1st Department of Zoning Applications

(Revised with Ministry Office Decision No. 5685678 dated 02.02.2023)

Map and Property Directorate Presidency, within the Parcelization and Land Arrangement Branch, generally carries out and approves urban applications prepared in accordance with Articles 15, 16, and 18 of Law No. 3194 on Urban Planning, such as partitioning, merging, establishment, and subdivision plans. In the implementation of these urban applications, opinions are provided to municipalities, provincial administrations, and all other official institutions concerning the relevant provisions of the Urban Planning Law, the Regulation on Land and Land Arrangements, and the Regulation on Unplanned Areas. Furthermore, legislative studies are conducted related to the Urban Planning Law, the Regulation on Land and Land Arrangements, and the Regulation on Unplanned Areas. The Parcelization and Land Arrangement Branch, in accordance with the duties and authorities granted to our Ministry under Articles 97 and 102 of Presidential Decree No. 1, within the scope of:

a) Projects conducted by our Ministry,

b) Areas of National Scale Major Projects such as Van Earthquake Houses, Canal Istanbul Project,

c) Areas presented by the Mass Housing Administration,

d) In urban transformation areas with Reserved and Risky Areas and Risky Building Areas, Treasury Lands and Official Institution Areas remaining within the General Directorate of National Estate, areas where National Gardens will be established, all areas owned by public institutions and areas made in public investments,

e) Areas where Treasury immovables and places outside registration are located,

f) All energy, telecommunication, and infrastructure facilities areas such as HPP, GPP, RES,

g) Areas in special project areas determined by Presidential decree and our Ministry,

h) Areas where application disputes arise among public institutions,

i) In application areas of private and legal entities applying to our Ministry without the approval of the Municipality, undertake, carry out and control and approval of urban applications.

In addition to this, providing exemplary opinions based on the implementation of Law No. 3194 on Urban Planning and Regulation on Land and Land Arrangements about inquiries and doubts in practice from Provincial Directorates, Municipalities, other public institutions and individuals.

Since the implementation studies of the Urban Application carried out in accordance with Articles 15, 16, and 18 of the Law No. 3194 on Urban Planning have a dynamic structure, it is necessary to produce innovative policies. Therefore, projects are carried out by our branch to ensure that Local Administrations and other authorized institutions for Urban Application fully and accurately implement the Urban Planning Law and related regulations, to prevent public losses and citizen grievances, and to guide our country's property policies with changes in legislation and thereby creating a scientific-based new Urban Application Model taking into account our people's cultural accumulation, fair and participatory.

In this context, the Branch is currently implementing projects such as the Sample Urban Application Project in all 81 provinces as stated in the 11th Development Plan, and the Legislation Development and Urban Application (Developing a New Urban Application Model Based on Scientific Basis, Considering the Cultural Accumulation of Our People, Fair and Participatory, and Creating an Underlying Structure for Legislation by Examining Urban Application Models Worldwide) projects. Legislation studies and property policies are conducted based on the results obtained from these projects.

Whether it is legislative amendment studies, opinions provided for implementation, or the implementation and control of significant projects involving the entire country for which we are authorized, these tasks and procedures are performed by our Branch, ensuring the control of projects through a single branch filter,

Performing other duties assigned by the Department Head.