Case Study on Expropriation: Adapazarı-Karasu Railway Project, Turkey

Authors : Güler YALÇIN

Pages : 590-602

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Publication Date : 2017-08-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Expropriation is the action of the governmental bodies to obtain immovable when the purpose of public interest is legally recognized. Engineering doesn’t include only technical operations and surveying, also legal and social issues such as a land expropriation. In Turkish Expropriation Law, ‘urgent expropriation’ is an expropriation method which is implemented by State in case of emergency. This paper explains the general expropriation steps through the Expropriation Law in Turkey and one of the applications on the urgent expropriation, Adapazarı-Karasu Railway Connection Line which is 79 km length in Sakarya-Turkey, is presented as a sample. Consequently, with this study, the subjects that “the determination of the expropriation value in Turkey is an interdisciplinary issue; the different values for the same property lead to some economic and social problems; sound and reliable data are important for expropriation values; technological developments are needed and should be used for Expropriation Information System with the support of Geographical Information System” are examined. Also it is emphasized that one of the significant points for the expropriation process should be to select the proper land in the environmental view.
Keywords : Expropriation, Urgent expropriation, Railway

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