Özet:

Cannabis is in the groups of fiber plants, cash crops and medicinal -aromatic plants. Kastamonu is the province where there had been the highest levels of cannabis production in the first years of the Republic of Turkey. The geographical conditions of Kastamonu are quite suitable for cannabis production. However, from the cultivation of cannabis to the harvest, and processing of cannabis, there had been quite primarily modes of production until 1950. Due to the primary and traditional characteristics of the agriculture in Kastamonu, cannabis production capacity was at low level. Cannabis was an agricultural product that had been produced by small sized family business through the common labor of household. However, the crop could not be more than traditional village art and having been weaved in hand loom. Thus, cannabis lacked a value-added production. The marketplaces of the cannabis produced in Kastamonu are Kastamonu, Germeç, and Taşköprü. The hemp fiber of Kastamonu was very qualified, but there had been an insufficient capital of the local people and transportation problems. This situation prevented the production and the processing of cannabis by means of modern techniques. Although Taşköprü Cannabis Industry was an important enterprise within the scope of statism to produce hemp products, the industry could not be long lived. Furthermore, this study indicates the political, economic, and social structure of Turkey specific to the cannabis farming, and the industrialization process of cannabis in Kastamonu province. In other words, this study examines the rural areas, the society, and the industrialization dynamics of Turkey in the 1930s. However, since this study does not deal with cannabis Indica, there is not further information about the use of marijuana or drug addiction.