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The 11th Ayval?k International Olive Harvest Days is an important platform where the future of olives and olive oil in Turkey is discussed. 

Actually, one day is never enough to learn from experts why production has fallen despite the fact that the number of olive trees has increased and how climate change has affected olive production. 

Turkey in 2014 exported $100 million worth of olives and $66 million worth of olive oil. For a country which has a centuries-old olive and olive oil tradition, these figures indeed cannot be considered adequate. 

Ayval?k International Olive Harvest Days is like a festival with its panels and concerts and was again not sponsored by ?zmir's Sevilen Wines this year, a firm which actually had been sponsoring the event for many years. 

Meanwhile, the ban on alcoholic beverage producers from sponsoring festivals as well as advertising and promotion has been in effect for two years. 

Recently we learned with a decision printed on the Official Gazette that New Year's baskets sold in supermarkets will be banned from including alcoholic drinks.  

The business of new wine producers who have invested significant amounts in vineyards as well as veteran wine producers is getting tougher because of taxes and new regulations. Exportation looks like a life saver. 

The data shared by the CEO of Mey ?çki, Galip Yorganc?o?lu, proves this. Mey ?çki was founded by the privatization of Tekel's alcoholic drinks section in 2004 and went under the umbrella of London-based Diageo in 2011. 

The company has a total of nine factories in Turkey providing a significant amount of employment in these areas. Its annual exportation is around $44 million. 

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