Int. J. Global Warming, Vol. 21, No. 4, 2020 393 Copyright © 2020 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. The effect of traditional and reduced tillage systems on the sediment yield of plots constructed in the Mediterranean climate zone caused by natural rainfall Tugrul Yakupoglu* Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey Fax: 0090-3542421096 Email: tugrul.yakupoglu@bozok.edu.tr *Corresponding author Turgay Dindaroglu Department of Forest Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey Email: turgaydindaroglu@hotmail.com Abdullah Emin Akay Department of Forest Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Bursa Technical University, Bursa, Turkey Email: abdullah.akay@btu.edu.tr Kadir Kusvuran Alata Horticultural Research Institute, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Mersin, Turkey Email: kusvuran@hotmail.com Veysel Alma Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey Email: veyselalma46@gmail.com