Olive and Olive Oil

Press release… MUSTAFA KÜRLEK, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF KÖKLÜ OLIVES (ZEYTİNCİLİK), RETAINS HIS TITLE AS SUCCESSFUL YOUNG CEO… Mustafa Kürlek, the fourth-generation representative of the Ayvalık-based Kürlek family, has been included in the ‘40 Under 40 Young CEOs’ list by Ekonomist magazine for the third time, thanks …

Press release… Within the framework of the Ministry of Trade’s ‘Distant Markets Strategy’ , the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association organised a sectoral trade delegation to Australia at the beginning of the 2024/25 season, flying 30,000 kilometres. As a result, exports to Australia increased by 143 percent in …

Press release… Türkiye’s table olive exports surged by 26.5 percent in the 7-month period of the 2024/25 season, from 128 million to 162 million dollars. The olive sector is moving forward with sure steps toward the 250 million dollar export target as it set at the beginning of the season. …

Press release… A Global Step for Aydın Memecik Olive Oil with European Union Registration: Developing Branding and Commercialisation Strategies for Geographical Indications… An important step was taken within the scope of the ‘Development of Branding and Commercialisation Strategies for Geographical Indications Project’ hosted by Aydın Commodity Exchange in cooperation with …

Press release… Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association Chairman Emre Uygun announced that table olive exports surpassed 200 million dollars… Giving information about the performance of table olive exports, Uygun said, “Although our table olive exports decreased by 22 percent on quantity basis in the 2023/24 season and reached …

Press release… Türkiye, which ranked second in the world with an olive oil yield of 475 thousand tonnes in the 2024/25 season when olive oil yields peaked worldwide, focused on markets such as the USA, China, Brazil, Japan, Canada and Australia in order to turn the historical yield into added …

Marmarabirlik (Union of the Marmara Olives Agricultural Sales Cooperatives) Chairman Hidamet Asa announced at the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting for the 2023/2024 business year that they targeted a turnover of 7.5 billion in 2025 and that they foresee exports to boost to 35 million dollars. In addition, drawing attention to …

Press release… Köklü Zeytincilik (Olive), one of Türkiye’s largest olive oil exporters and an international flavour award-winning olive oil company, held an olive tree sapling planting event for a green future together with children, the guarantee of the future, on 23 April. Ayvalık-based Köklü Zeytincilik, one of the top 5 …

Geography is destiny. This often-repeated phrase proves itself on many occasions. More often, I’m inclined to adopt this view to food choices and regional cuisines. Geography surely defines one’s taste preferences. Your taste palate is shaped according to what grows around you. When it comes to olives, I tend to define a …

April, 2025… Türkiye’s Aegean province of İzmir hosts a remarkable gene bank safeguarding the genetic heritage of hundreds of olive varieties cultivated across numerous countries for posterity. The İzmir World Olive Gene Bank harbours the genetic material of 364 distinct olive varieties from 18 nations, spanning from France to Morocco and from Greece to …