Turkay TURKOGLU serves as a Professor in the Department of Forestry at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Mugla, Turkey. He holds his first bachelor’s degree in Forest Industrial Engineering, his second in Business Administration, and his third in Sociology. He obtained his master’s degree in Forestry, his first Ph.D. in Forest Economics, and his second Ph.D. in Business Administration. His areas of expertise include wood technology, sustainable forest management, forest economics, ecosystem services, forest policy, rural development, and social sciences.