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Forest areas in Türkiye are 23.4 million hectares, covering approximately 29.8% of the country's total area. Approximately 94.72% of the forests are operated as high forests and 5.28% as coppice forests. The wood-based forest products constitute the main source of economic gain from the forestry sector. In recent years, the use of advanced mechanized harvesting equipment in industrial forests has increased in order to meet the high volume wood raw material demands of companies producing wood-based panels. Therefore, harvesting equipment such as skidder, feller-buncher and harvester are used more widely. In mountainous regions, cable yarders have been effectively used by utilizing cable yarders (MOZ 300, 500GR), recently purchased by General Directorate of Forestry from Tajfun company. In recent years, certified training programs have been organized for jobs done during forest harvesting. Personnel with certification are provided with the opportunity to specialize in the profession, thus increasing production quality and labor efficiency in forest harvesting. This paper aimed to describe the current conditions in forest harvesting operations and present new approaches and strategies in forest harvesting operations in Türkiye. Besides, some suggestions have been provided to improve the proportion of using mechanization in forest operations while considering environmental, economic, social constraints.