AYVALIK, CAPITAL OF THE OLIVE OIL, A VERDANT OLIVE SEA...
AYVALIK... Olive/olive oil production has maintained its existence for many years in the Ayvalık region (a district of Balıkesir province) where it is the capital of olives and olive oil for centuries. You will see an olive tree all around and feel the smell of olives to whatever corner you go… Ayvalık seems like a verdant olive sea… Ayvalık is also a fast growing tourism centre which comes to the forefront with each passing day… In this respect it is becoming widely known not only within the borders of our country but also around the world. AYVALIK: CAPITAL OF THE OLIVE... The traditional product of the Mediterranean, olive, is the name of a millennium long culture… And the olive tree has a history of almost 40 thousand years. Anatolia comes to the fore as one of the most vital centres of the olive culture throughout history. In other words, Anatolia and particularly the Aegean coasts are the motherland of the olive… Turks started taking an interest in cultivating and prod...