2021 forest fires on Türkiye's Sandras Mountain: tensions between centralised management and local response

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dc.authorid0000-0002-9841-6324
dc.contributor.authorBozok, Nihan
dc.contributor.authorBozok, Mehmet
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-31T15:08:26Z
dc.date.available2026-01-31T15:08:26Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentİstanbul Beykent Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractMega forest fires ravaged T & uuml;rkiye's Western Mediterranean region, leading to significant ecological and human losses in two weeks from July to August 2021. Sandras Mountain in Mu & gbreve;la was a major hotspot. This study investigates the research question 'In what ways do discrepancies between socio-cultural relations and the administrative context influence the dynamics of forest fires, especially concerning the country's remote forestry system and local responses to the disaster?' The data is collected using qualitative methodology, through interviews and participant observations in 2021, with follow-up research in 2022 and 2023. The research findings indicate that the centralised forest paradigm excludes local actors and has been largely insufficient in fire management. Reducing fire damage also depends on local communities' knowledge of the terrain and fire dynamics. Improving disaster response outcomes requires integrating local expertise and engaging with the community in fire response and mitigation strategies.
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited Nations Development Programme GEF SGP [TUR/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/BD/21/16PI]; UNDP GEF SGP [TUR/SGP/OP7/Y2/CORE/BD/22/10, TUR/SGP/OP6/Y4/CORE/BD/23/50]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was partly supported by United Nations Development Programme GEF SGP grant [TUR/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/BD/21/16PI] in 2021, UNDP GEF SGP grant [TUR/SGP/OP7/Y2/CORE/BD/22/10] in 2022, and UNDP GEF SGP grant [TUR/SGP/OP6/Y4/CORE/BD/23/50] in 2023. The views presented in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the UNDP GEF.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01436597.2025.2514571
dc.identifier.endpage1058
dc.identifier.issn0143-6597
dc.identifier.issn1360-2241
dc.identifier.issue9
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105008289438
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage1039
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org./10.1080/01436597.2025.2514571
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12662/10681
dc.identifier.volume46
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001510626300001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofThird World Quarterly
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260128
dc.subjectForest fires
dc.subjectforest management
dc.subjectlocal ecological knowledge
dc.subjectdisaster response
dc.subjectMu & gbreve;la
dc.subjectT & uuml;rkiye
dc.title2021 forest fires on Türkiye's Sandras Mountain: tensions between centralised management and local response
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