Yağ Çelebi olive: characteristics, oil content and growing areas
Despite the name, its 21% oil puts it low on the list; its large fruit also serves the table.
Despite the "yağ" (oil) in its name, Yağ Çelebi is not among the high-oil varieties on the list, at 21%. It grows around Gaziantep and its large fruit also serves the table.
Yağ Çelebi in numbers
| Oil content | 21% |
| Fruits per kilo | 230 |
| Flesh ratio | 85% |
| Use | Oil and table |
| Main areas | Gaziantep |
Source: Efe, Soykan, Cürebal and Sönmez (2016), Zeytin Kitabı. Fields the source leaves blank are shown as "—"; nothing has been estimated.
Where does it sit among the 17?
| Oil content | 12. of 17 |
| Fruit size (largest first) | 5. of 14 |
| Flesh ratio | 10. of 14 |
Ranking is computed from the measured values in the same source; varieties the source leaves blank are excluded from that column.
In short
Yağ Çelebi is a dual-purpose Gaziantep variety at 21% oil and 85% flesh, with large fruit at 230 per kilo. The mismatch between its name and its numbers is a reminder that olive variety names usually come from local usage, not from laboratory measurement.
Variety-specific phenology and pollination data are absent from the official sources we hold.
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