Development and management of private property rights on coastal areas

The aim of this study is to detect the property structure and the size and distribution of land use along the coast of the Artvin province using Geographic Information Systems and to provide a new approach for transferring real estate infringing on the SBL to public use. In the conducted research, 209 parcels on the coast were found to infringe on the SBL partially or completely. Furthermore, both public institutions and citizens were determined to have used coastal areas in a way that infringes on the SBL, and there has been a lack of cooperation between the cadastre and the institutions responsible for the determination of the SBL. Lastly, in the transfer process of real estate on the coast to the public, a new approach has been presented regarding the undertaking of public expenses due to the annulment of title deed registries by both the government and the owners of real estate.