Abstract
Arranged by geologist Dr. Temucin Aygen, the International Conference of Speleology and Karstology at Istanbul, with the participation of about twenty foreign scholars, opened first at Beyazit de Stamboul University. For three days papers and discussions enlivened the sessions, broken by tours around the Bosporus. During the following two weeks the members of the Conference took a field trip across Anatolia, through Ankara, Konya, Mersin, Antalya, Burdur, Izmir, Bursa, and Istanbul. They thus had the opportunity to investigate the principal karstic phenomena of Turkey - the Konya obrouks, travertines of’ Yerkòpru and Antalya, caves of the Mersin region, vauclusian springs of Irviz and Manavgat, and so forth. The interest of these occurrences of Anatolian karst is unquestionable - in addition to the scientific problems they pose, they represent a great economic value either as tourist centres or as producers of electric energy and sources of water for irrigation.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.6
Recommended Citation
Fenelon, Paul.
1968.
Compte-rendu de la Conférence Internationale de Spéléologie et de Karstologie d'Istanbul (24 sept.-14 oct. 1964).
International Journal of Speleology,
3: 71-88.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol3/iss1/6
