The vast area of Turkey and its climate have made it home to many farms, which has made it a country that is an exporter of many agricultural products, fruits, roses, etc., and today we are talking about one of the fruits that Turkey has occupied an advanced seat in its production and achieved great financial resources from it.
The European countries represent the first and most importing market for hazelnuts from Turkey, where the proportion of hazelnuts in Turkey that were exported to Europe amounted to more than 75% of Turkey’s total hazelnut exports, which can be estimated at about 144 thousand tons.
Turkish hazelnuts contribute to raising the value and quantity of Turkish exports, which serves the plans for the development of the Turkish economy. Turkey has been busy for a long time in paying attention to hazelnuts and seeking to increase its exports from it. indeed, Turkey’s exports of hazelnuts have increased significantly and it is expected that the coming seasons of hazelnuts in Turkey will witness a rise of up to two billion US dollars, and this is related to several factors:
The first is the Turkish government’s interest in benefiting as much as possible from being one of the most famous countries that grows and produces hazelnuts and exports them as well, as economic studies indicate that three quarters of the hazelnuts exported around the world are from Turkey.
Second: the fact that hazelnuts in Turkey are a source of income for many families, whether farmers or workers in the pound, or beneficiaries of it through its sale and export, therefore everyone seeks to increase the productivity of hazelnuts.
Third: the many benefits of hazelnuts push the world to increase its import, so the more turkey increases its production, the share allocated for export implicitly increases, and as long as the export market is open to absorb larger quantities, Turkey will inevitably benefit as the largest exporter of hazelnuts around the world.
The state of Urdu, the state of nuts in Turkey
The Turkish state of Ordu overlooks the Black Sea and is the eastern gateway to the Black Sea on the north-eastern side of Turkey, as well as Ordu is one of the charming and charming Turkish cities by its Nature, Climate, atmosphere, the impression of its people, their customs and traditions, and it is also an important tourist city.
Hazelnuts in Urdu are the main sources of income for the children of the state and are the main source of income for rural families there, and hazelnut trees are widely spread in the state of Urdu and many people like to call the state “hazelnut state”, as well as the people of Urdu call hazelnuts green gold or Urdu oil.
The state of Ordu is the most nut-producing city, not only in Turkey but in the world, where the annual production of nuts in Ordu is about 600 thousand tons, and it is noteworthy that many chocolate factories around the world rely on nuts in Turkey and from Ordu in particular for the production of chocolate, and many international companies import nuts from Ordu for this purpose, and even the company “Sagra”, the owner of the international brand in chocolate production, has built its largest factory near Ordu his sources.
On a related side, Turkish hazelnuts in the state of Ordu are one of the most famous gifts that the Turkish people in this state give to their guests and foreign tourists, as the Turks in Ordu are proud of being distinguished by producing hazelnuts and exporting them to other countries, and consider it part of their lives, Customs and traditions.
A special atmosphere about the hazelnut harvesting season in Turkey
The harvesting of hazelnuts in Turkey, especially in the state of Ordu “hazelnut state”, has a special atmosphere in the harvest season, where a schedule is set by the Ministry of Commerce in Turkey in order to start the harvest season, and usually first begins harvesting hazelnuts from the coastal areas in the Ordu east of the Black Sea.
In the coastal and nearby areas on the Black Sea coast in Ordu, hazelnut harvesting often begins in late July every year, while in the central regions it starts less than 10 days after the date of the beginning of the harvest season in the coast, i.e. approximately in the first week of August, while the hazelnut harvesting season in mountainous and high-altitude areas begins in mid-August.
Many Turkish families and even foreign workers work in nut harvesting, and nut harvesting seasons are often seasons of joy and pleasure, and the residents of Urdu have well-known folk songs that they sing during harvesting to pass the time and amuse themselves, and to encourage work and activity.