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Press release... "World Olive Day" arranged for the ninth time in our country was celebrated with activities organized by Çeşme (a district of Izmir province) Municipality. Mayor M. Ekrem Oran planting 100 olive tree saplings in Germiyan village, "The olive tree is the most important heritage that we will leave to our children," he said. Çeşme Municipality, which aims to make Çeşme the locomotive of the Aegean in terms of agriculture as well as tourism, celebrated the “World Olive Day" with a series of events. Mayor M. Ekrem Oran, Republican People's Party Çeşme District President Sait Kavasoğullar, Germiyan village headman Şadan Kaya, members of the municipal council participated in the celebrations along with local people. Nedim Ekmekçiler, from the Zeytindostu Association, presented a photo presentation of olive and olive oil from the antiquity to the present with poetry and music and Zeynep Aktürk also made a presentation of Correct Quality Pr...

Press release... Gum drops from Çeşme! (literally means fountain, a county of Izmir) Çeşme Municipality has ambitious targets for 'Gum Trees'. Gum harvest, grown only in Turkey and Chios island of Greece, arranged by Çeşme Municipality as to give the value of this unprecedented product that it deserves. After the opening speech, a gum tree producer İbrahim Topal and Çeşme Municipality Agriculture and Livestock Projects Officer Kazım Beyaz talked about the ‘Gum drops from Çeşme’ project. Afterwards Çeşme Mayor M. Ekrem Oran made a speech. In his speech, Mayor Oran stated: “We started the Gum Harvesting Project for the first time in Çeşme. We have gathered here together with our citizens and our farmers. First of all I'd like to tell you what kind of a product this Gum Tree is. Gum Tree is a tree devoted to human health. A tree that grows in a very limited area and produces very valuable products for human health. A tree offering products that have been used for...