September 2026… Ali Kırali, Managing Director of the Turkish Mercantile Exchange (TÜRİB – TMEX), stated that the TÜRİB Futures Market, which is scheduled to go live by the end of the year, will commence operations with wheat and maize contracts. İZMİR… According to a statement from the İzmir Commodity Exchange …
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August 2026… A harvest of over 90,000 tonnes of dried figs is expected in the new season, representing an increase of approximately 20 percent compared to last year. Işınsu Kestelli, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Izmir Commodity Exchange (İTB), made assessments regarding the dried fig season at …
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Işınsu Kestelli, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Izmir Commodity Exchange, said that high yields are expected for many agricultural products this year, but that production must be converted into economic value and supported by exports. Speaking at the Exchange’s June council meeting, Kestelli said that this year …
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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 …
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Press release… 2025 will likely be remembered worldwide as the year of Trump. Trump, with his new leadership style, left a deep mark on the world in every area, from politics to economics. While the US strengthened its economy through tariff pressure, Asian countries, especially China, India and Indonesia, continued …
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Işınsu Kestelli, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Izmir Commodity Exchange (ITB) and Izmir Agriculture Technology Centre (ITTM) Girişim AŞ (Entrepreneurship inc.), stated that digital transformation is of great importance for agriculture in Türkiye to achieve a sustainable and competitive structure. Işınsu Kestelli Kestelli underlined that Turkish agriculture faces …
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The award ceremony of the “Project Idea Competition Agriculture Rising with Young People” organised by Izmir Commodity Exchange was held at AGROEXPO Fair. Mustafa Şahin The importance of young people being the architects of the future in agriculture was emphasised. The award ceremony of the competition was held at Fair …
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Işınsu Kestelli, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Izmir Commodity Exchange (İTB), said that Türkiye should turn to Asian and Far Eastern markets in order to raise the awareness of seedless raisins, one of the traditional export products in which the country is the world leader in production and …
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Press release… Izmir Agricultural Technology Centre, which was launched by Izmir Commodity Exchange with the slogan ‘Silicon Valley of Agriculture’, has been entitled to become a European Digital Innovation Centre with the ‘AgrInnovate EDIH’ consortium coordinated by ITTM Agricultural Technologies Venture Inc. Işınsu Kestelli The representatives of the European Digital …
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Press release… Great Success from the Innovative and Sustainable Clustering in Olive Value Chain Project (OASIS)… The OASIS Project was one of the two projects entitled to be financed under the European Agri-Food Sustainability Cluster Partnerships call under the Single Market Programme (SMP COSME). Işınsu Kestelli Işınsu Kestelli, Chairwoman of …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
