Events and Exhibitions

Press release… According to records from the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM), Türkiye’s exports to Syria rose to 2.6 billion dollars in 2025, a 69.6 percent spike over the previous year. Increased commercial contacts throughout the year, continuous dialogue mechanisms established in the field and the structure of exporters that can …

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman 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 previous year. ‘80 percent of our total exports are concentrated in 20 countries’ Stating that …

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. …

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 …

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 …

Press release… Portuguese agricultural delegation in Akhisar district of Manisa… The Akhisar Commodity Exchange hosted a delegation from APPITAD, a farmers’ union operating in the Mirandela region in northern Portugal. During the technical visit, similar problems and experiences encountered in olive farming and the olive oil sector were discussed. Alper …

Türkiye’s exports of ornamental plants and related products rose 13.7 percent to nearly 160 million dollars in 2025, reaching the highest annual export level in the sector’s history, according to a report on Sunday. Activities in trade diplomacy and support for exporters set new export records last year. Türkiye’s overall …

Press release… Despite global uncertainties, the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), which achieved exports worth 18.5 billion dollars, conveyed the message that 2026 is ‘not a time to wait, but a time for production and exports.’ While export figures for 2025 remained at last year’s level, the Aegean Exporters’ Associations pointed …

Işınsu Kestelli, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Izmir Commodity Exchange, announced that due to adverse weather conditions and heavy rainfall, the 2025/26 season cotton harvest in the Aegean Region is expected to be approximately 10-15 percent below the expected value. “As is known, the determination of cotton-planted …

Ninety percent of the Agricultural Census Completed, Results to be Announced in the Second Half of the Year… Approximately 3.7 million surveys have been conducted so far as part of the nationwide agricultural census in Türkiye. With ongoing surveys, approximately 90 percent of the work has been completed and results …