Journal of Applied Sciences1812-56541812-5662Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/jas.2006.1415.1425BiyikCemal Ayse Yavuz 6200666The determination and registration of geometrical and legal situation of land properties is of great importance throughout the history. This situation was also adopted in the early years of the Ottomans. And by taking conditions and standards of mentioned period into consideration, the works of land registration were implemented in the Ottomans. Even, these works, in some literature, have been accepted as manual land information system. Besides, it has been stated that the Ottomans land management system had been one of the fundamental reasons of the Ottomans` living for six centuries. Therefore, in this study, by also taking historical evolution of the cadastre into consideration, land registration approaches in the period of the Ottomans are examined to obtain some benefits for future developments. Besides, cadastral system of Turkey as the inheritor of the Ottomans is presented in detail. Here the aim, by examining the land administration works used and at the same time well-worked in the Ottomans, is to contribute to the developing countries giving shape to their own cadastral systems and is to present in international platform.]]>Anonymous,1999Aygun, A.,1935Biyik, C.,19871987Biyik, C. and A. Yavuz,20032003Biyik, C. and T. Yomraliolu,19941994Bruce, W.M.G.,19831983Corbali, H.,19871987Corbali, H. and I. Ozmen,19881988FIG,19951995GDLRC,20052005Larsson, G.,1991Oksuz, H.,1988Sencer, M.,1969Seylam, G.,19831983Tudeo, T.,19881988Tudeo, T. and C. Biyik,1997Tuncer, H.,1964Turkkan, H.Z.,1928UN-HABITAT,20052005Yavuz, A.,20042004Yomraliok, T.,20002000Ekim,1987pp: 115-125pp: 115-125