ABSTRACT
When the Royal Commission on Agriculture was sitting in India in 1926, it was a source of very deep disappointment that it was forbidden to consider the question of land tenure as a factor in agricultural production. The line of action which is being taken is well illustrated by the new agricultural land law in Turkey passed on June 11th 1945. The land which is to be made available under the new land law is either state domain which is not used for public purposes, land which belongs to local authorities but is not required by them, land of which the ownership is not known, and also land in private hands which is excess of what is required by the owners. Other sections of the law deal with the terms under which the land distributed will be held and with arrangements for dealing with it on the death of the owner.
