POPLAR AND FAST GROWING FOREST TREES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
TECHNICAL STAFF
 

Dr. FARUK S. OZAY

Work address: Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute, Izmit/TURKEY
Telephone: 00 90 262 311 69 67 Telefax: 00 90 262 311 69 72.

Personal Details:

Birth Date / Place : 10.02.1958 / Eskisehir
Nationality           : Turkish
Maritual Status    : Married, two children
Foreing Language: English

Education:

1975-197    B.S.Degree,  Forestry Engineering,  Faculty of  Forestry, University of Istanbul 
1990-1992     M.Sc. Degree, Forest protection and entomology, Faculty of  Forestry, University of Istanbul.
1990-1993     1992-1997  Ph.D. Degree. on
Poplar and salix insects, Faculty of  Forestry, University of Istanbul.

 Employment:

1979-1989      : General Directorate of Forest, as a forest engineer
1989-Present: Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Instıtue, as a research  scientist, on forest entomology.

Publications and reports  

     ·       Entomological Problems of Poplar Plantations in Meric Basin (1992)
·       An  investigation on the interior rot and fungal agent  on Aspen (Populu tremula L.) stems (1993)
·      
Investigations on cultivation of the oyster mushroom  (Pleurotus sp.) on the diferrent substrates (1994)
·      
Wood Boring İnsects on Galery Poplar plantations.(1995)
·      
he control measures against Cryptorhynchus lapathi L. (1995)
·      
The harmful insects on Willows in Marmara region. (1997)
·      
The relation between ecological conditions and cultural treatments and Agrilus ater L. attack on poplars. (1999)
·      
Root Physiology and Necessary for city Afforestration (1999).
·      
Investigation on Pygaera anastomosis L. which is harmfull on poplars (2001).

Software Knowledge:

DOS/Windows/MS Word, MS Excel.

PERSONNEL


Dr. CEMAL FIDAN

 

 

 

 

 

PERSONNEL


Dr. SELDA AKGUL

Personal Details

Birth Date / Place: 28.11.1976 / Samsun
Nationality           : Turkish
Maritual Status
    : Married
Foreign Language: English 

Education
1998-2001 M.Sc., Siviculture Department, Faculty of Forestry, University of Istanbul.
1993-1997 B.S. Degree, Forestry Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, University of Istanbul. 

Employment
1998 - : Poplarand Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute, as a research scientist, at Silviculture Section.

PERSONNEL


HAZIN CEMAL GULTEKIN

 

 

 

 

PERSONNEL


HULYA TAMYUKSEL ERKAN

Address: Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute, 41050, Izmit/TURKEY
Telephone : 00 90 262 311 69 64  Telefax: 00 90 262 311 69 72.

Personal Details:

Birth Date / Place : 06.04.1968 / Kars
Nationality           : Turkish
Marital Status      : Married, one children
Foreign Language: English

 Education:

1985-1989   B.S.Degree,  Landscape Architect,  Faculty of  Agriculture, University of Ankara

 Employment:

1990-1994: Turkey-Italian Project of Poplar Development in Konya-Eregli
1994-1995:
Bursa - Orkoy Engineer
1995-1998
: Gelibolu Historical National Park
1998-1999
: Uludağ National Park
1999-2000
: Bursa Forestry Nursery
2000-2001
: Izmit Forest Nursery
2001-        :
Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute

Software Knowledge:

DOS/Windows/MS Word, MS Excel

PERSONNEL
 


SULEYMAN MEMIS

Address:

Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute, 41050, Izmit/TURKEY
Telephone: 00 90 262 311 69 64  Telefax: 00 90 262 311 69 72.

Personal Details:

Birth Date / Place         : 10.02.1967
Nationality                    : Turkish
Maritual Status             : Married, three children
Foreing Language         : English

Education:

1988-1993   B.S.Degree,  Forestry Engineering,  Faculty of  Forestry, University of Istanbul

Employment:

1998-2004     : General Directorate of Reforestation, as an Engineer of Reforestation
2004-Present  : Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Instıtue, as a junior researcher, at Sylviculture section

PERSONNEL
 

TEOMAN KAHRAMAN

Personel Details

 

Birth Date         : 06/03/1974

Nationality        : Turkish

Maritual Status  : Single

Education         : B.s. Degree, Forestry Engineering, Faculty of Forest, University of Istanbul

Employment     : 1998-2000, Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute

                          2000-2002, Ministry of Forestry, as a forest engineer

                          2002-Present, Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute as a junior researcher

PERSONNEL


FILIZ KUCUKOSMANOGLU KAHRAMAN

Work address       : Poplar and  Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute, Izmit/Turkey

     Telephone           : Telephone : 00 90 262 311 69 64  Telefax: 00 90 262 311 69 72.

     Birth Date            :  17.03.1972 , Osmaniye

     Nationality           : Turkish

     Foreing Language:  English

     Education            : B.S. Degree, Forestry Engineering, Faculty of Forest, University of Istanbul.

     Employment        :1998-2001 , General Directorate of Forest, as a forest engineer, in Akçakoca.

                                2001-present, Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Instıtute, in İzmit.

 
 

PERSONNEL


GOZDE AKCINAR

Address:                Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute, Izmit/Turkey
    Telephone:               
00 90 262 311 69 64
    Telefax:                    
00 90 262 311 69 72
    Birth Date:               
17.09.1985, Istanbul
    Nationality:              
Turkish
    Foreing Language:  
English
    Education:                
B.S. Degree, Forestry Engineering, Faculty of Forest, University of Istanbul
    Employment:            
2010- Present, Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Instıtute, İzmit.

 

PERSONNEL


KAZIM ULUER

Address:Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute P.K.1034   41050 Yahyakaptan / İzmit/TURKEY
Telephone : 00 90 262 311 69 64  Telefax: 00 90 262 311 69 72.

Personal Details:

Birth Date / Place: 09.02.1948 / Karaman
Nationality           : Turkish
Maritual Status     : Married, two children
Foreing Language : English

Education:

1966-1970  B.S.Degree,  Forestry Engineering,  Faculty of  Forestry, University of Istanbul

Employment:

1970-1987   : General Directorate of Forest, as a forest engineer
1987-Present: Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Instıtue, as a research  scientist, on forest pathology

Publications and reports  

·    Comparative composition and nutritional value of  Pleurotus  ostreatus and P. florida growon on poplar stump in Turkey ( Published,ın Italy 1989)
·      
An  investigation on the interior rot and fungal agent  on Aspen (Populu tremula L.) stems (1993)
·      
Investigations on cultivation of the oyster mushroom  (Pleurotus sp.) on the diferrent substrates (1994)
·      
Investigation into prevention against disease caused  by Cytospora chryosperma Fr. in poplar (1998)

Software Knowledge:

MS Office.,ARC/INFO

PERSONNEL
 


Dr. FAZIL SELEK

Address:

Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute  41050, Izmit/TURKEY
Telephone : 00 90 262 311 69 64  Telefax: 00 90 262 311 69 72.

Personal Details:

Birth Date / Place: 28.05.1967 / Altintas
Nationality           : Turkish
Maritual Status     : Married, one children
Foreing Language : English, French

Education:

1984-1988B.S.Degree,  Forestry Engineering,  Faculty of  Forestry, University of Istanbul
1995-1998: M.S. in Faculty of Forestry, University of Istanbul
2000-2007: Ph. D. in Forestry, University of Istanbul,

Employment:

1992-1994         : General Directorate of Forest, as a forest engineer
1995-Present      : Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Instıtue, as a research  scientist, on forest entomology.

 Publications and reports  

The Harmful Lepidoptera Species of Poplars in Izmit and Adapazarı Regions (Published in Turkey 1998)

Software Knowledge:

DOS/Windows/MS Word, MS Excel.,ARC/INFO

PERSONNEL
 


AYHAN KARAKAYA 

Address: Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute, 41050, Izmit/TURKEY
Telephone : 00 90 262 311 69 64  Telefax: 00 90 262 311 69 72.

Personal Details:

Birth Date / Place: 09.02.1968
Nationality           : Turkish
Maritual Status     : Married, t
wo children
Foreing Language : English

Education:

1992   B.S.Degree,  Forestry Engineering,  Faculty of  Forestry, University of Istanbul

Employment:

1995-2002   : General Directorate of Reforestation, Regional Directorate, Erzurum
2002-2005   : Regional Environment and Forestry Directorate, Izmit
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5-Present: Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Instıtue, as a junior researcher, at Protection Section

PERSONEL
 


Dr. MUSTAFA ZENGIN

Mr Mustafa ZENGIN was born in Istanbul in 1951. He was graduated from the Faculty of Forestry, University of Istanbul in 1973. Following his graduation, Mr ZENGIN started working as a forest range officer for the Directorate General of the Turkish Minestry of Forestry. Mr ZENGIN worked for a private company as plant manager from 1981 to 1984,and then he joined Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute (PRI) at Izmit. He made an MSc. study from 1990 to 1992 and a Ph.D. study from 1992 to 1997 on watershed management at the University of Istanbul. He attended a short term training course on Managing Forestry Research in the U.K. in 1996. He worked as poplar irrigation expert for the Turkish-Italian joint Project of Poplar Development from 1997 to 1999. He attended a one month training programme on irrigation techniques in the Institute of Agronomico per I'Oltremare in Florance-Italy in 1998.He attended a short term training programmes on Determination of Carbon Storage of Forests in the University of British Columbia in Vancouver-Canada in 1999 and Oklahoma State University in the USA in 2000. He has made many research studies and publications on forest soil and ecology. Mr. ZENGIN is already working as the head of the forest soils and ecology section in the PRI at Izmit. Dr.Mustafa ZENGIN is married with two children.

PERSONNEL
 


DILEK TUGRUL
                                          Personal Details 

Birth Date / Place : 07.04.1964 / Izmit
Nationality           : Turkish
Maritual Status     Married, two children
Foreign Language : English

Education

1996-1999 M.Sc., Chemical Department, Faculty of Science, University of Kocaeli.
1984-1988 B.S. Degree, Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Istanbul.

Employment

 1997 - : Poplarand Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute, as a research scientist, at Soil and Ecology Section.
 

PERSONNEL
 

Dr. SACIT KOCER

Personal Details:

Birth Date / Place: 24.01.1963 / Yatagan
Nationality           : Turkish

Maritual Status     : Married, two children

Foreign Language : English
 

Education:

1992-1999  Ph. D, Forestry Economics, Faculty of Forestry, University of Istanbul
1984-1987  M. Sc, Forestry Economics, Faculty of Forestry, University of Istanbul
1980-1984  B. S. Degree, Forestry Engineering, Faculty of  Forestry, University of Istanbul
 

Employment:

1984-1987  : Faculty of Forestry, University of Istanbul, as a Junior Scientist in Forestry Economics Department.
1987-          : Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institue, as a research  scientist, on forest economics and yields.
 

Publications and reports

    ·       DINER, A.; KOCER, S.: 1989. Preparing Feasibility Reports for I-214 Hybrid Poplar Plantation Investments.
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KOCER, S.: 1990. Profitability of Eucalyptus Plantations.
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BIRLER, A. S.; KOCER, S.: 1992. The Optimization of Poplar Growing in the Region of South-Eastern Anatolian Project and Its Socio-Economic Importance.
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BIRLER, A. S.; KOCER, S.: 1993. Cost Analyses for Poplar Nurseries (with 1991 prices).
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ZORALIOGLU, T.; KOCER, S.: 1993. The Determination of the Unit-Times of Some Mechanisation Techniques Based on New Technologies in the Co-Project of Poplar Development in Turkey.
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BIRLER, A. S.; KOCER, S.; AVCIOGLU, E.; DINER, A.; GURSES, K.; GULBABA, G.: 1995. A study of the Volume and Dry-Weight Yields from Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn.) Plantations.
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KOCER, S.: 1995. The Economic Impact of the Technological Innovation Introduced by the Poplar Development Project in Turkey.
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BIRLER, A. S.; KOCER, S.; DINER, A.: 1996. A Study on the Estimation and Comparison of Wood and Energy Yields from Coppices and Fast Growing Coniferous Plantations at Kerpe Research Forest.
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BIRLER, A. S.; DINER, A.; KOCER, S.: 1996.Biomass production from Hybrid Poplar Clone (P.x. Euramericana (Dode) Guinier cv. I-214).
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ZORALIOGLU, T.; KOCER, S.: 1996. Mechanization Techniques for Poplar Development in Turkey.
·      
KOCER, S.: 1998. Financing of the With Fast Growing Species Plantations.
·      
DINER, A.; KOCER, S.: 1999. The Effects of Agricultural Intercropping on I-214 Plantations Economics
·      
KOCER, S.: 1999. New Financing Opprtunities for Private Sector Poplar Cultivation in Turkey
·      
KOCER, S.: 2000. The Adoption of Internal Rate of Return in Evaluation of Poplar Plantation Investments. International Poplar Commission Meetings, Portland, Oregon.
 

Software Knowledge:

Operating Systems : DOS/Windows/MS Word, MS Excel

PERSONNEL
 

GOKHAN SENER

Personal Details:

Birth Date / Place: 28.11.1969 / KOZAN
Nationality           : Turkish
Maritual Status     : Single, one child
Foreing Language : English 

Education:

2003-2006            MSc., Public Administration, Public Administration Institute for Turkey and the Middle East (TODAIE), Ankara

1998-2001            MSc.,  Forest Yield and Biometry Department, Faculty of Forest, University of Istanbul
1987-1991            B.S.Degree,  Forestry Engineering,  Faculty of  Forestry, University of Istanbul 

Employment:

1993-1997: General Directorate of Forest, as a forest engineer
1997-        : Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Instıtue, as a research  scientist, at Yield and Economics Section
 

Software Knowledge:

Operating Systems : DOS / Windows / MS Word, MS Excel

Publications

 1. Sener, G., (2006): Forest Research Institutes in Turkey (Institutional structure, national policy in forestry sector, effectiveness and contribution of forestry research institutes into national development). Master Thesis, Public Administration Institute for Turkey and the Middle East, Ankara.

2. Kocer, S., Diner, A., Sener, G. 2005: A Study of Volume Tables and Wood Density for Samsun (I-77/51 P. deltoides Bartr.) Poplars. Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute, Technical Bulletin No:204, Izmit, Turkey.

3. Kocer, S., Diner, A., Sener, G. 2005: A Study of Volume Tables and Wood Density for I-45/51 (P. x euramericana (Dode) Guinier cv.) Poplars. Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute, Technical Bulletin No:205, Izmit, Turkey.

4. Diner, A., Sener, G., (2004): Şili Ormancılığı: Geleceğin Ormancılık Sektörünün Şekillenmesinde Hızlı Gelişen Türlerin Etkisi (Translation of “Chilean Forestry: The Impact of Fast Growing Species on Shaping the Future’s Forest Sector” Article by Gonzalo Paredes). Journal of the Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute No:30, p. 1- 14, ISSN 1300-3941, 2004, Izmit, Turkey.

5. Sener G. 2004: Çiftlik Ormancılığı (Farm Forestry), compilation. ISSN 1300-3941, Izmit, Turkey.

6. Sener, G., (2004): Kerpe Araştırma Ormanı Sahil Çamı (Pinus pinaster Ait.) Ağaçlandırma Alanlarında Aralama ve Artım-Büyüme İlişkileri (Thinning and Increment-growth Relations at Pinus pinaster Ait. Plantations in Kerpe Research Forest). Master thesis, published by Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute, Ministry of Environment and Forestry Republic of Turkey, Ministry Publication No:232, Institute Publication No: 243, ISSN 1300-3933, 2004, Izmit,Turkey.

7. Sener, G., (2002): Some Studies on Stand Growth and First Thinning Time in Pinus pinaster Ait. Plantations. Proceedings of IUFRO Meeting “Management of Fast Growing Plantations”, 11-13 September, Izmit, Turkey.

PERSONNEL
 

AŞKIN BOZKURT

 

 

 

 

 


MEHMET ERCAN

Research Scientist

EDUCATION

B. Sc. (four years studies) at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Istanbul, Turkey

 Post Bachelor Studies: 

1980 (12 months) Visiting Wilhelm-Kaudiz Institute für Holzforschung, Germany. (Supported by DSE).
1995 (2.5 months), Visiting Forest Research Institute, New Zealand. (Supported by TARP from Worldbank program).
2001 (1 month) Visiting Faculty of Forestry, University of Goettingen, Germany. (Supported by TARP from Worldbank program)

WORK EXPERIENCE

1971-1976, Forest Service of Artvin and Canakkale.
1976-to present, Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute, Izmit, Turkey.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Statistics, biometry, project planning and evaluation, computing
PC Systems
Networking
Image processing (ERDAS IMAGINE Professional)
GIS (Arc/Info, Arc View)

PUBLICATIONS 

ACAR, O., VURMA, Y., ERCAN, M., 1979, The effect of debarking on standing Eulalypt trees on the shrinkage of its wood
ACAR O., ERCAN, M., SARIBAS, M., 1982,
Variation of specific gravity by period of time in the wood of felled I-214 poplar trees
GUMUSDERE, I., ERCAN, M., 1984, An experiment on chemical control of Damping-off In Luleburgaz and Kesan nurseries.

ERCAN, M., ULUER, K., SELEK, F., 2002, A Study for Poplar Plantation Area Inventory Using Remote-Sensing Technique in Adapazari and Duzce Regions in Turkey

Papers:

1982, Particleboard made by wood and cement 
1987, General principles of establishing and implementation of experiments 

GEZER, A., ERCAN, M. 1989, Comparison of some nurseries in terms of heigt and diameters of some broadleave plants
.
1997, Stem volume tables for Pinus maritima and Pinus taeda grown in Kerpe Research Forest .

1997, Some results of management plan works for Kerpe Research Forest.

Books:

1997, Statistics for Researchers (Turkish)
1997, Statistical functions of MS Excel (Turkish).

PERSONNEL
 


HALIS TALU

Halis TALU was born  in 1961 in Gerede/BOLU. He finished his primary and secondary school in Gerede respectively in 1972 and 1975. He graduated the Haydarpasa high school in Istanbul in 1975. He graduated the forestry Industry Engineering Department of Karadeniz Technical University Forestry Faculty in 1983. He completed his military service between in 1984 and 1985.

He started to work for ORUS (Forest Products Industry) in 1986. He worked as the Factory Engineer, Plywood and Veneer Factory Chief, Particleboard Factory Chief, Wood Protection Factory Chief, Computer Department Chief  and Guesthouse Chief in BOLU - ORUS. In Demirköy/KIRKLARELİ - ORUS, he worked as the Chief of the Timber Factory and at Department of Purchase and Sales of ORUS Headquarter as an engineer, Purchase Manager and Export Manager.

After the privatization of ORUS in 2000, he worked for Bolu - SEKA for a year. He was appointed to Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute in Izmit/KOCAELİ through the law 4046 of Turkish constitution. He has been working as an engineer Project Planning and Evaluation Department since February 2002.

He has attended several training programs such as ; MPM-Institution Management Training, MPM-REFA Workshop Basic Education (A, B), MÜ, SBMYO-External Commerce Training, TUSSIDE-Efficiency and Productivity, IGEME-External Commerce Programme, SEGEM-Computer Usage. He has actively taken part in the preparations of the VII. And VIII Development 5-Year Plans of the Industry of Forest Products.

PERSONNEL
 

SELDA KARAKAYA

Address: Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute  41050, Izmit/TURKEY
Telephone : 00 90 262 311 69 64  Telefax: 00 90 262 311 69 72.

Personal Details:

Birth Date / Place: 01.01.1972 / Olur
Nationality           : Turkish
Maritual Status     : Married, two children
Foreing Language : English,

Education:

1989-1993   B.S.Degree,  Forestry Engineering,  Faculty of  Forestry, University of Trabzon

Employment:

1995-1997   : Reforestation Engineer in the Department of Reforestation in Erzurum
1997-2004   : Eastern Anatolia Forestry Research Institute  in Erzurum
2004-Present: Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Instıtue, as a research  scientist, in Social Forestry and Public Relationsips.

PERSONNEL