Dear colleagues,
Dear Orthopterists

It is a great pleasure for us to welcome you all to Antalya and to the 10th International Congress of Orthopterology in Antalya, Turkey, 21-25 June 2009. At this congress we expect delegates from all over the world to meet and exchange experiences and ideas with other colleagues working in different fields of orthopterology. All delegates are invited to register and to submit abstracts for poster and/or oral presentations and to give talks and present posters. 

We aim to have a very exciting scientific programme and to attract young research workers and scientists-in-training as well as established research workers and scientist in training as well as established research orthopterists . A wide range of subjects will be covered and the plenary lecture and symposia/workshops are aimed at giving overviews and updates on recent researches. 

Antalya is one of Turkey’s most exciting and beautiful destinations, which bring millions of tourists from all over the world. Antalya is a heaven by its history from has a facinating history through Roman, Greek and Ottoman time, divers fauna and flora on the coast of South-west Mediterranean Anatolia and in the Taurus Mountains surrounding it. 

We cordially invite you all to join us in Antalya for a most exciting and memorable meeting!

Professor Battal CIPLAK, Turkey