THE JOURNEY OF THE FIG IN THE MEDITERRANEAN -I

The Journey of the Fig in the Mediterranean-I “Fig: A Tree that Generate Culture” was held on 28 May 2018 at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center.

The conference was moderated by Professor Alp Yücel Kaya with the participation of Dr. Ahmet Uhri and Dr. Eren Akçiçek.

In his presentation, Dr. Ahmet Uhri said that in the emergence of Near Eastern civilizations, in addition to climate and geography plants also had an important place. Uhri pointed out that although wheat and barley were the first plants to be cultivated or domesticated, olives, grapes and figs were the ones that created civilization.

Dr. Eren Akçiçek said the following in his presentation: “Figs are a very important fruit for human nutrition and health. It is a medical diet for it has positive effects on human health because of vitamins, minerals, pulp and various chemicals that it contains”.