Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

September 2026… Ibrahim Yumaklı, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, announced that Türkiye ranks first in global fig production with a 28 per cent share, also a major exporter of dried figs. AYDIN… Yumaklı took part in the fig harvest at the Fig Research Institute in the district of İncirliova in …

August 2026… Ali Hüddoğlu, Head of the Alanya Tropical Fruit Producers Association, told an Anatolian Agency (AA) reporter that tropical fruit cultivation, which started as a hobby about 30 years ago in the district, has transformed into a commercial sector in the last 10 years. Foreign buyers want contract farming… …

August 2026… In Alanya district of Antalya peovince, both the number of producers and the production area for tropical fruits have soared significantly in the last 10 years. ANTALYA… In Alanya, one of Türkiye’s important agricultural centres, experience in vegetable production is being transferred to tropical fruit production and nearly …

August 2026… Hayrettin Uçak, Chairman of the Turkish Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Associations Sector Board, told an Anatolian Agency (AA) reporter that the productive season pleased both producers and exporters. Uçak stated that significant increases were recorded in the revenue from products such as cherries, nectarines, peaches and apricots …

August 2026… Türkiye’s fresh fruit exports soared by 59 percent in the January-July period compared to the same period last year, rising from 631,662,000 to 1,005,225,000 dollars. Favourable weather conditions and rainfall in Türkiye enhanced the yield and quality of many types of fresh fruit. The high yield enabled exporters …

August 2026… The harvest has begun for the industrial plant hops known as ‘green gold’, which is grown exclusively in the Pazaryeri district of Bilecik province and is referred to as such by producers. Used primarily in the drinks sector, as well as in the medical, food and cosmetics sectors, …

Press release… August 2026… Cengiz Balık, Chair of the Aegean Fresh Fruits and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, stated that Türkiye recovered from the losses in cherry exports caused by the climate crisis in 2025 by 2026. Explaining that cherry exports are showing a positive trend not only in terms of quantity …

Press release… August 2026… Türkiye healed the wounds of its 2025 export losses due to the climate crisis in 2026! Between January 1 and August 10, 2026, the country exported 68,737 tonnes of cherries, earning 235 million dollars in foreign exchange. In the same period of 2025, cherry exports amounted …

Press release… August 2026… The Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association exported 72,074 tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables in July, generating 92.6 million dollars in foreign exchange revenue. Having increased its export value by 54 percent compared to the same period last year, the Association single-handedly accounted for …

Press release… August 2026… The export journey of the Bursa Black fig and the Sarılop fresh fig – in which Türkiye is a world leader in both production and export – kicks off… Having earned 94 million dollars in foreign exchange from fresh fig exports in 2025, Türkiye is targeting …