The sixth edition of the Cappadocia Economic Meetings will be held this year under the title “Ecological Sustainability and Ecological Agriculture” at Cappadocia University Mustafapaşa Campus, Madrasa Building, Hall A-1.
As the Cappadocia Tourism Data Processing, Innovation, and Project-Based Application and Research Center of Cappadocia University, we are organizing the sixth edition of our traditional Cappadocia Economic Meetings on Friday, April 14, 2023, between 09:30 and 15:30. The meeting will focus on “Ecological Sustainability and Ecological Agriculture.” Representatives from relevant sectors, experts, and distinguished academics from neighboring provinces will participate as discussants.
The meeting program, which will be held in three sessions, is as follows:
Opening Speeches
09:30-09:40 – Prof. Dr. Rıfat Yıldız, Congress Chair, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Cappadocia University
09:40-09:50 – Prof. Dr. Hasan Ali Karasar, Rector of Cappadocia University
1st Session
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Ruşen Keleş
09:50-10:10 – Prof. Dr. Ahmet Şahinöz, Başkent University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, “Economic Growth and Ecological Sustainability”
10:10-10:30 – Prof. Dr. Uygun Aksoy, Ecological Agriculture Organization Association, “The Implications of the 2021 EU Sustainability Consensus Document for Turkey”
10:30-10:50 – Prof. Dr. Bülent Gülçubuk, Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture, “The Interaction Between Rural Development and Ecology in the Context of Sustainability”
10:50-11:05 – Q&A and contributions
2nd Session
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. İbrahim Ak
11:20-11:40 – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özgür Teoman, Dr. Onur Yeni, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, “Agricultural Sustainability in Turkey: Can Agroecology Be a Suitable Option for Turkey?”
11:40-12:00 – Prof. Dr. Ümmügülsüm Erdoğan, Bayburt University, “Organic Agriculture and Rural Development”
12:00-12:20 – Prof. Dr. Nurinisa Esenboğa, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sinan Kopuzlu, Atatürk University, Faculty of Agriculture, “A Comparison of Good Agricultural Practices and Organic Farming in Terms of Sustainability”
12:20-12:40 – Prof. Dr. Cem Özkan, Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture; Şahin Tatlı, Kırıkkale University, Vocational School; İsmail Atay, Trimail Biological Agriculture Ltd., Ankara University Technology Development Zone; “Sustainability and Biological Control Practices in Ecological Agriculture”
12:40-12:55 – Q&A and contributions
3rd Session
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Rıfat Yıldız
14:00-14:20 – Prof. Dr. İbrahim Ak, Bursa Uludağ University, Faculty of Agriculture, “Ecological Agriculture Applications at Bursa Uludağ University”
14:20-14:40 – Bilge Türk, Aegean Exporters’ Association, “The Share of Ecological Agricultural Products in Turkey’s Exports and Foreign Market Analysis”
14:40-15:00 – Özge Çiçekli, Turkey Organic Agriculture Network, “Civil Society Organizations and Their Activities on Ecological Agriculture”
15:00-15:20 – Tuğba Akkurt Düzgün, Öztekin Düzgün, Kayseri-Yeşilhisar Güzelöz Village, “The ‘Good Garden’ Experience in the Return from Village to City”
15:20-15:35 – Q&A and contributions
April 15, 2023, Saturday
09:30-13:30 – Cappadocia Tour
