FORESTRY

Pursuant to the Turkicizing of Anatolia, especially during the period of Beylics, lumber was exported from Marki to Egypt. The well-known researcher Fellows talks about sales of wood, hazelnuts and oak acorns. The surface area of forests in our town today is 54.4 % and 164.400 hectares.

Up to 200-300  meters from the shores, the forests are covered with the Mediterranean maquis (laurel, sandalwood, sage, thyme, holly oak, oleander). At higher altitudes there are forests of Norway spruce. At 1200-1800 meters, there are black pines, juniper and styrax trees. The liquid amber (styrax) trees grow only in South America and between Marmaris-Fethiye.

More than half of the territory of our town is covered by forests and there are two forestry departments, namely the Directorate of Fethiye Forest Management and the Directorate of Kemer Forest Management. In addition, there are departments of Forest Management at Uzumlu, Kemer, Seki, Yapraktepe and Akcay. Every unit undertakes the production, transportation and sales, as well as protection and maintenance of the forests.