▲ Turkey's most famous entertainment project in hot air ballooning
Turkey's English name is "Turkey", and the embarrassment is that if the initials are lowercase, it means "CHUN goods" and "turkey", so Turkey is also known as "turkey country".
Although purely coincidental, the Turks have been mindful of the name for many years. So in 2018, Turkey changed its English name to "Türkiye", Chinese meaning "homeland of the Turks". The root Türk has the meaning of "Turkic", which is in line with the identity of many Turks who consider themselves to be Turkic descendants. Nowadays, if you look at the local website in Turkey, or today's Turkish publication, the name on it is all "Türkiye".
▲ On many occasions the name of Turkey has been changed
Turkey's land area is about 780,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to twice the area of the mainland Yunnan (about 394,100 square kilometers), Gansu (about 425,900 square kilometers), and ten times the area of the mainland Chongqing (about 82,400 square kilometers), ranking 30th in the world. It is not small in size, but there are two kinds of fruit that produce the most in the world. Take a look at Turkey's two largest fruits in the world and what fruits can be eaten in Turkey throughout the year.
▲ Turkey's fruit market, which ones do you know?
■Pomegranates and citrus are the main Turkish winter
▲ Piles of pomegranates sold in Turkey
Like many places, turkey has many citrus fruits throughout the winter, and in addition to the common lemons, there are also the famous Mediterranean oranges and sweet Finik oranges, as well as bergamot oranges. In addition, strawberries and bananas are also distributed during this season.
However, the most representative fruits of Turkish winter are pomegranates and papayas.
▲ When the pomegranate season comes, it can be seen everywhere in the streets
Pomegranates have an important significance in Turkish culture, and are regarded locally as a symbol of "prosperity and abundance", and almost every household will be decorated with pomegranate motifs. It is also used to smash the ground at weddings in the hope of bringing good luck. Therefore, the local pomegranate has the reputation of "fruit queen".
▲ Turkish representative dessert made together with papaya and pomegranate
Another representative fruit of Turkey, papaya, is a dessert that can be eaten raw, "Ayva tatlısı", which is not only popular with locals, but also one of the foods that entertain guests.
■ The world's largest production of cherries is produced in the spring of Turkey
▲ The strange way to eat Turkish loquat
Spring Turkish fruits appear more monotonous, and with the exception of lemons that remain from winter, loquat, green almonds and plums are the mainstream of the season.
Among them, Turkish loquat has a peculiar way of eating - loquat roast meat. Skewer loquat with meat, or after the loquat has been removed from the core, stuffed with meat, added flavorings such as chili peppers, and grilled over a charcoal fire or in the oven. The sweet, sour and juicy taste of loquat not only combines the grease of the roasted meat, but also adds flavor to the roast meat.
▲ Piles of cherries sold in Turkey
The fruit of the Turkish spring, I have to say that the cherry! Because most of the cherries eaten in China come from Chile, some people will even mistakenly think that Chile is the country with the largest production of cherries in the world, but turkey is the country with the largest planting area and the largest output of cherries in the world.
In 2021, 83,447 hectares of cherries were planted in Turkey, with a yield of 664224 tonnes; Chile has a planted area of 38,392 hectares and a yield of 233929 tonnes. In comparison, Turkey produces almost 7 times as many cherries as Chile!
■Turkish summer dominated by stone fruits and melons
▲ Dried apricots from the land of apricots
Entering the summer in Turkey, a variety of stone fruits are on the market. Plums from the eastern region, apricots from the "land of apricots" in the province of Malatya, as well as apples and pears, all have the best taste at this time.
▲ Turks are sorting this melon
Of course, how can you get less melons in summer? The quality of Turkish melons is very high, and it is said that for more than 1,000 years, it also trekked to the mountains and rivers to export to the mainland. If at this time, you must try the delicious "Kırkağaç melon" from Manisa province in Turkey. It looks very similar to cantaloupe, with occasional green stripes on the peel and emerald white flesh, which is very sweet to eat.
In addition to the stone fruits and melons that can be eaten in Turkey in the summer, blackberries, dates, dates and raspberries can also be found in this season, and grapes and figs are also on the market.
■ Figs and grapes occupy the entire Turkish autumn
▲ Grapes from Canakkale
Summer fades away, and watermelons go down with them. Hawthorn, peaches, apples, dogwood cherries and turkey's important grapes and figs are then on the market.
The "Çavuş-Bozcaada grape" and "İzmir Sultaniye grape" from Canakkale are somewhat similar to the traditional varieties in China, with a small seed, but full of grape aromas. In addition to fresh food, making raisins is also one of the ways to eat grapes in Turkey.
▲Figs that are made into dessert
The figs, which are abundant in autumn, are known in Turkey as the "fruit of paradise" because they are mentioned in Islam. Moreover, the production of figs in Turkey ranks first in the world, with an annual output of 305,450 tons, which is double that of Egypt, which ranks second, which shows the important position of figs in Turkey. In Turkey, in addition to eating it raw, people also make it into dessert, or dried figs.
▲After the carob is ground, it looks like cocoa powder
If you're lucky, you'll also find a fruit called "goat's horn" (known on the mainland as carob) in Turkey at this time, which is generally roasted from seeds and tastes like "chocolate", but is sweeter and less bitter than cocoa beans. In addition, it was once weighted in the carat measurement unit of diamonds, "carat", which shows its original preciousness.
Epilogue:
▲ Turks are picking pomegranates
Although the "Turkish Culture Website" has made such a description of local fruits - "Turkey is one of the countries with the richest fruit production in the world", but looking at the various fruits produced in Turkey, almost all of them can be found in China, and the varieties are not very rich.
But the production of cherries ranks the highest in the world, which is indeed beyond the imagination of many people. Unfortunately, Turkey exported 894 tons of cherries to the country in the three-year period from 2017 to 2019 alone, a complete drop in comparison to Chile's 232,000 tons exported a year. Moreover, in 2020, the country will stop the import of Turkish cherries. Therefore, if you want to taste Turkish cherries, you have to go local.
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