Recreation Areas Information System

This interactive map visualises stand-level attributes of 517 registered forest recreation areas across Türkiye, based on the national GIS database of the General Directorate of Forestry (OGM).

Click any stand parcel to view its attribute profile. Use the Filter & Search tab () to search by area name, switch colour scheme, or highlight parcels by recreation function.

8,387 parcels 517 recreation areas ~45,485 ha 7 regions

About this system
Developed as part of a national-scale GIS analysis study on the statistical relationship between silvicultural stand attributes and recreation function allocation in Turkish forest recreation areas.

Coded by PhD. Taha Yasin HATAY — Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Forestry.

For further information please refer to the associated publication:
Recreation Function Allocation in Turkish Forest Recreation Areas: A National-Scale GIS Analysis of Stand Structure Attributes (2025).

Stand Attributes

Click on a stand parcel on the map, then click "View Stand Details →" to see its full attribute profile here.

Filter & Search

Find Recreation Area

Colour stands by

Highlight by recreation function

Toggle one or more functions. Non-matching parcels will be dimmed. None selected = show all.