In Kaş district of Antalya, Osman Akın produces liquid tar with the traditional method from dried cedar roots collected by forest permission. Akin, which obtains 300 liters per year, sells its tar from 1000 lira per kilo. Tar is traditionally used against such problems as parasites and scabies in animals.
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Osman Akın, who lives in Kaş district of Antalya, produces liquid tar from dried cedar roots using traditional methods he learned from his ancestors. The approximately 300 liters of tar obtained during the summer months sells for 1000 Turkish lira per kilogram.
In Kaş district of Antalya, Osman Akın produces liquid tar with the traditional method from dried cedar roots collected by forest permission. Akin, which obtains 300 liters per year, sells its tar from 1000 lira per kilo. Tar is traditionally used against such problems as parasites and scabies in animals.