The article highlights the start of the prune harvest season in Hatay, with the early crops being sold at 60 liras per kilogram. Hatay Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, Ergün Çolakoğlu, confirmed that the region's climate and geographical characteristics are ideal for growing plums. The province has around 10 thousand decares of plum area, with nearly 6 thousand decares in Samandağ. The expected harvest is over 10 thousand tons. Çolakoğlu urged farmers to continue producing high-yield crops.