Olive and Olive Oil

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 …

Press release… Stating that the Japanese people consume healthy and quality food, Emre Uygun, Chair of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters Association, said, “The Japanese people have recently braked in consumption due to the rise in inflation figures in Japan in recent years and the depreciation of the …

Ali Yılmaz Diker, Head of Edremit Chamber of Agriculture, announced that the “Körfez10” olive variety was registered and put into production. The new olive variety is expected to make a significant contribution to olive producers in the region. Ali Yılmaz Diker, Head of Edremit Chamber of Agriculture, reported that the …

Press release… Aydın Commodity Exchange continues to carry Türkiye’s agricultural values to the highest level in the international platform. Aydın Commodity Exchange Chairman Fevzi Çondur, who made a statement about the geographically marked product of Aydın Memecik Olive (variety) registered in the European Union, said that Geographical indications reflect the …

Press release… The award-winning olive oils produced from Salihli’s (district of Manisa province) quality olives have led the relevant institutions in the district to conduct research on geographical indication registration. The Chairpersons of Salihli Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Salihli Commodity Exchange and Salihli Chamber of Agriculture came together with …

Press release… The Turkish olive sector organised a ‘Sectoral Trade Delegation’ to ramp up its olive oil and table olive exports to the United States of America, the largest consumer after the European Union with an annual consumption of 370 thousand tonnes of olive oil and 185 thousand tonnes of …

According to the prediction of Filippo Berio, who exports olive oil products produced in Italy, Greece, Spain and Tunisia from Italy to other countries, olive oil prices will fall within 3 months. Of course, the reflection of this decline on all countries may not be so direct. In Spain, which …