Forest-villager-forestry interactions in Karakışla planning unit of Ulus Forest Enterprize

In stream of history of Turkish forestry, many conflicts between forest villagers, forest service and forest ecosystem have been seen. Harmony and disharmony between these three factor is an indicator for performans level of forestry. Of course it is an actuality that forest villagers have lived in or near forest for a long time, are threats for sustainability of forest ecosystems. This problem should be analyse and solve immediately and analysing and solving the problem can only be possible with analysis of economical and social structures of forest villagers.In this study forest villages in Karakışla Planning Unit of Ulus Forest Enterprize have been studied. For this aim, a questionnaire was prepared and applied. Forest crime records were investigated from beginning to now. In addition, for three forest zone around villages stand types were determined.Relationships between socio-economic structure and crime awareness were estimated statistically and as results, it is understood that population, rural poverty and illiteracy factors are effective on forest crimes.