Malatya Kayısısı

Apricot orchards are a trademark of the Malatya province in Eastern Anatolia.

Being the world’s leading apricot producer, the province supplies fresh and dried apricots throughout the country, exporting a vast amount of its produce. Malatya apricots can thank their delicious taste to the fertile soil of the province, nourished from the lush Euphrates River. The apricots are sun-dried, without using sulphur in the process, and manufactured in family-run orchards still devoted to traditional methods.

Also, Malatya apricots are often marketed ground up into a marzipan-like paste and coated in chocolate. In order to promote the quality of apricots and to encourage local producers to meet each other and the interested buyers, the Malatya Apricot Festival has been held annually for almost 40 years now.