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REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FORESTRY AND WATER AFFAIRS
Turkey’s position in the World
The Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs,
formerly structured as the Ministry of
Environment and Forestry, was established on
June 4, 2011, with a vision to be a respectable
and leading institution ensuring the right to live
in an healthy environment where fundamental
requirements of existing and next generations are
considered; life quality is enhanced and natural
resources are managed reasonably.
Working to fulfill its responsibilities from water
to forestry, along with the nature protection,
meteorology, erosion and desertification control;
our Ministry conducts its activities with an
approach giving priority to the satisfaction of the
people and organisations it serves, makes every
Prof. Dr. Veysel EROĞLU effort to ensure that a sensible, participatory,
Minister of Forestry and transparent, integrated and sustainable
Water Affairs understanding of management predominates in
all its applications.
Our main purpose is to leave for future
generations a healthy and balanced environment
and to make our world a place which is truly
liveable.
Wishing you greener, healthier and more
beautiful days.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MINISTRY
The Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, previously structured as
the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, was established through the
Decree law No: 645 on the Organization and Duties of the Ministry of
Forestry and Water Affairs, which was published on Official Gazette
with date July 4, 2011 and number 27 984.
Duties of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs
include:
• To establish policies with regard to protecting, improving,
managing, rehabilitating and maintaining the forestry, combating
desertification and erosion, reforestation and range rehabilitation
with regard to forestry,
• To develop policies for protection of nature, to determine protected
areas; to protect, manage, improve, operate national parks, natural
parks, natural monuments, protected wildlife reserves, wetlands; to
preserve biological diversity as well as game and wildlife,
• To create policies for protecting and utilizing water resources in a
sustainable way; to coordinate national water management,
• To determine policies and strategies for the purposes of monitoring
meteorological events and taking essential measures within this
regard,
• To conduct the preparations at the national level for monitoring
and contributing to the international affairs within the scope of the
Ministry in cooperation and collaboration with the relevant bodies.
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Main service units of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs include General Directorate of Combating
Desertification and Erosion, General Directorate of Nature Protection and Natural Parks and General Directorate
of Water Management. Our affiliated institutions are General Directorate of Forestry, General Directorate of State
Hydraulic Works, General Directorate of Meteorology and Turkish Water Institute (SUEN). 15 regional directorates are
established under the Ministry.
General Directorate of Nature General Directorate of State Hydraulic
Protection and Natural Parks is in Works is in charge of planning,
charge of planning, arranging and management, improvement and operation
improving national parks, natural of the water resources throughout the
parks, natural monuments, protected country.
wildlife reserves and recreation
spots in sufficient number as well as General Directorate of Forestry is
preservation and regenerating plant responsible for protecting forestry and
and animal species of the country. forestry resources against danger of
all sorts; developing them in a nature-
General Directorate of Water friendly approach and managing forestry
Management is responsible for and forestry resources within the integrity
determining policies towards of ecosystem and in a manner that
protecting, rehabilitating and utilizing will avail the society of multi-purpose
water resources as well as preparing sustainable outcomes.
river basin management plans on a
basin basis in order to protect and General Directorate of Meteorology is in
improve water resources. charge of real-time monitoring of weather,
climate and water events; interpreting
General Directorate of Combating data and sharing the acquired information
Desertification and Erosion with the relevant authorities by means
is responsible for creating and of rendering high-quality, reliable
monitoring plans and projects of meteorological services in a manner
combating desertification and erosion; that will increase the security of life and
controlling avalanche, landslide and property in any aspects of life.
flood; integrated basin rehabilitation
as well as making national and regional Turkish Water Institute conducts and support
plans, and determining policies and scientific research to develop national
strategies for improving water basins and international water policies and is
on the basis of basin integrity in order responsible for development of short-
to conserve soil and to improve natural term and long-term water management
resources. strategies of Turkey.
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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER HEAD OF INSPECTION
AND GUIDANCE
UNDERSECRETARY HEAD OF
INTERNAL AUDIT
TURKISH WATER
INSTITUTE (SUEN)
DEPUTY DEPUTY DEPUTY DEPUTY
UNDERSECRETARY UNDERSECRETARY UNDERSECRETARY UNDERSECRETARY
GEN.DIR. OF NATURE GEN.DIR. OF COMBATING DEPARTMENT
PROTECTION AND DESERTIFICATION AND LEGAL SERVICES OF STRATEGY
NATIONAL PARKS EROSION
GEN.DIR. OF GEN.DIR. OF DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF
WATER MANAGEMENT FORESTRY PRESS AND PUBLIC EU & FOREIGN
RELATIONS RELATIONS
GEN.DIR. OF STATE DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF
HYDRAULIC WORKS TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICES
PUBLICATION
GEN.DIR. OF DEPARTMENT OF
METEOROLOGY PERSONNEL
REGIONAL DEPARTMENT OF
DIRECTORATES INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
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MAIN SERVICE UNITS OF THE MINISTRY
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF Main duties are;
• To prepare Basin Protection Action
WATER MANAGEMENT Plans (BPAP),
• To prepare River Basin Management
Plans,
• To determine the specific provisions
for drinking water sources, special
KIZILCAHAMAM-ANKARA provisions for drinking water
Resources,
• Sectoral allocation basin base.
• Water efficiency,
• To determine water quality standards
at basin level,
• To establish an effective monitoring
system for water quality control,
• To constitute a database for water
resources,
• To prepare flood and drought
management plans,
• To determine the effects of climate
change scenarios at basin level,
• To develop a national and international
water management policy,
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MAIN SERVICE UNITS OF THE MINISTRY
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF The duties of the General
Directorate as follows:
NATURE PROTECTION • To perform the functions such as
AND NATIONAL PARKS designation, organization, protection,
development, management and
advertisement of national parks, nature
parks, nature monuments, nature
conservation areas and wetlands,
• To perform the duties determined by
National Parks Law,
• To protect and enhance wild animals,
forest game hunting resources and
water resources in forests as well as
brook, pond and river, wetlands and
vulnerable areas, plan and manage
hunting resources and control any
studies such as inventory, planning,
projects, implementation and
monitoring, and establish facilities for
these services,
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• To protect biodiversity and to take measures regarding
GALLIPOLI PENINSULA HISTORICAL NATIONAL PARK
the conservation of flora and fauna and their habitats taken
under protection through international conventions,
• To define principles of the protection and use in selected
regions agreed by international protection conventions,
• To observe sensitive areas, and carry out the related works
accordingly,
• To carry out the works concerning the protection of
animals in cooperation with relevant institutions and
non-governmental organizations, support and control the
activities organized in this regard,
• To carry out the works and activities related to the
conservation and enhancement of plant and animal genetic
resources within its responsibility,
• To carry out the works and procedures for regulating forest
game hunting,
• To carry out the works in the sustainable development
context acting as a bridge among the sectors.
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MAIN SERVICE UNITS OF THE MINISTRY
GENERAL DIRECTORATE Main duties are;
• To develop plans and projects on
OF COMBATING desertification and erosion combating,
DESERTIFICATION AND avalanche, landslide and flood control as
well as integrated watershed rehabilitation
EROSION with a view to protecting soil and fostering
natural resources by taking into consideration
the watershed integrity and monitor their
implementation, support this projects on
project basis, develop relevant policies
KURTBOĞAZI 1989
and strategies, and provide cooperation
and coordination between institutions and
organizations concerned,
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8• To prepare plans towards the
development of watersheds at national
and regional level and develop relevant
policies and strategies,
• To carry out research and development
activities in cooperation with universities
and research and development institutes
and organize training, publication and
advertising activities,
• To do research and job description,
define and confirm unit price analysis
and determine implementation
principles.
AKŞEHİR 1962 AKŞEHİR 2010
9AFFILIATED ORGANISATIONS OF THE MINISTRY
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF The General Directorate of State Hydraulic
Works, which is a public corporation, was
STATE HYRAULIC WORKS established in 1954 under the terms of Law
No: 6200 with the objective of developing
the country’s surface and underground water
resources.
The General Directorate of State Hydraulic
Works (DSI) is the main investing body
responsible for the development and
management of Turkey’s water resources.
It is active in the fields of supply of water
for agriculture, energy, services (supply of
drinking water), as well as in matters relating
to the environment and flood control.
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As a public agency, it is responsible
for four major tasks:
• Supply water to settlements
having communal organisation for
domestic and industrial use,
• Take necessary measures to
prevent flood hazards from life and
property losses,
• Equip all economically irrigable
land with modern irrigation
facilities,
• Develop technically viable generate
hydroelectric energy potential.
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11AFFILIATED ORGANISATIONS OF THE MINISTRY
GENERAL Duties of General Directorate of Forestry
General Directorate of Forestry is an institution affiliated to the Ministry of
DIRECTORATE Forestry and Water Affairs performing the services of protection, enhancement
OF FORESTRY of forest and benefitting from them in a sustainable way within the frame of
authorizations granted by the Constitution and Laws for 173 years.
Main duties are;
• To manage forest resources together with its flora and fauna in an ecological
integrity by taking into account their ecological (climate change, water,
recreational etc.), economic, social and cultural values,
• To plan forest resources in a participatory and multi-purpose approach, to
protect them against any illegal interventions, natural disasters and fires;
to combat invasive pests,
• To carry out and develop forestry quarantine services; to increase forest
area and services provided from forests; to restore and rehabilitate forests
and to ensure silvicultural maintenance and regeneration of forests,
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12• To designate recreational areas,
urban forests, research forests and
arboretum, protective areas for
biological diversity, model and
protective forests and to conserve and
sustainably manage these areas,
• To carry out activities such as
afforestation and erosion control,
rehabilitation of rangelands,
combating desertification, floods and
avalanche control in any area within
forests and outside forests; to develop
and implement integrated watershed
projects,
• To grow seeds and seedlings of trees,
shrubs and plants of forests, carry
out vaccination tasks, establish and
manage permanent or temporary
nurseries,
• To carry out research and
development, inventory, printing
and publishing, advertisement
and projects related to its
services, implement relevant ones
and disseminate the outcomes
nationally & internationally,
• To define technical and administrative
principles related to issues within its
authority and establish laboratories
regarding its work field.
13AFFILIATED ORGANISATIONS OF THE MINISTRY
GENERAL DIRECTORATE The General Directorate of Meteorology was
founded under the terms of Law No: 27 on 10
OF METEOROLOGY February 1937. The central departments of
the General Directorate and its 15 Regional
Directorates, together with a network of
observation stations located in different parts
of the country and which are attached to the
Regional Directorates, are responsible for
provision of meteorological services.
14The duties of the General Directorate are as follows:
• To prepare and provide meteorological information and
weather forecasts,
• To provide meteorological support for all types of
military manoeuvres and actions on land, at sea and in the
air,
• Evaluating observations collected by means of
meteorological radars, etc. to make day-to-day and long-
term weather forecasts,
• To make weather forecasts by evaluating pictures
obtained from satellites,
• To keep abreast of the standards of the International
Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the World
Meteorological Organisation (WMO), ensuring that
meteorological stations are informed and that the
standards are implemented,
• To make synoptic studies of disasters leading to major
loss of life and property,
• To prepare and make weather forecasts for use in the
affected areas in fighting adverse agricultural conditions
and forest fires,
• To provide the necessary meteorological services for
national and international sports organisations,
• To provide meteorological information support for
Turkish and foreign aeroplanes and other aircraft using
Turkish airspace.
15AFFILIATED ORGANISATIONS OF THE MINISTRY
TURKISH WATER INSTITUTE • To contribute to the development of
necessary tools and means to improve
(SUEN) sustainable water policies and strategies for
the solution of global water problems,
• To conduct and support scientific research
Turkish Water Institute was founded on November 2, 2011.
to develop national and international water
Main duties of the Institute: policies,
• To produce knowledge related to future water-related • To arrange educational programs at national
studies, development of short-term and long-term water and international levels,
management strategies of Turkey,
• To conduct studies on international
• To follow up the progress, operations, activities and the water law,
information produced by the international organizations
• To produce information on the use of water
in the water area,
resources for sustainable development and
• To conduct activities to enable cooperation among renewable energy production,
national and international water sectors and collaborate
• To cooperate with international institutions
in projects with institutions and persons distinguished in
and establishments within the scope of the
the water sphere,
duties of the institute.
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