Turkish Edition of the book is published by ANG.
You can order your book:
Işık Güner Illustrated Flora of Turkey ABOUT[1]
Editors of the project are Prof. Dr. Adil Güner, Prof. Dr. Yusuf Menemen, Prof. Dr. Ali Kandemir, Doç. Dr. Hasan Yıldırım and Serdar Aslan. Art Editors of the project are Gülnur Ekşi and Işık Güner
As the first step of the project ‘Illustrated Flora of
Turkey’, Turkey Plant List (Vascular Plants) was published in 2013.
This book is a first of its kind because;
It is covering all the plants in Turkey’s geographical
boundaries
All the species is written and given their Turkish names
goes along with the scientific names.
The Editor team of the book is the Director of Nezahat
Gökyiğit Botanic Garden, Porf. Dr. Adil Güner, Serdar Aslan, Prof. Dr. Tuna
Ekim, Prof. Dr. Mecit Vural and Prof. Dr. Tekin Babaç.
Previously Flora of Turkey was written two times, one in
Latin, the other one was in English. This time it will be written in Turkish
and poses extremely important for the inclusion of the illustrations of ALL
plants. This project is under the patronage of the Presidency of Turkish
Republic.
I am working as an art editor of this project, where we are
working with a great team of scientists and artists from all around Turkey.
This team is always growing, and new artists and other scientists are willing
to participate in this project. The creation of such an incredible work is
revealed through effort and contribution that everyone’s heart.
Illustrated Flora of Turkey is a project implemented in
cooperation with Flora Research Association, Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanic Garden
(NGBB) and ANG Foundation.
Turkey, due to its geographical position, has an amazing
variety of vegetation. According to the records, there are about 11,000 species
and about 3,000 of them are endemic, is unique only to this land.
However, on average every 10 days a new plant species are
discovered in Turkey.
For this reason, updating and rewriting the Flora of Turkey
has become an important need. ‘Illustrated Flora of Turkey’ will be written in
our native language, Turkish, aims to reach a wider audience.
With this Project, the knowledge about all the species in
Turkey will be introduced to our people, and to ensure wise use of this
knowledge for conservation and a sustainable development. Under the leadership
of Turkish botanists, through the preparation of high scientific qualifications
marked “Illustrated Flora of Turkey” is aimed;
- To
increase the awareness of the Turkish public about the importance and
value of the plants which are the only guarantee for the continuity of
life and biodiversity.
- To
promote a creation of ‘a national botanical garden and herbarium’ with
providing scientific research and education and well-documented
collections about Turkey’s rich vegetation
- To
contribute and support preserving of endemic, rare and endangered plants,
and plant diversity, which is the main element of biodiversity.
- To
educate and train plant taxonomist who will follow contemporary
developments in science, to be leader in such developments, and the
establishment and structuring of our national botanical garden, which will
make a very important mission to enlighten the public.
- To educate and train botanical artists who will have future great contributions about the increase the awareness of the importance and the knowledge of the plants to enlighten public.
I originally graduated in Environmental Engineering, but instead of this I chose this entirely different path for my life and have been working full time as a botanical artist for over 10 years. I am very glad I made this decision, though as the child of a botanist father and growing up surrounded by wild nature made my decision easy.
NOW
Since 2006, I am moving constantly. I have lived in Barcelona, in Istanbul while I am working in Edinburgh. I had workshops in many different countries. I have travelled from one place to another, chasing after plants. I was a nomad for 3 years of my life. I did try to fly from Chile to China on those times. Finally after these three years, I have chosen my base and settled in one of the most amazing locations on earth. Fırtına valley, north east of Turkey, where the mountains are. Now, I am living in a little cabin where I call ‘stuido’ in the middle of nature, on top of a mountain, and I am painting as much as I can.
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