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¹ Çukurova Ünivresitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Tarla Bitkileri Bölümü DOI : 10.21566/tarbitderg.283339 - After obtaining the first genetically modified crop through modern DNA recombination techniques in 1982 and testing under field conditions in 1986, commercially growing of the genetically modified crops began in 1996 on an area of 1.7 million ha. Growing areas of genetically modified crops in 2014 reached to an area of 181.5 million ha by an increase of 107 fold. While growing areas of genetically modified crops increased very rapidly in a short time, discussions on the commercially growing of genetically modified crops are going on. There are some doubts on the possibility of negative effects of genetically modified crops on human, animal and environment. Number of the countries commercially growing the genetically modified crops changed from year to year, and it did not exceed 30 during the years of 1996-2014. In this review presentation, past, present and future of the genetically modified crops was discussed. Keywords : Genetically modified crop, benefit, risk, future