In!this!research,!it!is!aimed!to!determine!fruit!producers’ source!of!information!benefited!in!Kocaeli!and!evaluating! it!in! terms!of!agricultural!extension.!The!main!material!of! the! study!has!been!constituted!by!original!quality!data! collected! from! n=150! business! enterprises! by! means! of! questionnaires! determined! with! purposeful! sampling! method.!Business!enterprises!and!10%!of!the!fruit!producers in!villages,!which!are!determined!as!study!areas,!have! been!analyzed!by!using!random!sampling!method!(n=150!business!enterprises).! With!the!study!carried!out,!it!is!determined!that!there!isn’t!an!efficient!and!conscious!fruit!production!in!Kocaeli.!It! is! defined! that! 86.7%! of! the!producers (farmers)!are!male,! 96.6%! of! the! farmers! consist! of!middleWaged! or! older! people,! 54.7%! are! primary! school! graduates,! 4.7%! are! illiterate! and! that! 92.7%! of! them! certainly! have! a! social! security.!It!is!also!found!out!that!mainly!indoor!gardening!and!interim!agriculture!are!carried!out!in!the!region!and! the! rate!of!being!a!Cooperative!member!is!40%.!As! for! the!information! source!with! respect! to! fruit!growing,!it!is! determined!that!they!avail!themselves!of!Provincial!and!District!Directorates!of!Agriculture!extension!agents!by!48%! and!of!their!neighbor’s!knowledge!by!15.3%.!It!is!identified!that!farmers!in!Kocaeli!do!not!have!enough!knowledge! about!fruit!growing!and!they!need!information!about!farming!and!marketing!about!which!there!is!a!serious!lack!of! education!and!extension.!Therefore,!farmer!education!for!fruit!growing!and!marketing!should!be!given!importance! in!the!region!and!extension!programs!should!be!developed.