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TEA PRODUCERS ON THE WAY TO THIS YEAR’S HARVEST…

Tea producers in Turkey have begun making their way to the country’s northeastern Rize province to collect this year’s harvest since they have been exempt from far-reaching lockdown measures against the novel coronavirus. In a bid to curb the spread of the outbreak, Turkish authorities had introduced a travel-ban across …

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MURAT ÇAKMAKLI: BLACK ROSE IS IDENTIFIED WITH HALFETİ

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 …

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