Turkey: Dried tomato export from Diyarbakir to Europe

Dried tomato export from Diyarbakır to Europe Europe's pizza sauce comes from Diyarbakır Tomatoes to be sent to European countries started to be dried DİYARBAKIR 150 tons of tomatoes produced for commercial purposes in Diyarbakir per day have begun to be dried for export to European countries. Diyarbakir's dried tomatoes are also used in pizza making in Italy. Tomatoes, which enter the world cuisine every year in the rural Topraktaş Neighborhood of Bağlar district, are dried and exported. Despite the fact that the air temperature in the city is above seasonal normals, the workers bring the tomatoes from the field and cut them one by one with knives to dry them. The cut tomatoes are then salted and kept under the sun for 6 days. Food Engineer İsmail Mürselim, who came to Diyarbakır from İzmir and cultivates tomatoes in Diyarbakır and Mardin regions, stated that they dried the tomatoes they produced and exported them to European countries. Mürselim stated that they have been doing ...