The assessment and transcription of Forest Statistics for the year R.1325/G.1909-1910

As an important natural resource, forests have been areas where various needs are met for all civilizations over time. The functions of forests, which were needed to meet the nutritional and shelter needs in the early days of humanity, have changed with the development of technology. The use of products obtained from forests in many different sectors, especially to meet the needs of industry, transportation and fuel, has increased the value of forests for states. A few centuries later Ottoman Empire, such as its peer contemporary European states, has understood the importance of forests and made many reforms to protect it, to manage them by considering scientific methods and to increase the income to be obtained. Under favour of these reforms and decrees, forest directorates and even supervisions were established. Forest statistics were prepared in R.1323 and R.1325 in order to understand the existing forest assets and to determine the amount and value of the products acquired these forests. In this study, the transcription and evaluation of the "Forest Statistics of Memâlik-i Osmaniye Dated 1325" which was prepared with a centralist understanding and printed in 1329 at Dersaadet Mahmut Bey's printing house is presented. By this study, it is aimed to contribute environmental history studies which is gradually gaining importance nowadays.