OLD OLIVE OIL PLANT
OLD OLIVE OIL PLANT
At the time of olive harvest, streets of Tirilye are full of odor of squeezed olive. Identified with its olive famous as far as in USA during Ottoman era, Tirilye boasts a historical olive oil plant that defies years. During Ottoman period, grand viziers asked ambassadors to submit a menu for the banquet for foreign embassies. Tirilye olive was the indispensable item on the menu of every ambassador… According to annals from 1906, “The principal products are olive, cocoon and home textile, particularly woven furnishings. Olive is sent to East Rumelia and Black Sea coasts, as well as near Alexandria.”
