Evaluation of afforestation and erosion control project around Ataturk dam lake

Main aim of all erosion control projects which were evaluated in this thesis is to prevent erosion of soil from Atatürk dam basin to Atatürk dam reservoir. In the direction of this aim; (i) Planting works were performed with four implementation projects in 2053,93 ha area and these areas were all became protected areas (ii) Totally a number of 403605 Pinus halepensis, number of 62125 Pinus elderica, number of 545190 Pinus brutia, number of 117142 Prunus dulcis, number of 32593 almond tree, number of 42729 almond seed, number of 25845 Pinus pinea, number of 517058 Pistacia vera, number of 5760 Crataegus monogyna, number of 132550 Quercus sp. seed, number of 810 Celtis australis L. were planted as planting works of erosion control projects. One of the deficiencies of the projects was groundcover plants did not use in the plantation. Rainfall is irregular in this semi-arid region because of global warming. Another deficiency is planting areas were in uniform based means only Pistacia vera or Pinus brutia were planted all of the parcel. In possible case of fire it is difficult to keep the fire under control in suchlike forested land.