They transform the pine cones they collect into a treasure trove of remedies by boiling them for hours in a hot fire.

In the İbradı district of Antalya, in the Toros Mountains, syrup is made from cones collected from andız trees. Known as a remedy for all ailments, the syrup is sold for 500 TL per kilogram. In the İbradı and Akseki districts of Antalya, at an altitude of one thousand five hundred meters, andız cones collected from the mountains provide a livelihood for those living in the surrounding neighborhoods. In Ürünlü Village, every year in the first weeks of September, citizens collect the cones of the Andız Tree, which are abundant in the higher parts of the Toros Mountains and begin to ripen and fall to the ground, and store them in sacks in their homes. After the collection is finished, syrup production begins in November and December. The juniper cones, collected with great difficulty from the steep slopes of the Toros Mountains, undergo a process carried out by the villagers in a cooperative manner, turning into a health-boosting syrup. The andız syrup, made entirely by natural ...