Olive growing in Trabzon
Karadeniz region · 98 t of olives and 0 t of olive oil in 2025-26.
In the 2025-26 season Trabzon harvested 98 tonnes of olives from 36.000 bearing trees — an average of 2.7 kg per tree. Of that crop 98 t went to the table and 0 t to pressing, yielding 0 tonnes of olive oil.
Where it stands
- 2 of 10 in the Karadeniz region — 11.3% of the region's crop, 0.0% of Turkey's
- 2.7 kg per tree — 7.0 kg below the regional average of 9.7 kg
- 100% of the crop goes to the table (regional average 69%) — table-oriented
Home to three local varieties
Trabzon's olive output is very small, yet the province has varieties bearing its own name: İstrangili, Marantelli and Trabzon Yağlık. Pastos, which it shares with Zonguldak, also grows here.
Along the Black Sea, olive growing is confined to narrow coastal strips and valleys sheltered from northerly winds with a Mediterranean microclimate, and is largely table production for household consumption. Trabzon falls squarely within that description.
The province matters not for its tonnage but for its genetic diversity: these local varieties, left outside commercial olive growing, form the little-known wing of the national variety pool.
2025-26 season
| Bearing trees | 36.000 |
| Olives | 98 t |
| To the table | 98 t (%100) |
| For oil | 0 t |
| Olive oil | 0 t |
| Per tree | 2.7 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.