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A hand of ripe yellow bananas and one loose unpeeled banana on a blue-rimmed cream plate.

Alanya Bananas

Aromatic Dwarf Cavendish bananas from Alanya.

Dark brown carob pods on a blue-and-white platter, with a broken pod and loose seeds.

Alanya Carob

Naturally sweet, dark brown carob pods from Alanya.

Fresh green olives in a shallow cream dish and on pale stone beside an olive branch.

Antalya Tavşan Yüreği Olives

Antalya’s firm, heart-shaped green-olive variety.

Whole brown chestnuts in a cream plate and on a wooden table.

Chestnuts

Fresh, shell-on edible chestnuts.

Whole pitted black olives and sliced olive rings on a cream dish.

Cured Black Olives

Cured black olives, whole or pitted.

Small dark, wrinkled dried currants piled in a clear fluted glass bowl.

Currants (dried)

Tiny seedless dried grapes that add sweetness to pilafs and rice fillings.

Whole oranges and a seedless cut half in and beside a woven basket on pale stone.

Finike Oranges

Sweet, seedless Washington Navel oranges from Finike.

Pink-blushed pomegranates and opened halves showing red arils on a floral-rimmed platter

İnhisar pomegranate

Thin-skinned, large-ariled pomegranates associated with İnhisar’s deve dişi crop.

Whole yellow lemons and a juicy cut half beside a ceramic bowl

Lemon

Fresh yellow lemons, whose juice and zest serve different kitchen uses.

Cloudy pale yellow lemon juice in a glass beside a cut lemon

Lemon juice

Freshly squeezed lemon juice that balances tahini dressing and seasons dishes.

Two whole ripe oranges with naturally dimpled peel on a pale platter by the sea.

Orange

Fresh sweet orange, used for its flesh, juice or zest.

Yellow quinces in a linen-lined basket with one whole fruit beside it

Osmaneli quince

Aromatic yellow quince from Osmaneli, also used in the district’s quince lokum.

Ruby-red pomegranate arils with irregular translucent surfaces in a small clear glass bowl on a coastal table.

Pomegranate arils

Fresh pomegranate seeds in their juicy coating, freed from rind and membranes.

Frosted deep red pitted sour cherries in a clear glass bowl.

Sour cherries (frozen)

Pitted, unsweetened frozen sour cherries that bring tartness and color to compote.

A brown fibrous block of tamarind pulp with glossy dark seeds on a cream dish.

Tamarind pulp

Sticky, tangy shelled tamarind pulp with seeds, strained to make a drink.