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64 tobaccoasia Issue 5, 2023 September / October Main Tobacco Varieties Commercially Grown in Turkey Source: Alliance One Tobacco Turkey Variety Izmir Samsun Basma Prilep Talgar Yayladağ Virginia Burley Type oriental semi-oriental sun-cured air-cured Characteristics very aromatic, low nicotine strongly aromatic, medium to high nicotine aromatic, medium nicotine aromatic, medium to low nicotine aromatic, medium to low nicotine low to medium nicotine, used as filler medium nicotine, used as filler Mostly used for… export-grade cigarettes, NGPs domestic cigarettes Jonathan Wertheimer neverthe- less expressed his hopes that conditions should improve overall once the larger economic shocks of abundant post-Co- vid liquidity and the war in Ukraine get resolved. In any case, Wertheimer said he wouldn't use the word "crisis" to de- scribe the current condition of Turkey's tobacco market. "Like all tobacco farm- ers worldwide, Turkish growers are not immune to the broader economic con- text." Yiğit Tüncel even asserted that "the Turkish tobacco growing sector is solid, even if along with the rest of the world it has been affected by Covid-19, high inflation and political conflicts such as the Russia-Ukraine war." "But at the same time," Tüncel explained, "it is im- portant to point out that Turkish tobacco farmers perform very well in terms of ESG, which only adds to the market's solidity and attractiveness." And while according to Selim Jimi Turkish tobacco exports to North America declined by some degree, exports to East and South- east Asia have actually picked up strongly due to the Turkish currency devaluation coupled with expanded import regimes in those regions. In other words, the patient seems on the best way to recovery. The modern operations center of AOTT. Credit: Alliance One Tobacco Turkey Oriental tobacco field. Selim Jimi, Alliance One country manager in Turkey. Credit: Alliance One Tobacco Turkey Credit: Alliance One Tobacco Turkey