastal and maritime zone legislation in Turkey was examined within the scope of e-government policy, and for a comparative analysis, the changes made in past legislation were included. For this purpose, the study determined the regulations in Turkey dealing with coastal and marine areas as found in different laws and statutory decrees, ordinances, communiques, directives, general principles and in particular, the Constitution and the Civil Code. The institutions that carry out coastal and marine area activities were revealed by referring to the laws and to the ‘State Organization Database’. An activity matrix was established linking the laws and their associated activities. The maritime borders of Turkey were presented in terms of international law and evaluations were made on the findings.