"Yapamazsın" diyenlere inat yetiştirdiği safran ve salebi evinde tüketiyor Translation: Despite those who say "You can't," he cultivates saffron and licorice at home and consumes them.

In the Yüksekova district of Hakkari, 20-year veteran farmer Kerim Erişmiş is enjoying the fruits of his labor as he produces some of the world's most expensive plants, saffron and salep, defying those who said, "It won't grow here, you won't succeed." Generally growing wild on high-altitude mountain slopes, salep and saffron, known for its climate selectivity, have found life this time in the vast plains of Yüksekova. The 52-year-old experienced farmer Kerim Erişmiş ignored the advice from his surroundings two years ago, who said, "Don't bother, these products won't work in this climate, you won't succeed," and turned his field into an innovation center. The trial process, where Erişmiş patiently blended his 20 years of farming experience, recently yielded tremendous results. Having successfully completed his first harvest, Erişmiş now steeps the saffron he picked with his own hands and cooks his salep. Kerim Erişmiş said, "I believed in the strength of my soil. I persisted and ...