A research on the application of ORKOY loans aimed at development of forest villages in the province of Adana

Forest villagers, consisting 11% of Turkey?s population and 57% of the rural population, are the least developed class in Turkey. Having poor social, cultural and economical conditions, at the same time, they cause pressure on resource of forestry. For that reason various policies have been applied in order to eliminate the negative effects of forest villagers on forestry, to solve their problems, and to help their development. The aim of the study, to examine the ORKOY activities of the province of Adana and determine the problems encountered at credit application for ORKOY and forest villagers by finding the necessary solutions to offer the problems. The main material of the study is the primary data which was obtained through face to face interviews from 100 forest villagers in the 18 forest villages. According to research results, it was found that credit applications of ORKOY has positive effect to reduce poverty in forest villages but limited number of villagers can benefited from these services because of insufficient resources of ORKOY.