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Olive varieties, olive oil guide, harvest, storage and recipes from the Mediterranean kitchen.

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Olive Oil

The difference between extra virgin, virgin, refined and riviera; what acidity means, how cold pressing works and how to store oil.

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Table Olive Varieties

From Gemlik to Kalamata, Manzanilla to Castelvetrano: the world's best-known table olives and what each is good for.

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Stuffed Vine Leaves in Olive Oil

The head of the olive-oil dishes: rice filling rolled in vine leaves, cooked slowly with lemon and olive oil. Served cold.

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Why Is the Olive Branch a Symbol of Peace?

From the dove of the flood narrative to the emblem of the United Nations: how a tree branch has carried the same meaning for thousands of years.

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MARKET
Türkiye · Sızma 268,47 ₺ TL/kg · Edremit borsa tescili 03.09.2026 · TOBB
Türkiye · Yağlık zeytin 38,00 ₺ TL/kg · Edremit borsa tescili 26.06.2026 · TOBB
Türkiye · Siyah salamura 150,00 ₺ TL/kg · Edremit borsa tescili 03.09.2026 · TOBB
İspanya · Sızma 3,46 € ▼ %1,1 €/kg · haftalık üretici fiyatı 30.08.2026 · EC Agri-food
Jaén · Sızma 3,31 € ▼ %3,9 €/kg · haftalık üretici fiyatı 30.08.2026 · EC Agri-food
İtalya · Sızma 4,85 € ▼ %0,2 €/kg · haftalık üretici fiyatı 30.08.2026 · EC Agri-food
Bari · Sızma 4,55 € → %0,0 €/kg · haftalık üretici fiyatı 30.08.2026 · EC Agri-food
Euro / TL 56,2995 1 EUR karşılığı · ECB referans 04.09.2026 · ECB
Euro / Dolar 1,1622 1 EUR karşılığı · ECB referans 04.09.2026 · ECB
Dolar / TL 48,4422 çapraz kur · ECB kurlarından 04.09.2026 · ECB

Producer prices: European Commission Agri-food Data Portal (weekly). Exchange rates: European Central Bank (daily). Each figure carries its own date.

Analysis

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How to read olive oil exchange prices Article How to read olive oil exchange prices Three exchanges, three averages for the same product: 201, 254 and 308 lira. In Nazilli, trades from 132.79 to 225.00 in a single day. What an exchange price measures, and why date and volume matter more than the average. Türkiye leaves an off year as Tunisia enters one: opposite phase in the Mediterranean Article Türkiye leaves an off year as Tunisia enters one: opposite phase in the Mediterranean Türkiye's crop fell 35% in 2025-26, yet table olives rose and the drop was far from even: Aydın −8%, Bursa −50%. Tunisia is in the opposite phase, down 40% for 2026-27. The two countries sit in opposite halves of the cycle, and that shapes the bulk olive oil market. Solar panels above the grove: energy without cutting trees? Article Solar panels above the grove: energy without cutting trees? In Spain, 5,150 solar modules were raised four metres above a working olive grove without removing a single tree. The height is set not by the trees but by a harvester that opens to 3.5 metres. A University of Córdoba model puts joint output at 789 kg of oil and 891 MWh per hectare.

Olive

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The Olive: Tree, History, Production and Future Article The Olive: Tree, History, Production and Future The botany, history and uses of the olive tree; current production figures worldwide and in Turkey, provinces, varieties and the sector's future — with tables. The Olive Sector in Turkey: Structure, Exports and Challenges Article The Olive Sector in Turkey: Structure, Exports and Challenges Production, exports, business structure and price: the Turkish olive sector in figures, and where the chain breaks. Geographical Indication Olives and Olive Oils of Turkey Article Geographical Indication Olives and Olive Oils of Turkey Türkiye's registered olive and olive oil geographical indications: which product, which locality, under what conditions — and what registration means.

Olive Oil

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Olive Oil Fraud and Adulteration: How It Is Done and How It Is Caught Article Olive Oil Fraud and Adulteration: How It Is Done and How It Is Caught Seed oil blending, refined oil sold as extra virgin, soft deodorisation… The economics of fraud, the laboratory methods, and the home tests that do not work. How to Read an Olive Oil Label Article How to Read an Olive Oil Label Grade, harvest year, acidity, origin and bottling place: which statements on a label are binding and which are just marketing — with a quick checklist. Olive Oil Prices: Week 35 of 2026 Article Olive Oil Prices: Week 35 of 2026 Turkish exchange prices, European producer prices and exchange rates side by side: extra virgin at 300 TL/kg in Edremit, Spain's national average €3.52/kg.

History & Culture

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Where did olives come from? Origin and domestication Article Where did olives come from? Origin and domestication The olive was domesticated about 6,000 years ago in the Levant — but not at a single centre. Genetic work shows the cultivated olive kept mixing with the wild oleaster throughout its spread. Gemlik-Orhangazi Olive Festival, 10-13 September: what the registration says about the name Article Gemlik-Orhangazi Olive Festival, 10-13 September: what the registration says about the name Gemlik and Orhangazi are holding their olive festivals together for the first time, on 10-13 September 2026. Dropping “Gemlik Olive” from the name drew criticism. The registered area under record no 76 covers four districts: Gemlik, İznik, Orhangazi and Mudanya. The oil was a medicine: two thousand years of olive oil in medicine and folk practice Article The oil was a medicine: two thousand years of olive oil in medicine and folk practice For most of its history olive oil was not food but lamp fuel, soap, ointment and medicine. Rome's four grades are the ancestor of today's label — and much of what survives in folk medicine is two thousand years old.

Recipes

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Chard in Olive Oil Recipe Chard in Olive Oil Spinach's lesser-known relative: the stems and the leaves cook separately, and that separation defines the recipe. ⏱ 35 dakika Chickpeas in Olive Oil Recipe Chickpeas in Olive Oil The Mediterranean's meatless protein pairing in one pot: chickpeas and olive oil, with tomato and lemon, served cold. ⏱ 80 dakika Cauliflower in Olive Oil Recipe Cauliflower in Olive Oil Winter's cheapest vegetable meets olive oil: lemon keeps it white, and short cooking keeps the sulphur at bay. ⏱ 40 dakika

Health

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Olive leaf tea: how to make it and what the evidence says Article Olive leaf tea: how to make it and what the evidence says The leaf carries oleuropein and other phenolics. Blood pressure trials show a modest effect, but all used standardised extracts — tea is not the same thing. Steeping, drying and cautions. Olive oil and brain health: what a 92,000-person study and the randomised evidence say Article Olive oil and brain health: what a 92,000-person study and the randomised evidence say The headlines about olive oil and the brain are bold; the evidence is more measured. In a 92,383-person cohort followed for 28 years, more than 7 g a day was associated with a 28% lower risk of dementia-related death. The randomised PREDIMED trial points the same way. How many calories are in an olive? By piece, portion and variety Article How many calories are in an olive? By piece, portion and variety A single olive contains between 1 and 12 calories depending on variety. A table calculated from the measured fruit weight and flesh ratio of 29 varieties, portion equivalents and the calories in olive oil.

Plant Protection

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The olive pest calendar and intervention thresholds Article The olive pest calendar and intervention thresholds Month by month: which pest is at which stage, and when to count. Fly infestation thresholds, black scale shoot counts, and the three regional programmes for peacock spot. Herbicide-free weed management in olive groves: from cover crops to autonomous robots Article Herbicide-free weed management in olive groves: from cover crops to autonomous robots Managing weeds rather than eliminating them: cover crops, mulch, grazing, flame weeding and AI-assisted precision farming — five tools and a practical order for combining them. Weeds in the olive grove: bare soil is not the goal Article Weeds in the olive grove: bare soil is not the goal Johnson grass, Bermuda grass and fat hen. With perennials, ill-timed tillage spreads them while mowing stops the seed. Clean under the canopy, covered between rows.

Cultivation

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When to harvest olives: deciding with the maturity index Article When to harvest olives: deciding with the maturity index Harvest timing is set by the maturity index, not the calendar. The 0-7 colour scale, how to calculate it from 100 fruits, early versus late harvest compared, and ripening times by variety. Grafting Olives: Changing Cultivar and Improving Wild Trees Article Grafting Olives: Changing Cultivar and Improving Wild Trees When grafting is needed, taking scion wood, bud and cleft methods, topworking and aftercare. Fertilising Olives: From Soil Analysis to an Annual Programme Article Fertilising Olives: From Soil Analysis to an Annual Programme How to read a soil test, which nutrients olives need and when, fertigation and organic matter management.

Sector News

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"Not definitive until November": Andalusian growers push back on the crop estimate Article "Not definitive until November": Andalusian growers push back on the crop estimate Andalusia's agriculture ministry called its first crop estimate "high production"; cooperatives and COAG in Seville objected: recent heat will affect the crop and the estimate is not definitive until November. Türkiye is making its 2026-27 estimate in the field the same week — the same caution applies here. Tunisia's output falls from 500,000 to 300,000 tonnes — revenue may hold Article Tunisia's output falls from 500,000 to 300,000 tonnes — revenue may hold Tunisia's National Chamber of Olive Producers expects olive oil output to fall from 500,000 to 300,000 tonnes in 2026/27, citing alternate bearing. Revenue is still expected to match last season because prices are higher. Türkiye's most direct bulk competitor is shrinking. The UN names 2026 the Year of the Woman Farmer: in olives the labour is women's, the records are not Article The UN names 2026 the Year of the Woman Farmer: in olives the labour is women's, the records are not FAO reports that agrifood systems employ 36% of working women and 38% of working men; closing the gender gap would add 1% to global GDP (about $1 trillion) and improve food access for 45 million people. In olives, most harvest labour is women's — title deeds and decisions are not.

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