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Since It Was More Valuable than Gold, He Gave up His Trade and Started Farming! It's only Harvested at the First Light of dawn...

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After working as a tradesman for many years in Yüksekova district of Hakkari, he quit his profession and started cultivating saffron, which has a price ranging from 900 thousand to 1 million lira per kilogram.

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After working as a tradesman for many years in Yüksekova district of Hakkari, he quit his profession and started cultivating saffron, which has a price ranging from 900 thousand to 1 million lira per kilogram.

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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A 53-year-old producer living in Yüksekova district of Hakkari, started saffron cultivation on the advice of his nephew and expanded his production area from 200 square meters to 2 acres. The product, which can reach up to 950 thousand Turkish lira per kilogram, attracts attention with its high value.

·Türkiye
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Kerim Erişmiş, who turned to agriculture after working as a tradesman for many years in the Yüksekova district of Hakkari, has started harvesting saffron, which sells for between 900,000 and 1 million Turkish lira per kilogram. Having started with 20 kilograms of bulbs last year, and increasing his production to 70 kilograms with the help of his children, Erişmiş stated that the saffron he cultivates on a 2-acre plot with the support of the Mini…

Kerim Erişmiş, who worked as a tradesman for many years in Yüksekova district of Hakkari, quit his job on the advice of his nephew. With the onion subsidies he received, he started growing saffron in a 200 square meter area and expanded his cultivation area tenfold within two years. Stating that he does every stage of production by hand, Erişmiş sells a kilogram of saffron for 950,000 TL.

Kerim Erişmiş, a 53-year-old resident of Yüksekova district in Hakkari, quit his grocery store business two years ago and started saffron production on the advice of his nephew. Initially cultivating saffron, which sells for 900-950 thousand TL per kilogram, in a 200 square meter area, Erişmiş has expanded his production area to 2 acres. Stating that they harvest 200-300 grams of saffron per acre, Erişmiş said, "I will help anyone who wants to d…

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Sözcü broke the news in Türkiye on Monday, October 26, 2026.
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