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Emine Erdoğan visits Türkiye’s National Botanical Garden

From Hürriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Emine Erdoğan visited Türkiye’s National Botanical Garden in Ankara, where officials briefed her on its facilities.
  • The garden grows 24 types of vegetables and fruit from heirloom seeds and includes a museum, a soilless farming greenhouse and plant production facilities.
  • Erdoğan collected tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, melon, beans and corn during the visit and praised the garden’s role in preserving Anatolia’s plant diversity.

Emine Erdoğan visited Türkiye’s National Botanical Garden in Ankara, a center where heirloom vegetables and fruit are grown alongside examples of soilless farming.

The site also houses the Agricultural Biodiversity Museum, which holds special museum status. Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı, Deputy Minister Ahmet Bağcı and other officials welcomed Erdoğan and briefed her during the visit.

Türkiye’s living plant memory

· Emine ErdoğanErdoğan’s description of the National Botanical Garden in a social media post.

In a social media post, Erdoğan called the garden “Türkiye’s living plant memory.” She said rare and endemic species from across the country were being brought together there, while Anatolia’s flora was being protected and documented through scientific work.

The garden includes a local seed heritage garden, an ornamental plant production center, a soilless farming greenhouse and the Agricultural Biodiversity Museum. Erdoğan walked through an area containing 24 vegetables and fruit grown from heirloom seeds, collecting tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, şamama melons, beans and corn in a basket. “We have completed today’s harvest,” she said.

We have completed today’s harvest

· Emine ErdoğanShe spoke while collecting produce grown from heirloom seeds in the garden.
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