The indicator is a pressure indicator. Increasing population, urbanization and industrialization exert pressure on agricultural land and affect agricultural land.

Between 1989 and 2018, the non-agricultural use of a total of 2,604,517 hectares of agricultural land was approved in Turkey.

Looking at the class distribution of 722,488 hectares of nonagricultural land permitted for nonagricultural use between 2005 and 2018, percent 63.9 was marginal agricultural land and percent 23.7 was absolute agricultural land.

A total of 6,695 permit applications for non-agricultural uses were submitted, and 21,513 hectares of land were granted a permit for non-agricultural use in 2018^[59].

Law No. 5403 on Soil Conservation and Land Use contains provisions to protect irrigated and fertile agricultural land and to prevent the opening of agricultural land except for marginal agricultural land for construction, unless there is an obligation to do so.

GRAPH 98- MISUSE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND UNDER THE LAW NO. 5403 ON SOIL CONSERVATION AND LAND USE (2001-2018)

GRAPH 99- DISTRIBUTION OF LANDS PERMITTED FOR MISUSE BY CLASS BETWEEN 2005 AND 2018

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Agricultural Reform, 2019