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Food Inspection Coverage Across Turkey

Turkish food and feed production is spread across seven geographic regions, each with its own crops, processing clusters and export ports. Based in Ankara, we travel to suppliers wherever your products are grown, processed or loaded.

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  • Squares mark main export ports
  • Dots mark production provinces in our guides

Aegean Region

57 product guides

Provinces in our guides: İzmir, Manisa, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla, Kütahya, Afyonkarahisar.

Cherries

Turkey is the world's largest producer of sweet cherries.

Sour Cherries

Turkey is a major sour cherry producer, and most of the crop goes to processors for frozen pitted fruit, juice concentrate, jam and dried fruit.

Fresh Figs

Turkey is the leading producer of figs.

Table Grapes

Manisa and the surrounding Aegean region produce Turkey's main export table grape, the seedless Sultani Çekirdeksiz, along with red and black varieties.

Apples

Turkey is one of the world's largest apple producers, and controlled atmosphere storage lets Isparta, Niğde and Karaman supply export markets for most of the year.

Peaches and Nectarines

Turkish peaches and nectarines come from the Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranean regions, giving a long season for truck exports to Europe, Russia and the Middle East.

Plums

Turkey exports both the early green plum, harvested immature and eaten crunchy with salt, and ripe European and Japanese plums later in summer.

Pomegranates

Turkey is a leading pomegranate exporter, built largely on the Hicaznar variety, which offers deep red arils, good acidity and long storage life.

Lemons

Turkey is among the world's leading lemon exporters, with Mersin as the centre of production.

Mandarins

Turkey is one of the world's largest mandarin exporters, shipping Satsuma, Clementine and late varieties from the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts through the autumn and winter.

Strawberries

Turkey is a large strawberry producer.

Melons and Watermelons

Turkey is one of the world's largest watermelon and melon producers.

Mediterranean Region

51 product guides

Provinces in our guides: Antalya, Mersin, Adana, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Isparta, Burdur.

Cherries

Turkey is the world's largest producer of sweet cherries.

Sour Cherries

Turkey is a major sour cherry producer, and most of the crop goes to processors for frozen pitted fruit, juice concentrate, jam and dried fruit.

Fresh Apricots

Turkey is the world's largest apricot producer.

Table Grapes

Manisa and the surrounding Aegean region produce Turkey's main export table grape, the seedless Sultani Çekirdeksiz, along with red and black varieties.

Apples

Turkey is one of the world's largest apple producers, and controlled atmosphere storage lets Isparta, Niğde and Karaman supply export markets for most of the year.

Peaches and Nectarines

Turkish peaches and nectarines come from the Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranean regions, giving a long season for truck exports to Europe, Russia and the Middle East.

Plums

Turkey exports both the early green plum, harvested immature and eaten crunchy with salt, and ripe European and Japanese plums later in summer.

Pomegranates

Turkey is a leading pomegranate exporter, built largely on the Hicaznar variety, which offers deep red arils, good acidity and long storage life.

Lemons

Turkey is among the world's leading lemon exporters, with Mersin as the centre of production.

Mandarins

Turkey is one of the world's largest mandarin exporters, shipping Satsuma, Clementine and late varieties from the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts through the autumn and winter.

Oranges

Mediterranean Turkey produces Navel and Valencia oranges for fresh export and juice processing, mostly from Antalya, Adana, Mersin and Hatay.

Strawberries

Turkey is a large strawberry producer.

Black Sea Region

18 product guides

Provinces in our guides: Zonguldak, Bolu, Düzce, Kastamonu, Sinop, Samsun, Ordu, Giresun, Trabzon, Rize, Artvin, Amasya, Tokat, Çorum.

Cherries

Turkey is the world's largest producer of sweet cherries.

Sour Cherries

Turkey is a major sour cherry producer, and most of the crop goes to processors for frozen pitted fruit, juice concentrate, jam and dried fruit.

Onions and Garlic

Turkey is a large producer of dry onions and garlic.

Potatoes

Turkey is a large potato producer, with the Central Anatolian plateau supplying most of the main crop.

Cabbage

White and red cabbage from Samsun, Konya and Marmara is exported in autumn and winter, mostly to neighbouring markets.

Cauliflower and Broccoli

Cauliflower and broccoli from the Marmara and Aegean regions supply fresh and frozen trade during the cooler months.

Lettuce and Spinach

Leafy greens are grown through the winter in the Aegean, Marmara and Mediterranean regions.

Green Beans and Peas

Turkey grows green beans in greenhouses and open fields, along with garden peas, for fresh export and a large frozen vegetable industry.

Hazelnuts

Turkey grows roughly two thirds of the world's hazelnuts along its Black Sea coast and supplies most of the global confectionery industry.

Corn (Maize)

Turkey grows maize for feed, starch and food use, mainly in the Çukurova plain and the Southeast.

Rice

Turkey produces paddy rice in Thrace and the Black Sea region, mostly medium-grain Baldo and Osmancık types.

Chickpeas

Turkey is a large chickpea producer, growing Kabuli-type chickpeas on the Central Anatolian plateau.

Export ports and loading points

We supervise loading at packhouses, factories, cold stores, bonded warehouses and port terminals.

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