Hunting in Turkey

Geographic structure of Turkey, is appropriate for development of hunting tourism in connection with its plant cover and wild life.

The end of a wild boar, Hunting in Turkey by kruijffjes

Hunting grounds in Turkey, which will be opened to hunting tourism with considering the hunting animals potential of Turkey, are determined and announced by Ministry of Forests of Turkey(National Parks, Hunting and Wild Life General Directorate). Foreign tourist hunters, can hunt with Hunting Tousim Permission Certificate, issued to A Class Tourism Agencies by Ministry of Forest of Turkey. Also, foreign tourist hunters can only hunt species, breed and set free here within private hunting grounds approved by Ministry of Forest, National Parks and Hunt - wild Life General Directorate.

Foreign tourist hunters, who can hunt by means of Tourism Agencies, according to the related decision of MAK (Central Hunt Commission of Turkey) and regulation related with the application of 6136 Numbered Law, can bring their hunting guns and accessories together with them.

In Hunting Permission Certificates; name, surname, nationality of the hunter who will participate hunting party, dates and customs offices, when and where he will enter and exit our country, hunting grounds, dates of hunt and hunting animal species and numbers that he can hunt, are mentioned.

Turkey; today is one of the richest countries of the world in the means of fauna. A large portion of Turkish fauna occupied by wild boars. Unlike the other species wild the other species wild boars breed twice a year which multiplies the number year after year.According to the Islamic order; Consuming the meat of wild Boar is strictly prohibited and that helps the species to be well protected and causes rapid increase of the population.

Each year many farmers suffer a lot from wild boars causing damages on the crops of the fields. Turkey has agreed to protect both wildlife and farmers rights and therefore in the certain regions of the country wild boar hunting season is kept open frequently almost all year around as well as fox hunting in the same areas.

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals for food, recreation, trade or for their products. In modern use, the term refers to regulated and legal hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of animals contrary to law. Hunted animals are referred to as game animals, and are usually large mammals or migratory birds.

By definition, hunting strictly speaking, excludes the killing - though similar techniques may be used - of individual protected animals, such as bears which have become dangerous to humans, as well as the killing of non-game animals, domestic animals, or vermin as a means of pest control. Hunting can be a component of modern wildlife management, for example to help maintain a population of healthy animals within an environment's ecological carrying capacity. In the United States, wildlife managers are frequently part of hunting regulatory and licensing bodies, where they help to set rules on the number, manner and conditions in which game may be selected for culling.

The pursuit, capture and release, or capture to eat of fish is called fishing, which is not commonly categorized as a kind of hunting, although many hunters may also fish. Trapping is also usually considered a separate activity. Neither is it considered hunting to pursue animals without intent to take them, as in wildlife photography or birdwatching. The practice of hunting for plants or mushrooms is a colloquial term for gathering.

Comments (1)

	1. 08-06-2008 14:54
	Hunting in Mt Ararat Hello, I want to hunt big game suchas boar, goat and deer on Mt. Ararat in October 2008.  Is this possible?  Please send me information.  Thank you  Tay Park Report

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