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DENİZLİ (İHA) – In the olive sector, which has an important place in Denizli’s economy, new harvest works continue at full speed throughout the province. It was stated that Denizli ranks 14th in Turkey and 5th in the Aegean Region in olive production.

The first batch of Turkish tomatoes on the vine has arrived at the address of the Dutch company P. Seelen. This trading company from Venolo has been importing Turkish tomatoes for 15 years and sees growing demand from customers, EastFruit reports. “This year we will also try for the first time to buy tomatoes on the vine in bulk by weight from Turkey,” says Jeroen Hendrix, CEO of the partnership between P. Seelen and Hendrix Fruit & Vegetables. Tomato cultivation in Turkey is on the rise. Previously, Spain was the undisputed supplier of tomatoes in the winter, but now this country is faced with a shortage of water and higher costs due to high wages, writes FreshPlaza. “Turkey is well prepared to respond to this. The journey from Turkey can be covered in just six days, and the quality of Turkish tomatoes has improved significantly in recent years. Almost all of our suppliers are expanding their cultivation. In Turkey, tomatoes are often grown in modern plastic greenhouses, but glass ones

Harvesting was done from 1,300-year-old olive trees in Mut district of Mersin. Olive harvest was done in Haydar Neighborhood in Mut district with the participation of Mersin Governor Ali Hamza Pehlivan, District Governor İhsan Ayrancı and many guests. Hoping that the production in the district with approximately 10 million olive trees will be fruitful this year as well, Pehlivan said, “150 thousand tons of olive harvest is expected this year. There are 15 olive brine processing facilities and 22 olive oil factories operating in the district," he said. Governor Pehlivan continued his speech as follows: “We harvested olives from a 1,300-year-old monumental tree. This olive tree is one of our assets that was registered as a monumental tree by the Natural Assets Protection Board in 2009. The trunk width of this tree is approximately 8 meters. Imagine that we harvested this monumental tree today, this olive tree has been harvested for 1,300 years. On this occasion, I would like to state that the olive harvest has started and continues in our province and district. As you know, throughout Turkey