Periodical Name Changes in the Higher Education Forestry Institutions of Turkey

Abstract

Forestry higher education has been offered since 1857. This study investigates the alterations made in the tertiary forestry institution names in Turkey under three periods: (1) between the years 1857 and 1934, (2) between the years 1945 and 1948, and (3) between the years 2006 and 2018. The Faculty of Forestry was under the Ministry of Mining during the first period, which later became a unit under the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1934, during the Republican period, it became a subdivision of Ankara Yüksek Ziraat Enstitüsü (Ankara Institute of Advanced Agriculture, YZE). All those changes in this period improved the reputation of the institution and the occupation. In the second period, tertiary-level forestry education was separated from YZE and incorporated into Istanbul University. The faculty members and the councils of the Faculty of Forestry were directly involved in the decision-making processes required by this change. However, the third period is marked by regulations that were made without involving any forestry education institutions and professionals. Due to the lack of a clear higher education policy, the names of institutions have not been preserved and the formation of an academic tradition in the forestry institutions has been delayed.

Özet

Ormanc›l›kta yüksekö¤retim, 1857 y›l›ndan bafllayarak günümüze kadar devam etmifltir. Ormanc›l›k e¤itiminin ba¤l› oldu¤u kurumlara iliflkin isim de¤ifliklikleri; (1) 1857–1934 y›llar› aras›, (2) 1945–1948 y›llar› aras› ve (3) 2006–2018 y›llar› aras› olacak biçimde üç dönemde incelenmifltir. Orman Fakültesi, ilk döneminde önce Maden Bakanl›¤›na sonra Tar›m Bakanl›¤›na, Cumhuriyet dönemi ile birlikte de, 1934’te Ankara Yüksek Ziraat Enstitüsüne (YZE) ba¤lanm›flt›r. Bu dönemdeki de¤iflimler kurumun ve mesle¤in itibar›n› art›r›c› yönde olmufltur. ‹kinci dönemde ise ormanc›l›k yüksekö¤retimi YZE’den ‹stanbul Üniversitesine ba¤lanm›flt›r. Meydana gelen bu de¤iflikliklerin karar süreçlerine, Orman Fakültesinin kurullar› ve ö¤retim üyeleri do¤rudan dâhil edilmifltir. Üçüncü dönem ise ormanc›l›k e¤itimi kurumlar›n›n ve meslek sahiplerinin sürece dahil edilmeden düzenlemelerin yap›ld›¤› dönem olarak kendisini göstermektedir. Yüksekö¤retim politikas›zl›¤›n›n bir yans›mas› olarak kurumsal isimlerin korunmad›¤› ve ormanc›l›k yüksekö¤retim kurumlar›nda akademik bir gelene¤in oluflmas› geciktirilmifltir.