Press release… Akhisar Bridge at the Türkiye-Egypt Forum… Sadık Özkasap, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Manisa Commodity Exchange, Alper Alhat, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Akhisar Commodity Exchange and Sami Karaoğlan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Akhisar District Chamber of Commerce …
Read More »Alper Alhat: As Akhisar businesspeople, we are ready to cooperate with Egypt!
Press release… Akhisar Bridge at the Türkiye-Egypt Forum… Sadık Özkasap, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Manisa Commodity Exchange, Alper Alhat, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Akhisar Commodity Exchange and Sami Karaoğlan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Akhisar Chamber of Commerce and …
Read More »Alper Alhat: Let’s be a team, not rivals!
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 …
Read More »Alper Alhat: Integrated olive oil factories are the solution!
Press release… Akhisar Commodity Exchange Chairman Alper Alhat came together with olive oil producers. At the meeting, which was also attended by Murat Akın, Manisa Provincial Coordinator of the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (TKDK). Pointing out that a two-phase model was imposed on olive oil factories because they …
Read More »Alper Alhat: Olive oil harvest will be around 170-180 thousand tonnes this year!
Press release… Low Yield, High Quality… Alper Alhat, Chair of the Akhisar Commodity Exchange, announced that the olive harvest to be around 170–180 thousand tonnes. “This year, the yield will be low but the quality will be high. We expect the table olives to be large and the oils to …
Read More »Alper Alhat: Break olives, not the hearts!
Press release… Akhisar, a district of Manisa province, Türkiye’s leader in table olive production, opened this year’s harvest season with the slogan “If You’re Going to Break, Don’t Break Hearts, But the olives!” Alper Alhat, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Akhisar Commodity Exchange, emphasized that labour, love …
Read More »Alper Alhat: We made a strong entry to the Middle East market as Akhisar
Press release… MFF Middle East Food Fair, which was held for the first time this year in Türklye’s southeastern city of Gaziantep and stands out as the most comprehensive food exhibition in the Middle East, was a historical turning point for Manisa’s leading agrifood industrial centre of Akhisar. Participating in …
Read More »“Long awaited yield in olives on the way”
Press release… Akhisar (District of Aegean province of Manisa) Commodity Exchange Chairman Alper Alhat reported that they are experiencing a wonderful flowering period in terms of olive production. “We expect a record yield this year,” Alhat said. Alhat underlined that good news came from all over Türkiye this year. Pointing …
Read More »Alper Alhat: Liquid oils that resemble olive oil with flavouring will end olive agriculture
Press release… Aegean province of Manisa’s Akhisar district Commodity Exchange Chairman Alper Alhat said that olive agriculture is facing a great danger! Alper Alhat Pointing out that liquid oils that resemble olive oil with flavouring harm producers and consumers, Alhat said, “Unfortunately, we have known for a long time that …
Read More »ALPER ALHAT: TURKIYE DOES NOT FACE A SHORTAGE OF OLIVE OIL
Despite the expected decline in production, Türkiye’s olive oil producers do not anticipate serious supply problems thanks to olive oil in the stocks. Poor olive harvest and resulting low olive production is not a unique problem to Türkiye. The world’s largest olive oil producers, Spain and Italy, also saw a …
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