Farms in Turkey are not legal entities and it is the deed, or land ownership certificate, that defines the fann. The minimum size requirements regulating the sale of land affect the exit from farming. In various provinces and regions where rural development projects were implemented, they also aimed at infrastructure improvements, and were supported by foreign finance, especially from the World Bank and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). However, since the mid-2000s, specific rural development policy frameworks have emerged in the context of Turkey’s movement towards the EU acquis.