Abstract:
Detection of the exchange and distribution of agricultural lands allows many projects and plans
to be made and interpreted correctly, such as food safety, planning, and environmental risk
analysis. From this point of study in the spatial changes and distribution of agricultural land in time
across Turkey were examined. CORINE Land Cover (CLC) data was used to identify agricultural
land and examine changes over time. As a result of the study, it was observed that agricultural
lands increased slightly from 1990 to 2018, but this increase has not always been in the form of
preserving existing agricultural lands and adding existing agricultural lands. While some areas
have lost their agricultural land characteristics, some areas have become agricultural land. New
agricultural areas are usually realized by the transformation of forests and semi-natural areas
while the agricultural areas that disappear are provided from heterogeneous agricultural areas.
The Central Anatolia region stands out in the distribution of agricultural areas by region. The
region with the highest concentration of agricultural land in terms of both proportion and area is
the Central Anatolia region. Also, the Central Anatolia region is the region with the most intensive
Non-irrigated agriculture. The area where irrigated agriculture is proportionally most made is
the southeast Anatolia region. According to province-based, the provinces with more than 40%
of the provincial surface area are Kırıkkale, Kırşehir, Nevşehir, Aksaray in the Central Anatolia
region, Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa in the Southeastern Anatolia region, Edirne and Tekirdağ in the
Marmara region. The provinces of Artvin, Tunceli, Bingöl, and Hakkari are the provinces where
the percentage of agricultural land is below 10%.
