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The traditional harvesting of Yamalak olive, the pearl of the Aegean region, which takes its name from the land it grows has been completed. Producers are waiting for support to introduce olives to the world.

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ISTANBUL (TR) - The traditional harvesting process of Yamalak olive, which takes its name from the land it grows, has come to an end. The harvest of Yamalak Sarısı olive, which was the earliest growing in the northern hemisphere and took its name from the Yamalak District of Aydın's Kuyucak District, which started on September 15, ended as of October 15. The people of Yamalak came to the fore to witness the value Yamalak Sarısı deserves, one of the best green pickled olives.

Mustafa Kemal Cetinel, the head of the Yamalak neighborhood, who said that they are working hard to announce the Yamalak olive, said: “Our olive, which was first harvested in the Northern region, is one of the best olives in Turkey. Although it is a trademark registered as Yamalak Sarısı, it is enough to this day-we think that it has not yet found the value it deserves because it is not recognized worldwide. However, our olive, which is excellent table olive, is also very high quality in oil production. For this reason, we strongly recommend patchy olive products to consumers.".

"We are waiting for the olive business owners to our town"

Fikret Onursal, one of the producers of Yamalak, stated that his olives were registered by the İzmir-Bornova Olive Research Institute under the Yamalak Sarısı brand and said, “Yamalak Sarısı can be used on the table. At the same time, oil can be produced. Although it tastes very good, our olive has not been sufficiently advertised until today. We are waiting for the olive processors to our town in the coming periods in order to ensure that Yamalak olives, one of the most valuable olives of the world, take place on all tables and to further increase the brand value. ".

"Prayer at the beginning of the harvest"

İmam Hatib of Yamalak’s Cami Yunus Yildiz, remembers that when he first came to the region, first witnessed the fig harvest, and then the olive harvest, “when the harvest began, I noticed that farmers started by committing a prayer for fig and olive. This action, which reminds me of Surah Tin in the Qur'an, makes me emotional every time I read the Surah. Before we came here, we didn't know what the olive we bought was. After getting to know the Yamalak Sarısı olive, I go to the olive groves more consciously. Now I prefer only Yamalak Sarısı olive.".

Both table and oil olives

The famous olive Yamalak Sarısı, which grows in the Kuyucak center, Pamukören, Horsunlu, Kurtuluş Districts and Buharkent, especially in the Yamalak District of Aydın's Kuyucak District, is also used for olive oil.