The Turkish flower sector has sent 65 million cut flowers to 24 countries for Valentine’s Day, a traditionally busy period for cultivators.
The atmosphere is hectic at greenhouses in the southern Mediterranean city of Antalya, the flower production hub of the country, in the runup to Feb. 14.
Sector employees have been arriving at work in the early hours of the morning to gather mostly red flowers, particularly carnations, from the greenhouses to prepare for people’s loved ones around the world.
The frenzied work continues at the greenhouses where the final shipments are being prepared ahead of the big day.
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