Food and Agriculture

Ankara combines the wide cereal plains of the Central Anatolian plateau with a strong research base and a growing food-processing and agri-technology ecosystem — close to Türkiye’s largest consumer markets and logistics corridors.

Regional strengths

• Polatlı and the western plains — one of Türkiye’s best-known wheat and cereal growing areas.
• Beypazarı — widely known for its carrots and traditional local food products.
• Kalecik — home of the Kalecik Karası grape variety, a well-known Anatolian red wine grape.
• Çubuk — famous for its pickles and host to an agriculture-based specialised (livestock) organised industrial zone.
• Ayaş — known for its tomatoes.
• Angora goat — native to the Ankara region and the source of mohair.

Research and talent

Ankara hosts leading agricultural faculties and national research institutes, giving investors access to agronomy, food engineering and veterinary expertise as well as R&D partners in its universities and technoparks.

Opportunity areas

• Food processing & packaging
• Precision & smart agriculture
• Greenhouse production
• Cold chain & agri-logistics
• Dairy & livestock
• Agri-tech: drones, sensors & data

Interested in agri-food investment in Ankara? Contact our Investment Support Office for up-to-date data, incentives and site options.