Land law and agrarian change: from Ottoman tapu practices to the 1925 Land Law (1858–1934)

1. Tanzimat reforms set a new land-policy agenda

   Nov 3, 1839Labels: Tanzimat reforms

   • Britannica

2. New rules begin modern-style land registration

   May 21, 1847Labels: 1847 regulation

   • TKGM History

3. Ottoman Land Code promulgated

   Apr 21, 1858Labels: Ottoman Land

   • US Historian
   • PalQuest

4. Registration expands, but also concentrates land claims

   Dec 31, 1858Labels: Registration drive

   • Ottoman Code

5. Foreigners gain legal access to Ottoman real estate

   Jun 10, 1867Labels: Foreign ownership

   • US Historian
   • PalQuest

6. Ottoman land code published in English translation

   Jan 1, 1892Labels: English translation

   • Berkeley Law

7. Local land offices gain more authority over deeds

   Aug 1, 1909Labels: Local land

   • TKGM History

8. World War I triggers large-scale property confiscations

   Sep 13, 1915Labels: Confiscation law

   • Tehcir Law

9. Republican land administration reorganized after 1923

   Jan 1, 1924Labels: Tapu Umum

   • TKGM History

10. Cadastre Law launches systematic mapping and parcel records

    May 2, 1925Labels: Cadastre Law

    • Malimevzuat
    • TKGM History

11. Turkish Civil Code modernizes private property law

    Feb 17, 1926Labels: Turkish Civil

    • Civil Code

12. Settlement Law links migration policy to land distribution

    Jun 14, 1934Labels: Settlement Law

    • Refworld
    • Settlement Law

13. New cadastral law strengthens cadastre–title integration

    Dec 14, 1934Labels: Kadastro ve

    • Const Court
    • TKGM Laws