Turkey: The neighborhood has turned into an open-air factory for dried persimmons

The neighborhood has turned into an open-air factory... The dried fruit of this fruit is 10 times more expensive than its age. In the Kozan district of Adana, the persimmon, which was sold for 15 TL per kilo and found buyers for 150 TL after drying, became a source of income for a neighborhood. ADANA - The date of paradise, whose age is 15 TL and 150 TL per dried, has become a source of income for a neighborhood in Kozan district of Adana. The production of dried persimmon, which was started by a citizen named Hamza Kılıçkaya by hanging it on a clothesline on his balcony of about 10 square meters 6 years ago, has transformed the neighborhood into an open-air factory with the work of 100 women daily. The persimmon, which is grown by citizens in Kozan's Ağlıboğaz District and consumed mostly as fresh, has become one of the indispensable tastes of the tables after drying. The production of dried persimmon, which Hamza Kılıçkaya started with 300 kilograms on the balcony of his house 6 ...