POLITICS OF SETTLEMENT AND LAND DISTRIBUTION: THE MAKING OF THE LAW FOR PROVIDING LAND TO FARMERS
Abstract
This article examines land reform attempts in the early Turkish Republic (1923-1945). The
first part of the article deals with the processes of commercialization of agriculture in the 19th-century
Ottoman Empire and addresses the question whether commercialization significantly altered land
tenure. The articles then moves on to the 1930s, which, for most scholars, was the decade when singleparty
government’s interest in land reform began in earnest. This part examines legislative initiatives
of pre-1945 period with an eye to unearthing government’s purpose in advocating tenurial reform.
These initiatives include Settlement Law of 1934, reform bills drafted in 1935-1937 and the constitutional amendment of 1937, which brought a new rule on the confiscation of land. The last and
longest part of the article examines Law for Providing Land to Farmers of 1945 in relation to 1930s’
attempts on the one hand and the experiences of World War II on the other
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Safiye Yelda Kaya
This is me
Publication Date
July 28, 2015
Submission Date
May 2, 2015
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2015 Volume: 2 Number: 3