Introduction Aging is a process that leads to the functional loss of an organism and ultimately results in death. The medical sciences have long sought to improve quality of life and increase maximum life expectancy (Sinclair, 2005; Baur et al., 2006). Aging research has become important because it is related to not only prolonging life expectancy and healthy aging but also preventing age-related diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, cancer, depression, and Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases (Baur et al., 2006). Caenorhabditis elegans is an advantageous model organism that is widely used in longevity studies because its genome has been extensively studied, it is easily manipulated under laboratory conditions, and it has a 3-week lifespan. A variety of different genes and pathways have been shown to be involved in the progression of aging in C. elegans (Schaffitzel and Hertweck, 2006). The main pathways that have been implicated in aging/longevity include the following: the insulin/IGF-1 like signaling pathway, JNK signaling pathway, oxidative stress pathway, TOR signaling pathway, and mitochondrial signaling pathway. The insulin signaling pathway has been demonstrated to be one of the most widely studied and influential pathways in C. elegans aging research (Warner, 2005). The vast majority of all drugs are obtained from plant sources, and there is a high probability that a drug candidate molecule has been developed from a plant that is used as a medicinal plant. It has previously been reported that blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton (Ericaceae) extended lifespan in C. elegans (Wilson et al., 2006), resveratrol increased lifespan in mice (Baur et al., 2006), and n-butanol extracts from Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco (Cupressaceae) and water extracts from Damnacanthus officinarum C.C.Huang (Rubiaceae) had lifespan-extending effects in C. elegans (Yang et al., 2012; Liu et al., 2013). Extended lifespans were also observed in C. elegans treated with products from traditional Chinese medicine (Wang et al., 2014). Turkey has a rich traditional medicine culture, and many plants are currently used as panacea. We have previously