Olive Harvest Festival Held in Havran
Balıkesir Metropolitan Mayor Ahmet Akın attended the olive harvest festival hosted by Havran Municipality. Guests were served olive oil extracted from a 1,000-year-old olive tree.
19 October 2026, 21:54 · Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyesi
This story was automatically translated from the Turkish original.
Balıkesir Metropolitan Mayor Ahmet Akın attended the olive harvest festival organized under the III. Edremit Olive Oil Tasting Festival (FestOlive 2026) in the hosting of Havran Municipality.
The event took place in Havran Municipality’s Olive Orchard. Olives harvested from a 1,000-year-old historic olive tree were immediately pressed into olive oil, which was served to guests.
Akın emphasized that the aim is to increase the value of local production and promote Edremit’s olive oil on the international stage. Attendees included AK Party Balıkesir MP Mustafa Canbey, Edremit District Governor Zafer Engin, mayors of Edremit and Havran, producers, and local residents.
