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In the olive-growing region of the Mediterranean, Turkey grows its olives largely near the shores of the Aegean and Marmara seas as well as the southeast region of Anatolia. The most important region for olive growing is in the Aegean, which ranges from Canakkale to Mugla. In Turkey, about 400,000 families earn their living from olive production and around 8,000-10,000 people have additional earnings from this industry, highlighting the importance of this sector. In the Aegean region, about 80.5% of the country's olive production is realized, whereas 11.8% takes place in the Mediterranean and 6.1% takes place in the Marmara region. The largest olive producers in the world are Turkey, Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Tunisia, Syria, Morocco and Algeria.
In the 2000/2001 harvest season, it is estimated that the Aegean region will house about 64 million trees that bear fruit, 4 million that will not, and that each tree will yield about 18.5 kg of fruit, or 1 million individual olives. Of that harvest 225,000 tons will be consumed as olives, 950.000 tons will be set aside for oil production and this amount will likely yield 170,000 tons of olive oil. When other regions are included, olive oil production may amount to as much as 225,000 tons per year. |
OLIVE IN TURKEY 
Worldwide, there are approximately 10 million hectares where olive trees are grown. There are around 900 million trees, of which 98% are found in the countries of the Mediterranean, 90 million of which are in Turkey. In the harvest season of 2000-2001, the 80 million trees found in the Aegean region are expected to bear fruit, whereas 7 million will probably not.
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