Legal issues and proposed solutions of the free forestry offices

The aim of this study is to determine the legal and administrative problems, and the solution proposals related "Forest Engineering, Forest Industry Engineering and Woodworking Industrial Engineering about the Law" law no 5531. Law No. 5531 entered into force in 2006 is a fairly new law. Therefore, it is known that there are some problems in practice, and provisions that are need to be amendment. For this purpose, an original questionnaire was prepared for the members of the TMMOB Chamber of Forest Engineers, and were asked to complete the questionnaires through telephone, e-mail, etc. While analyzing the answers to the questionnaires, frequency values and percentages were interpreted for the purpose of the research. According to the data obtained; free forestry offices show a profile as are mostly men, aged between 25-35 years, graduated with the undergraduate degree, operating for nearly 10 years, graduated between 2002 and 2016, established in the locations of the Regional Directorates of Forestry in the province of Istanbul, graduated from the Faculty of Forestry of Istanbul University, with a monthly average income of TL 5.000-10.000. On the other hand, the problems that forestry bureau owners mostly faced and listed are bureaucracy density which prevents the works to be carried out more quickly and practically; the lack of education in the faculties related to the fields of activity of the free forestry offices, the lack of practical support in theory and the inadequate implementation; the excessive price breakdown of the forestry offices and the necessity of the completion certificate etc. In order to solve these problems, it was found that there is a need to meet in a solution-oriented common ground that will be developed by the representatives of TMMOB Chamber of Forest Engineers, faculties of related universities, state forest organization and related non-governmental organizations.