Turkey: Mushroom abundance in the Istranca Forests

This year, there is a mushroom abundance in Istranca Forests, one of the important mushroom growing areas of TURKEY. Mushrooms, which are especially interested in collecting by women, are sold to export companies for 150 to 200 lira per kilo and exported to European countries, especially Italy, France and Germany. Istranca Forests, one of the important mushroom growing areas of Turkey, is experiencing its most fruitful year in recent years. This year, women in particular showed great interest in the mushroom season, which started in late September and early October. Mushroom pickers, who enter the forest early in the morning, work all day long with baskets in their hands, take the products they collect to companies and sell them for 150 to 200 lira per kilo. Necati Mert, who has been a mushroom wholesaler in Saray district of Tekirdağ for 23 years, said that the product is abundant and of high quality this year. Mert said, "This year, after the rains, very beautiful and abundant ...