Aydın Kestanesi

One of the most common Turkish fruits is definitely the chestnut from the fruitful Aydin province, grown for a thousand years in the high plains near the Buyuk Menderes river. Due to its high mineral and nutritional contents, these chestnuts are valuable as natural power food used to remedy mental and physical  exhaustion occurring in winter months. Aydin chestnut contains less fat than other shelled fruits, and it is a rich source of linoleic acid.

The origin of the chestnut is unknown, however there is a high probability that the Turkish region of Anatolia is in fact its homeland, and it is believed to have been spread from Anatolia through Greece to the rest of the Mediterranean.