Durak Hazelnuts Board Member Mr. Kadir Durak answered Murat Gürsoy’s questions on the Black Sea Economy program. At the beginning of the program, Mr. Durak emphasized the efforts of farmers with the statement “Without farmers, we do not exist, we exist together with farmers” and celebrated May 14 World Farmers Day and thanked all farmers.

Within the scope of the fight against the brown skunk (Halyomorpha halys) pest, which seriously threatens productivity in hazelnut farming, pheromone traps were set up in cooperation with the Durak Hazelnut Sustainability Team and İkizce District Agriculture and Forestry Directorate.

May is a very critical period in terms of seasonal maintenance and yield-enhancing applications in hazelnut farming.

As the Durak Hazelnut Sustainability Team, we continue our internal auditing activities for our producers in a planned manner.

Durak Hazelnut Sustainability Team, as every year, conducted field visits to hazelnut greengrocers operating in the Western Black Sea region between April 22-25.

Within the scope of field visits carried out in the Western Black Sea region, the working environments, product storage areas and occupational health and safety practices of greengrocers operating in the region were examined on-site.

On April 16, 2025, personnel from the Sakarya Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry visited our Durak Hazelnut Integrated Facility located in the Western Black Sea region.

In hazelnut farming, April is an important month when spring begins and vegetative activities accelerate. Applications to be made during this period directly affect the yield.

March is a period when important maintenance operations are carried out in hazelnut gardens. Spring has now begun and while the trees are preparing for the new growth period, the applications made will have a direct impact on the yield and product quality of the next season.

One of the leading leaders of the Turkish hazelnut sector, Durak Hazelnut Industry and Trade Inc., has once again taken its place on the Black Sea Economy agenda.

As Durak Hazelnut Sustainability Team, we wholeheartedly support our producers to produce consciously and sustainably.

As Durak Hazelnuts, the ‘Every Child is a World’ program that we have been running since 2018 continues to grow and strengthen by reaching larger audiences today.

Within the scope of the Every Child is a World Program, we visited the schools that our children who attended our summer school attended in the cities they live in to closely follow their education processes.

As Durak Hazelnuts, we visited an orphanage financed by a local NGO where Syrian and orphan children affected by war and difficult living conditions are accommodated and educated.

As the field team of the Every Child is a World Program, we visited Şanlıurfa Eyyübiye District Governor Mustafa Hamit Kıyıcı in his office in order to share the problems of seasonal agricultural worker children continuing their education and the obstacles they face.

As Durak Fındık, we visited our students who attended our summer school as part of the Every Child is a World program at their homes.