“Land Consolidation” As A Solution for Rural Infrastructure Problems

This study was discussed land consolidation studies that play a key role in rural development in

Turkey. Land consolidation can be narrowly defined as bringing together fragmented

agricultural lands and rearranging ownership. However, it is not enough to strengthen the rural

infrastructure alone, far-reaching projects are needed. Comprehensive land consolidation is to

transform scattered, small, and irregularly shaped agricultural land belonging to a farm into

fewer parcels that better geometric shape and larger. Also, it is a reorganization of the rural

space, which includes all technical, economic, and social precautions to be taken to improve

the working and living conditions of the farmer families, protect the soil and nature, ensuring

sustainable agricultural development, and increasing agricultural productivity. Since land

consolidation is based on the change of ancient land ownership, it is a sophisticated social

work type. Therefore, in addition to information technologies and technical personnel who help

to evaluate a large number of data comparatively, professionals who are competent in law,

sociology, and psychology should be involved in such studies. The most important thing is to

implement projects in which the majority of them can be accepted with the participation of the

landowners whose lands will be consolidated.