Post on 16-Aug-2019
Nutrition, safe food, regular work-out and decreasing the environmental harm to a minimum
amount have turned into a crucial issue in the globalised world. The main reasons behind various diseases in
developed and developing countries are unhealthy food consumption, insufficient nutrition, malnutrition,
obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis and some cancer diseases that are
related to sedentary life. With the increase in health spending in the industrialized countries, the society is
now encountered with various health problems as well as the necessity to turn work-out into a habit and
further enhance good diet and fight with addiction. In this framework, the interest and sensitivity of the
consumers towards healthy food and naturally produced food has increased tremendously in recent years.
Yet, when it comes to turning into natural stuff and health diet, there is disinformation in the world
and contradiction as to the terms hence, it is imperative that the awareness level related to those issues be
raised. Increasing the level of health, preventing disinformation, raising awareness as to nutrition and
healthy life will be the issues that will require a lot of efforts and draw our attention in the future. On the other
hand, healthy life and good diet habits do require multifaceted cooperation, as it is a sustainable set of
strategies requiring the cooperation of various industries. Therefore, in each and every aspect of the food
chain, from the soil extending towards our table, different responsibilities fall upon all the disciplines
related to healthy life, especially agriculture, diet, food, health and sports. As such, multifaceted behavior
related to health is required to raise healthy generations and to have a healthy future ahead as well as further
developing the level of health in the society hand in hand with a number of stakeholders. Within this
perspective, the conference entitled Turkey Natural Nutrition and Life Long Health Summit 2015 hosted by
Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University has been completed very successfully and has been followed very closely
by a large number of people with the participation of all the stakeholders.
A healthy nutrition will be effective to have a healthy spirit. We should know the value of fertile
Anatolian soil and protect it. Living in these soils is not our superiority but our privilege. Anatolian soil is a
gene bank for the endemic fruits, vegetables, spices and medical plants that grow on it. The same plants are
also grown in many countries around the world. Due to air, water, soil and biological variety of the regions,
including Anatolian soil, we can express the richness of natural products. None of the other countrie's
medicinal plants can compete with the supporting and preventive power of our medicinal plants that grow
on our soils.
It is highly important that such conferences are institutionalized and become sustainable for the
individuals to turn healthy diet into a habit in accordance with the regions and life conditions and related
industries revise their activities accordingly. It is with this purpose in mind that Turkey Natural Nutrition
and Healthy Life Days '2016 has been organized. This international event will be held on 14-17 April 2016
in Antalya. It is expected that the leaders in the realms of agriculture, food, diet, health and sports industry
will gather in this summit. NATURAL 2016 is a platform of vital importance in that the national and
international industry leaders, the representatives of public institutions, opinion leaders, academicians,
businessmen, professional distributors, agencies, and all the related people could catch up on business
opportunities and open up to the world. You might join the biggest platform of its kind NATURAL 2016
with your own stand, raise important opportunities, and establish natural bridges. We expect you to join this
event, which is an important platform to sustain the regional, national and international cooperation and to
maintain reliable brand awareness and extend our thanks in advance due to your valuable contribution.
We wish you healthy generations and a healthy future...
Advisory Board
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Birol Ekici
Davut Çetin
Ali Çandır
Ali Recep Nazlı
Metin Memiş
Şemsi Kopuz
İrfan Güvendi
Mustafa Aktaş
Rafet SEZEN
Lütfi Bayraktar
Hidamet ASA
Taner Taşpınar
Rph. Erdoğan Çolak
Yıldıray Gençer
E. Günhan Ulusoy
Prof.Dr. Ahmet R. Mermut
Prof.Dr. Muhittin Tayfur
Prof.Dr. Hasan İlkova
Ersin Taranoğlu
Mahmut Arslan
Atila Ertem
Ayhan Sümerli
Samim Saner
Dr. Ömer Güzel
Enginer Birdal
Mehmet Ali Doğan
Zeki Ilgaz
Prof.Dr. Veysel Ayhan
Cemalettin Özden
Bülent Tunç
Hüseyin Yılmaz
Dr. Sait Koca
Fatih Salih Okumuş
Bahri Yılmaz
Mustaf Bılıkçı
Secretary General of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality
President of Antalya Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)
President of Antalya Commodity Exchange
President of Agricultural and Rural Development Support Institution
President of Health and Social Service Employees Union
President of Federation of Food & Drink Industry Associations of Turkey
General Director of The Central Union of Turkish Agricultural Credit Cooperatives
President and General Director of Turkish Coal and Enterprises
President of TRAKYABİRLİK
President of FİSKOBİRLİK
President of MARMARABİRLİK
General Director of PANKOBİRLİK
President of Turkish Pharmacists' Association
President of TURKTOB and TSUAB
President of Turkish Flour Industrialists' Federation
President of ECSS and EUROSOIL
President of Turkish Dietetic Association
President of Turkish Diabetes Society
Secretary General of Federation of Food & Drink Industry Associations of Turkey
President of Turkish National Pulses Council and Vice President of AKİB
President of Ecological Agriculture Organization Association
President of Organic Product Producers And Industrialists Association
President of Turkish Food Safety Association
President of Turk-Lab Calibration and Test Laboratories Association
President of Health Tourism Association of Turkey
President of Geothermal Energy Sources Research Foundation
President of Milk, Meat, Food Industrialists and Manufacturers Assoc. of Turkey
President of Sheep and Goat Breeders' Association of Turkey
President of Cattle Breeders' Association of Turkey
President of Turkish Beef and Lamb Producers Association
President of Buffalo Breeders' Association of Turkey
President of Poultry Meat Producers and Breeders Association
President of Milk Producers Association of Turkey
President of Beekeepers Association of Turkey
President of Red Meat Manufacturers Association
Advisory Board
Prof.Dr. Aydın Adiloğlu
Prof.Dr. Cemal Çevik
Prof.Dr. Erdal Zorba
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Bülent Elbasan
Prof.Dr. Necip İlhan
Prof.Dr. Fatih Gültekin
Ümmühan Tibet
Hakan Bahçeci
Prof.Dr. Suna Ağıldere
Prof.Dr. Rüveyda Akbay
Prof.Dr. Mehmet Akan
Cengiz Celayir
Levent Kavlak
Harun Çallı
Mahmut A.Duruk
Dr. Mehmet Çetin Duruk
Ayhan Ercan
Erol Diren
Ahmet Cüneyt Baktır
Prof.Dr. Erol Şengör
Prof.Dr. Tanay Sıdkı Uyar
Prof.Dr. Rahmi Türk
Prof.Dr. Nurettin Heybeli
Kemal Gürsoy
Hakkı İsmet Aral
Abdülkadir Külahçıoğlu
Ali İlkbahar
R.Arda Şahin
Levent Gelgeç
Dr. Mustafa Tan
Zübeyde Nacar
Dr. İbrahim Ersoy
Zeki Açıköz
Ebru Arıman
Emin Aydemir
Adnan Soner
Natural Nutrition and Heathy Life Association
President of Acupuncture and Complementary Medicine Association
President of Turkish Sport For All Federation
President of Turkish Physiotherapists Association
President of Clinical Biochemistry Professionals Association
President of Halal and Healthy Food Platform
President of National Olive and Olive Oil Council
President of Turkey-Dubai Business Council
Research Center for African Civilizations
President of The World's Poultry Science Association Turkish Branch
President of Veterinary Poultry Association
President of Pharmaceutical Industry Association of Turkey
President of Association of Occupational Health and Safety Professionals
President of Packaged Milk Producers Association
President of Turkish Fruit Juice Industry Association
President of Food Additives and Ingredients Industry Association of Turkey
President of Herbalists and Spice Sellers Association
Member of Packaged Milk Producers Association
President of Baby Food Manufacturers Association
Member of Veterinary Poultry Association
President of Renewable Energy Association of Turkey
President of The Assoc.of Science & Trade of Cooling, Storage, Transportation
President of Organ, Tissue, and Cell Transplantation Society
President of Turkish Geriatrics Foundation
President of Agricultural Products Pulses Handling and Packaging.Ind.Assoc.
President of Association of Turkish Pasta Manufacturers
President of Industrial Bakers Association
President of Sauces, Frozen and Canned Foods Manufacturers Assoc.
President of Association For Fertilizer Producers And Importers
Member of National Olive and Olive Oil Council
President of Aesthetic, Medical Tourism and Medical Education Association
President of Health Communication Association
President of Turkish Culinary Federation
Founding President of Vegan ve Vegetarians Association of Turkey
President of Association of Pastry and Suppliers
President of Catering Managers Associations