In year 2014, Regulation for Preparing Spatial Plans has been announced and conducted with the Official Gazette numbered 29030 and dated 14.06.2014.  This Regulation has defined the hierarchy among plans in Turkey in order to eliminate the conflict in the planning system. The Regulation has described the procedures of the Integrated Coastal Zone Plans in detail. These plans are not stated in the spatial planning hierarchy, these plans are prepared with a strategic approach for coastal areas and their hinterlands and guide the zoning plans.

 

Besides the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, at national level Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communications, Public Housing Administration, Privatization Administration and at the local level Special Provincial Administrations and Metropolitan Municipalities have been preparing their sectoral spatial plans along the coastal zones.