World olive tree day was bitter in Manisa.

World Olive Tree Day, declared by UNESCO in 2019 and celebrated every year on November 26, was somberly observed in Manisa, Turkey, the province with the highest number of olive trees. Speaking in front of the monumental olive tree in Bakır Mahallesi of Kırkağaç, Emin Özarı, President of the Kırkağaç Chamber of Agriculture, pointed out that producers had experienced the 2025 season with significant losses. Özarı noted that the agricultural frost disaster in April caused serious damage to vineyards and hundreds of hectares of olive groves, stating, "Newly opened buds and flowers were damaged by the frost. Subsequently, due to the extreme heat and drought, the already scarce olives fell. The 2025 harvest yield fell to the lowest level in the last 20 years." Expressing that after the damage, the producer had hoped for high prices to at least cover the rising costs, Özarı said that they were faced with monopolistic capital imposing low prices. He said, "Purchase prices, which started ...