Turkish Food Prices Rise as Cyclone Ruins Fields, Milliyet Says

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A cyclone destroyed about 50 hectares of land in vegetable cultivation in southern Turkey, causing food prices to rise, Milliyet reported, citing local farmers and food traders.

Greenhouses were also destroyed in Kumluca region, in the southern province of Antalya, by the cyclone, the newspaper said. Some banana fields were damaged in Mersin province by strong winds, it said.