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Press release… 2026 export target set at 4.3 billion dollars… Sinan Kızıltan, Chairman of the Sector Board of the Turkish Exporters’ Association of Fisheries and Animal Products, announced that the sector’s export target for 2026 has been set at 4.3 billion dollars. Kızıltan emphasised that the priority areas for increasing …

In 2025, the Turkish agricultural sector achieved its highest annual export of all time, amounting to 36.4 billion dollars, according to a report on Monday. Despite the risks posed by frost and drought in Türkiye in 2025, steps taken in the agricultural sector, support applied against the risks faced in …

Press release… In the quiet green outskirts of Düzce, Türkiye, where the air smells of chestnut trees and echoes the hum of bees, Nurcan Tekneci adjusts her beekeeper’s veil and lifts the lid of the first hive. The bees rise in a soft wave- busy, organised, tireless- and she smiles. …

Press release… Reminding that six exporters’ associations across Türkiye have joined forces under the Türkiye Food Exporters (TGİ) brand to promote their sectors internationally, Muhammet Öztürk, Chair of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association, announced that they will bring the Foodist Istanbul Fair to their sector. Stating …

The United Nations declared 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). Covering about half the world’s land, Rangelands are home to unique biodiversity and pastoral communities whose livelihoods depend on them. Pastoralists raise animals, contribute to food security, and hold diverse cultural heritage and local and indigenous …

Press release… The cereal, pulses and oilseeds sector was the record holder for export growth in the Aegean Region… The cereals, pulses and oilseeds sector, Türkiye’s leader in food exports, ramped up its exports by 4 percent in 2025, from 11.895 billion to 12.367 billion dollars. The Aegean Cereals, Pulses, …

Press release… FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE EXPORTS SOARED, MEDITERRANEAN MAINTAINED ITS LEADERSHIP… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, announced that Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports reached 3.7 billion dollars in 2025, a 9 percent increase compared to the …

Press release… Emre Uygun, Chair of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters Association, stated that in the 2024-25 harvest year, Turkish olive growers produced 750,000 tonnes of table olives and 475,000 tonnes of olive oil, according to Ministry of Agriculture data. “This placed Türkiye second in global production after …

Producers in Türkiye’s mediterranean province of Antalya who cultivate high-value alternative products have turned to the tropical fruit avocado, which has been the subject of adaptation studies since the early 1970s and is growing in popularity every year. Antalya… According to the Western Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute Directorate (BATEM) in …