The biggest agricultural frost event in Turkey's history! The crops have melted, provinces are sounding the alarm one by one.

12.04.2025 17:01

Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı stated, "In the last 3 days, where temperatures have dropped to -15 degrees in some places, the lowest temperature values of the last 30 years have been recorded in certain regions. As a result of these adverse weather conditions, unfortunately, we have experienced one of the largest agricultural frost events in our history, following the major agricultural frost event in 2014." Here are the losses experienced in the fields, province by province...

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After the cold weather and snowfall that has been effective across the country, the agricultural frost has hit the agricultural sector.

On April 10-11-12, due to sudden drops in air temperatures, Turkey faced events such as frost, snowfall, and hail. In a statement regarding the situation, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı said, "In the last 3 days, where the temperature dropped to -15 degrees in some places, the lowest temperature values of the last 30 years were recorded in some regions. As a result of these adverse weather conditions, unfortunately, we experienced one of the largest agricultural frost events in our history after the major agricultural frost event in 2014."

"WE STAND BY OUR PRODUCERS"

Wishing all producers a speedy recovery, Minister Yumaklı stated, "As a Ministry, we have been on the ground 24/7 for days to minimize the adverse effects. All our teams are continuing their assessment work. Our producers affected by frost and hail can report damage to our Agriculture and Forestry provincial/district directorates, and our insured producers can report damage to the ALO TARSİM 172 hotline and their agents."

"WE LOST ALL OF THE APRICOT CROP"

In Malatya, which accounts for 85% of the world's dried apricot production, the agricultural frost that followed the snowfall in the evening hours hit the apricot, which is the backbone of the city's economy. Ramazan Özcan, the President of the Malatya Commodity Exchange (MTB), stated, "We conducted inspections in the apricot orchards affected by the agricultural frost that occurred after the snowfall that started last night. The situation we observed is very dire. We have lost all of the apricot crop from which we earn over 500 million dollars annually."

FROST AFFECTED 16 MILLION APPLE TREES

In Karaman, millions of apple trees that were in bloom were also affected by frost. The apple trees in the orchards that were irrigated against frost were completely frozen. With over 16 million trees, Karaman ranks first in Turkey, and it is also second in apple production with an annual output of 500 thousand tons.

FROST AFFECTED APRICOT, WALNUT, AND ALMOND TREES

In the Keban district of Elazığ, apricot, walnut, and almond trees suffered significant damage due to frost formed after heavy snowfall. Producers stated that they have already lost a large part of this year's crop.

"WE DON'T HAVE A SINGLE SURVIVING WALNUT TREE"

In Oğuzlar district of Çorum, which is one of the important walnut production centers in Turkey, walnut trees were damaged due to snowfall and frost. Oğuzlar Walnut Producers Agricultural Union President Oğuz Hantal stated, "We do not have a single surviving walnut tree. Our district, which relies on walnuts for its livelihood, has suffered complete damage this year."