TARİŞ RAISINS AGRICULTURAL SALES COOPERATIVES UNION; A GLOBAL ENTERPRISE...
TARİŞ is the common name of four-Cooperative Unions, the roots of which extend back to 1910's, first for the products of figs and raisins and then for cotton and olive oil. The word "TARİŞ" consists of the initial syllables of the banks Agricultural Bank (Ziraat Bankası) and İş Bankası which supported TARİŞ Figs, Raisins, Cotton and Oil Seeds, Olive and Olive Oil Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union, each having a legal personality at the incorporation stage. TARİŞ presently continues to make a common roof sheltering four different producer organizations under which 106 cooperatives are associated and 100.000 producers partners are organized in 7 provinces of Aegean Region. Tariş Sultana Raisins Union was founded through Vine Grower Cooperatives, which were the first established in Alaşehir in 1931 and then in Manisa, Turgutlu and Salihli with the purpose of stopping the drop of sultanas prices resulting from the effect of Global Economic Crisis. In 1938, Vi...