The transformation of olives into oil has begun in Aydın.

In Aydın, a province in Turkey that plays a significant role in olive and olive oil production, the transformation of olives collected from orchards into oil in factories has begun. Despite the low harvest this year due to the "off year" for olives, the high oil content is bringing smiles. Aydın, which leads the provinces in meeting Turkey's need for table and oil olives with its 25 million olive trees, continues its olive harvest season. The lack of sufficient rainfall and the "off year" for olives due to the dry year led to a lower harvest compared to last year, but the high yield in olive oil is pleasing the producers. In the olive oil pressing factory in Dereağzı Village of İncirliova, feverish work continues, and the olives collected by the producers are being turned into oil and reaching tables. Nazmiye Filiz, who brought olives from her orchard to the factory with a tractor, said, "We have nearly five tons of olives in our field. Maybe it could be more. We started ...