The journey of olive oil from garden to table has begun in Mersin, Turkey

With the start of the olive harvest in Mut district, both the sale of table olives and the production of olive oil have begun. This year, olive prices start from 10 liras and find buyers up to 45 liras depending on the sieve number. Mut District Agriculture and Forestry Director Ekrem Bayır said, "There are 700 thousand acres of agricultural land in our district, 300 thousand acres of which are olive groves. There are approximately 12.5 million olive trees registered in the farmer registration system. We have 15 million olive trees in our district, including our unregistered olive trees." Bayır continued his words as follows: "Olive cultivation in our Mut district dates back centuries. The most obvious example of this is our 1,300-year-old monumental olive tree in our Haydar Neighborhood. Olives spread to the world via Mut from the Middle East. Our Mut olives and olive oil are sold domestically and abroad with the advantage of quality, natural, organic production with its climatic ...