The Purposes for Usage of the Caves in Turkey

The formation and development properties and the climatic condition of a cave determines the purpose of usage of that particular cave. The common usage fields of the caves are as follows:

– Tourism

– Natural deep freeze deputing

– Preservation and maturation of animal based products (Water pipe cheese, butter, etc. )

– Cultural mushroom growth

– Respiratory system diseases

– Storage of liquidified gas, natural gas and fuel oil

– Shelter and refuge for military purposes

– Guano production

– Placer mineral inference

– Determination of underground water basins and taking these water to surface

– Determination of the pollution focuses of spring waters and preservation methods

– Determination of regional geological, geomorphologic, hydrological, hydro geological, anthropological and paleo ecological properties.

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