Ornamental Plants

The black rose (karagül), which is grown only in Halfeti district of the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa in the world and takes its unique color and smell from the soil where it grows, is carefully harvested for use in various fields. Halfeti, which Cittaslow International Coordination Committee included in the “calm city” network in …

Turkey’s flower growers are looking for new foreign markets as demand has dropped significantly because of the global pandemic. The industry’s exports stood at 107 million dollars last year and growers had initially set a higher revenue target of 125 million dollars for 2020, however the coronavirus outbreak shattered their hopes. Antalya, …

Ahmet Dündar, Chairman of the Ornamental Plants Producers Sub-Union (SÜSBİR), said that 33 percent increase in the exports of trees and shrubs to EU countries was achieved in 2018. Dündar said: “Our tree and shrub exports to the EU accounted for 45 percent of our total exports last year. There …

Hurşit Nallı: Our sapling export has increased 40 times in the last 8 years! Hurşit Nallı, President of the Sapling Producers Sub-Union (FÜAB), stated that Turkey has been exporting seedlings to the European countries where the seedlings were imported until 10 years ago. “While our supling exports in 2010 were …