Olive growing in Kastamonu
Karadeniz region · 22 t of olives and 0 t of olive oil in 2025-26.
In the 2025-26 season Kastamonu harvested 22 tonnes of olives from 6.000 bearing trees — an average of 3.5 kg per tree. Of that crop 22 t went to the table and 0 t to pressing, yielding 0 tonnes of olive oil.
Where it stands
- 4 of 10 in the Karadeniz region — 2.5% of the region's crop, 0.0% of Turkey's
- 3.5 kg per tree — 6.2 kg below the regional average of 9.7 kg
- 100% of the crop goes to the table (regional average 69%) — table-oriented
Kastamonu Yağlık, and Gemlik arriving
Kastamonu has its own local variety, Kastamonu Yağlık. It is also listed among the provinces growing Gemlik, Marmara's principal table variety.
The pairing is telling: on one side an old regional oil variety left outside commercial cultivation; on the other an incoming table variety spreading nationwide. Two different histories of olive growing stand side by side in the same province.
Output is very small in scale and confined to sheltered valleys.
2025-26 season
| Bearing trees | 6.000 |
| Olives | 22 t |
| To the table | 22 t (%100) |
| For oil | 0 t |
| Olive oil | 0 t |
| Per tree | 3.5 kg |
Only the current season is published for this province; the multi-season series exists for İzmir, Aydın, Manisa, Muğla, Bursa and Çanakkale.
Varieties of the Karadeniz region
Varieties are recorded by region in the source, not by province.