The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has registered the tea produced in the Black Sea province of Rize as a “geographically indicated product” after 98 years from its first production in 1924.

Workers from African countries filled the void to pick tea in the Black Sea province of Rize after nationals of Georgia and Azerbaijan could not come to Turkey as the borders were closed in line with ...

Tea producers in Turkey’s northeastern province of Rize are continuing to harvest tea well into December, a rare occurrence attributed to above-average temperatures. Typically, the tea harvest in the ...

Turkish tea farming was for decades a government-supported endeavor. Now, the private sector is moving in, as free-market policies instituted by Turkey's governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) ...

Mehmet Gürkan, the Chair of Fındıklı Organic Fruit Producers’ Union, has spoken to bianet about the problems of tea producers in the Black Sea region of Turkey, especially amid novel coronavirus ...

Rize Tea Research and Application Centre Project has kicked off to increase the competitiveness, productivity and quality of tea production sector and to carry the Turkish tea to the global markets. A ...

A world away from the country’s beach resorts is a mountainous region of dense forests, hilltop villages and hairpin bends – perfect to explore by car A rainy part of the world where locals’ ...

Atop a terrifyingly steep mountain in northeastern Turkey, the village of Haremtepe resembles an island surrounded by a vast ocean of green: verdant, bushy rows of tea plantations continue as far as ...