THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has registered the tea produced in the Black Sea province of Rize as a “geographically indicated product” after 98 years from its first production in 1924. “Companies that want to use the registration emblem have to fulfill some quality parameters for the entire production and packaging process,” said …

Lake Marmara in the western province of Manisa, which was once a bird sanctuary, has completely dried up, and its natural balance has been disturbed, informs an expert. “In the last 30 years, the water level has gradually decreased. Today, neither a fish nor any living creature can be observed there as …

The Turkish Grain Board (TMO) bought a record amount of over 5 million tonnes of wheat and over 1 million tonnes of barley this year, after the global food security rush due to both the pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war. “We have stocked the grain in our own silos, in contracted licensed warehouses, …