Agricultural harvesting methods vary across Turkey

Agricultural practices in Turkey are showing a contrast between the preservation of traditional methods and the adoption of modern machinery.

In Hatay, residents of Şenköy in the Yayladağı district continue to use ancestral techniques to process karakılçık wheat. Following the July harvest, the wheat is washed and boiled in cauldrons over wood fires for approximately three hours. The grains are then spread on roofs, known as 'dam', to dry for one to three days before being milled into bulgur and stored in traditional 'ambar' houses for winter use.

In contrast, sunflower harvesting in the Yerköy district of Yozgat is undergoing a significant shift toward mechanization. Farmers report that using combine harvesters has reduced the time required for a 20-dekar harvest from 3.5 days of manual labor to just 2.5 to 3 hours. This transition to modern machinery is providing significant savings in both time and labor costs compared to older methods involving manual cutting or tractor-mounted threshers.