Apricot trees in Malatya were damaged by agricultural frost.
In Elazığ, fruit trees, especially almond, grape and apricot, were affected by agricultural frost.
The air temperature dropped below zero in many districts of Manisa, especially Saruhanlı, Turgutlu, Salihli and Alaşehir, causing damage to vineyards and agricultural areas. Damage assessment work has begun on damaged vineyards in the Turgutlu Plain. Vineyards in the Menemen, Aliağa and Selçuk districts of İzmir and cherry trees in the Kemalpaşa district were affected by agricultural frost. Damage assessment work continues in the damaged areas in the region.
It was reported that almond, walnut, apricot, plum, grape and cherry trees produced in 74,439 areas in Uşak were severely damaged due to agricultural frost.
Damages occurred in apple, apricot and grape orchards in Pamukkale, Güney and Çal districts of Denizli due to cold weather.
In Niğde, one of Turkey's important apple production centers, apple orchards were damaged due to cold weather and agricultural frost.
Atilla Kaplan, President of the Niğde Apple Producers Association, said, "Last year's heat, and this year's cold on April 11th, is something we have not experienced very often. Last year, we fell to 350 thousand tons, this year we will fall below that. It looks like that. It was really extremely cold."
Bayram, who stated that production is carried out with 16 million apple trees in an area of approximately 250 thousand acres in Karaman, said, "We were in dialogue with the producers in the apple orchards until the morning. The producers tried to take precautions as much as they could. Fans were turned on in the orchards, tires and straw bales were burned. Irrigation was also done. Of course, these were not enough."
