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III. International Symposium on Loquat 03-06 May 2010 Antakya/HATAY |
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PROGRAM |
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The Program for City Tour in Antakya 04 May 2010; Thursday; 13.30-18.30 |
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Tarsus is an important district for loquat culture. It has significant production as well as a loquat festival conducted during the harvesting season. We will be visiting some of the producers’ orchards as well as the city. A short description for the city as follows: The city of Tarsus on the Tarsus Çayi stands in the hot Cilician Plain at the foot of the Taurus and is one of the few towns in the eastern Mediterranean which can trace its history back without interruption for 3000 years. Its importance in ancient times depended on its position at the southern end of the celebrated pass through the Taurus known as the Cilician Gate and on a lagoon beside the Mediterranean. Since then the lagoon has silted up and the coastline has moved away from the town destroying its maritime trade, while the main road from Ankara through the Cilician Gate to Syria passes some distance away. Tarsus is a commercial and market center (cotton exports). |
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Antakya is the host city of the symposium. Before, after and during the symposium you will have several changes to visit Antakya. Antakya has several tourist points on historical places, natural beauties as well as churches and mosques. Detailed information for Antakya is presented in the symposium web site. |
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The Program for Technical Tour and Symposium in Tarsus, Mersin 05 May 2010; Wednesday; 07.00 – 24.00 |
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III.International Symposium on Loquat 03-06 May 2010 Antakya/HATAY |
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06:15-06:45 |
Breakfast at the hotels in Antakya |
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07:00 |
Traveling to Tarsus |
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10:15 |
Arriving to Tarsus |
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10:15-10:45 |
Refreshments |
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10:45-11:30 |
Opening Ceremony |
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11:30-11:50 |
Invited Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jules Janick, USA Predictions for Loquat Improvement in the Next Decade |
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11:50-12:10 |
Invited Speaker: Prof. Dr. Shunquan Lin, China The importance of loquat for human health and the utilizations of loquat fruit in different areas or kinds of consumption of loquat fruit |
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12:10-12:30 |
Invited Speaker: Prof. Dr. Manuel Agusti, Spain Spanish loquat production and orchard management |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-15:00 |
Visiting of producers’ orchards |
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15:00-18:00 |
City tour |
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18:00-21:00 |
Dinner |
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21:00 |
Traveling to Antakya |
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24:00 |
Arriving to Antakya |
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Activity |
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14:00 |
Antakya Mosaic Museum |
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15:00 |
Saint Pierre Church |
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16:00 |
Habib Neccar Mosque |
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16:30-17:30 |
Several Churches |
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17:30-18:00 |
Refreshments |
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18:15 |
Visiting of Uzun Çarşı (Long Bazaar) |
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18:30 |
Antakya Park |
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19:00 |
Harbiye |