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The purpose of this study is to compare scientifically forest existing and forestry practices in Turkey and Poland which have different cultural, historical, socio-economic and geographical features. Thus, it was developed suggestions for increasing the positive aspects of the forestry practices and for reducing the negative aspects of the forestry practices on a global scale by using from the experiences of different countries. There are some features used in the evaluation of the forestry practices. These include the forest existing, tree species in the forests, the management of the forest resources, the historical development of the forestry, the forest ownership, the written law, and position in the economy of the country, employment opportunities, the nature protection and the national parks, the forest certification. This study was a descriptive research. As a result of the research, it shows differences that the forestry employment opportunities, the nature protection and the number of the national parks, quantity of the certified forest area, the hunting and quantity of the total forest area. Turkey needs to increase its certificated forest products and product resources. In Turkey, it needs to be increasing the number of educational institutes in the forest to create the awareness of the forestry and forests. Thus, it is considered that the number of forest fires may be decreased.

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