Hazelnut

Archaeological excavations continue in the sacred Hittites city of Nerik, located in the northern province of Samsun's Vezirköprü village, where 3,000-year-old hazelnut shells and wooden pieces cut with bronze tools have been discovered.

Climate change and invasive species are threatening production in Türkiye's agriculture sector, posing risks especially to cash crops, such as olive, hazelnut and pistachio.

The latest numbers from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed that the country's citrus production increased, while there was a steep decline in olive, hazelnut, pistachio and cotton production.

The recent discovery unearthed by archeologists in Germany is a blackened hazelnut-and-almond cake destroyed by WWII bombings

A new museum is set to open its doors in the Black Sea province of Ordu, the motherland of hazelnut.

The historic three-story Kahraman Sağra Mansion was recently restored with the initiatives of the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry to become the "Museum of the Story of Hazelnut."

Turkish hazelnut exports hit a record high level this September-October, the head of the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters' Association announced.

Turkey's hazelnut exports jumped 75% in the first month of the season -- September -- vice president of the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters' Union said.

Turkey sold over 189,000 tons of hazelnuts abroad in the first seven months of the export season, the Black Sea Exporters Association said on April 4.

Turkey sold some 167,700 tons of hazelnuts abroad in the first six months of the export season, the Black Sea Exporters Association said on March 4.

Turkey sold nearly 287,000 tons of hazelnuts abroad during export season, making $1.78 billion in revenue, a national union of exporters said on Sept. 3. 

Tonnes of hazelnuts have washed ashore in the northern Turkish province of Ordu, days after they formed islets off the town following flash floods. Click through for the story in photos...