4-7 September, 2019 27th International Food Products & Processing Technologies Exhibition Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center Istanbul, Turkey This month, we take a look at Turkey’s latest food & drink import statistics, Turkey’s place in worldwide foodstuff production and a new Russian commitment towards Turkish tomatoes imports. Turkish food …

“Turkey is one of the world’s largest agriculture, food and livestock countries”… Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) Chairman Erdal Bahçıvan stated that Turkey along with its natural facilities and production capacity is one of the world’s largest agriculture countries today. “Importantly in the coming period from the use of pastures …

Yunus Yunus was working as a finance manager at a textile company in Syria when conflict drove him to leave his homeland. Yunus, 54, his wife and their six children have lived in Turkey for five years. “Even though it’s hard to leave my country and integrate with a new …

Press release… Treasuring the cultural and heritage dimensions of the Mediterranean diet… FAO Director-General calls for greater promotion of sustainable, local diets… Redoubling efforts to promote the Mediterranean diet could lead to better health for all and help curb the rising levels of obesity while fostering sustainable food systems… 11 …

Pakdemirli: We will not victimize seedless raisin producers in 2019/20 season All parties of seedless raisin of which is Turkey the world leader, farmers, traders and exporters came together with Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli at the Aegean Exporters Association in Izmir. Producers want 10 TL for …

Record expectations for cotton production… National Cotton Council Chairman Bertan Balçık, on his press release, “This season cotton will go down in history, I hope this year will have a record in Turkey on condition that good weather conditions in the production. Our biggest goal is to exceed 1 million …

In the first quarter of the year 544 tons of honey were exported from Turkey in exchange for 6.3 million dollars. Among 30 countries, Germany, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Belgium and Austria were the most exported ones. Turkish honey sweetened the mouths in 30 countries in the January-March period …

The highest tea purchase in the last 20 years by the General Directorate of Tea Enterprises (ÇAYKUR)… It was reported that during the first period, the highest figure in the last 20 years, over 230 thousand tons of tea purchased.  ÇAYKUR General Directorate, in a written statement, remembered that …

Aegean Agricultural Products Licensed Warehouse Inc. (ELİDAŞ) was established under the leadership of İzmir Commodity Exchange (İTB) to produce cotton storage and electronic product bills in licensed warehousing for the first time in Turkey… ELIDAŞ, despite the end of the 2018/19 cotton production season, it still maintains 60 percent capacity. …

In a report revealing that emerging markets are the most digitally mature, Turkey comes first place in EMEA region in terms of digital maturity. Despite the relentless pace of disruption, the latest Dell Technologies Digital Transformation (DT) Index shows many businesses’ digital transformation programs are still in their infancy. This …