Soil erosion is a common problem that complicates watershed management in Turkey and around the world. The main objective of soil conservation work carried out in basins is to ensure sustainable watershed management. The first operation is to define the current situation in the basin. The initial and fundamental objective of erosion estimation based on existing data is generally deciding how to overcome the problem. However, the treatments carried out in most soil conservation studies are similar to each other. Any common, known, or defined methodology about erosion problems in watersheds has not been improved—until now. Considering this problem, the Sustainable Land Use Planning (SLUP) model was developed to determine soil conservation precautions, to set priorities for decision makers and to produce a common solution for rural watershed in Turkey. While the estimated average soil loss was determined to be 7.66 t ha−1 per year, some land use changes were proposed and land use management priorities were set in the direction of the model results to gain sustainable management in the Çelikli basin. At the end of the study, it was showed that the soil loss can be reduced about the rate of 91.2% applying the SLUP model
