The harvest of saffron, which is grown in Safranbolu district of Karabük, a place included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, continues, with the new product being sold from 600 thousand TL.
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The harvest of saffron, which is grown in Safranbolu district of Karabük, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and will be sold for 600 thousand TL per new product, is ongoing. The harvest of saffron, which has a 3,500-year history, is used in many areas such as food, medicine, and cosmetics, was traded in Western Anatolia during the Byzantine period, and maintained its importance during the Ottoman period, is ongoing. Known to be beneficial for diseases such as cancer, cough, asthma, bronchitis, skin, immunity, and hormone disorders, saffron bloomed early this year due to the cooling of the weather and rainfall. The flowers of the 'national plant', which has been registered with a geographical indication by the European Union, are carefully collected by workers. Only half a kilogram of product is obtained from 80 thousand saffron flowers that are collected and individually sorted. Saffron producer İsmail Yılmaz said the following about the harvest process: "We are currently in the ...