ORKÖY (Forest and Village Relations) activities are carried out by the General Directorate of Forestry in Turkey in order to develop forest villages, improve forest and village relations, and reduce the pressure on forests. This study aims to investigate the impacts of ORKÖY activities on sustainable forest management in the İstanbul province of Turkey. For this purpose, the data of ORKÖY and forestry activities between 2012 and 2016 were collected from the records of the İstanbul Regional Directorate of Forestry (İRDF), and some information was gathered by means of questionnaires with forest villagers and forest enterprise managers. The data were evaluated using tables, descriptive statistics, and correlation analysis. In this study, the amount of the economic and social monetary credits given by ORKÖY department affiliated to the İRDF and their annual average economic contributions were determined. The fuelwood rent provided to forest villagers, the effectiveness and satisfaction levels with ORKÖY activities, the sufficiency of the credits, and the informational and training-consulting services were explored. The results show that ORKÖY provided a total of US$ 2,529,040 and an annual US$ 505,808 of credits to 575 households located in 126 villages of the İstanbul province during 2012–2016. ORKÖY performed 3007 informational and training-consulting activities in 129 villages and provided at least US$ 256 fuelwood subsidies per year per household for the forest villagers. The effectiveness and satisfaction level of ORKÖY activities was at the medium level in the İstanbul province. The contributions of the activities to the prevention of migration were weak, and to the prevention of unemployment were at the weak-medium level. Thus, ORKÖY activities were found to be effective and successful in rural development and sustainable forest management at the “medium” level (50 percent out of 100). In order to increase this rate, the quantity and quality of the informational and training-consulting services of ORKÖY need to be increased, and the health insurance of the government needs to be expanded to cover the rural population, and all state institutions should take responsibility to contribute to rural development.

土耳其林业总局开展了ORKÖY（森林与乡村关系）活动，目的是发展森林村，改善森林与乡村的关系并减轻对森林的压力。这项研究旨在调查ORKÖY活动对土耳其伊斯坦布尔省可持续森林管理的影响。为此，从伊斯坦布尔林业局（İRDF）的记录中收集了2012年至2016年之间的ORKÖY和林业活动数据，并通过与森林村民和林业企业管理者的问卷调查收集了一些信息。使用表，描述性统计数据和相关性分析对数据进行评估。在这项研究中，确定了隶属于İRDF的ORKÖY部门提供的经济和社会货币信用额度及其年度平均经济贡献。探索了向森林村民提供的薪柴租金，对ORKÖY活动的有效性和满意度，信用额度的充足性以及信息和培训咨询服务。结果显示，2012-2016年间，ORKÖY向位于伊斯坦布尔省126个村庄的575户家庭提供了总计2,529,040美元的贷款，以及每年505,808美元的信贷。ORKÖY在129个村庄进行了3007场信息和培训咨询活动，每年为每户森林村民提供至少256美元的薪柴补贴。ORKÖY活动的有效性和满意度在伊斯坦布尔省处于中等水平。这些活动对防止移民的贡献微弱，对防止失业的贡献处于中等水平。因此，发现ORKÖY活动在农村发展和可持续森林管理中处于“中等”水平（100个中的50％）是有效和成功的。为了提高这一比率，需要增加ORKÖY的信息和培训咨询服务的数量和质量，并需要扩大政府的医疗保险以覆盖农村人口，所有国家机构都应承担责任为农村发展做出贡献。在防止失业方面处于中等偏下水平。因此，发现ORKÖY活动在农村发展和可持续森林管理中处于“中等”水平（100个中的50％）是有效和成功的。为了提高这一比率，需要增加ORKÖY的信息和培训咨询服务的数量和质量，并需要扩大政府的医疗保险以覆盖农村人口，所有国家机构都应承担责任为农村发展做出贡献。在防止失业方面处于中等偏下水平。因此，发现ORKÖY活动在农村发展和可持续森林管理中处于“中等”水平（100个中的50％）是有效和成功的。为了提高这一比率，需要增加ORKÖY的信息和培训咨询服务的数量和质量，并需要扩大政府的医疗保险以覆盖农村人口，所有国家机构都应承担责任为农村发展做出贡献。