The scorching heat of Aydın, one of the hottest provinces of Turkey

The scorching heat of Aydın, one of the hottest provinces of Turkey, negatively affects life on the one hand, and also turns into the economy on the other. While the pine nuts harvested across the country should normally be dried and opened in ovens, industry representatives benefit from the heat of Aydın instead of the oven. With this method, the Aydın heat, which sometimes reaches up to 45 degrees, enables pine nuts, also called kunar nuts, to be processed under more economical conditions. In Aydın, producers who prefer the sun instead of ovens to dry the cones collected in the harvest of pine nuts, which is one of the important sources of income of the province after figs, olives, cotton and chestnuts, are turning the heat of Aydın into economy. Businesses that manage to turn the heat, which reaches 45 degrees, especially in the summer months, into an opportunity, transport the pine nut cones harvested throughout the country to Aydın and dry them there. Pine nut cones brought ...