It’s harvest season in Turkey, six months after massive earthquakes hit southeastern Turkey. It’s a major agricultural region, known as the Turkish Fertile Crescent. Now, seasons have passed, but the land and people remain deeply traumatized. Even efforts to clear away rubble and rebuild have created environmental concerns, leaving many survivors fearing not only the end of their farming and food traditions, but also their communities’ futures.

In this episode: 

• Anna Maria Beylunioğlu (@annabeylunioglu), food studies lecturer and chef
• Ayşegül Selışık (@aselisik), UN Food and Agriculture Organization Assistant Representative in Turkey
• Gonca Tokyol (@goncatokyol), freelance journalist

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Miranda Lin and our host Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan and Zaina Badr fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera AlDosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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