EGET OLIVE OIL RECEIVES "PREMIUM" AWARD FROM MUĞLA.

News Source: Hamle Newspaper

Reporter: Mukaddes Yelin

EGET Harman olive oil was awarded the "Premium" prize in a competition organized by the Muğla Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry. In the 7th Olive Oil Quality Competition, organized this year by the Muğla Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry as part of the "The Lossless and High-Quality Journey of Olives to Olive Oil" project, EGET Harman was awarded the "Premium" prize, also known as "High Gold". In the evaluations conducted in the 2026 competition, EGET Harman managed to be one of the 7 premium olive oils selected from among 161 applications.

EGET olive oils, which previously won silver medals in international competitions held in Japan and England, also won a gold medal in the London International Olive Oil Competition in 2025. This award, received in Muğla, holds special significance for the brand. The award was presented by Muğla Provincial Director of Agriculture, Baydar.

EGET Harman's premium award was presented by Muğla Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, Seyfettin Baydar, to EGET Board Member Dr. Naki Bulut and Trustees Necla Dal and Evrim Çağlayan.

The award, received by EGET, which operates under the umbrella of a Muğla-based foundation, attracted attention both for its production quality and its social responsibility efforts.

Özlem Uzman: “Receiving an award at home is a source of pride”

Following the award ceremony, EGET Board Chairman Özlem Uzman stated that quality olive oil requires hard work, patience, and care, adding:

“We know that a good olive oil requires hard work, patience, and care. We strive to embody this in every drop of EGET Harman. On our journey, guided by the motto 'From nature to you; from you to education,' we use every value produced with effort to help low-income students remain in education.”

Uzman stated that they fulfill the testing and certification obligations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry not only in olive oils but also in all products, especially cosmetics, and that they offer their products to consumers with confidence.

“A circle of goodness extending from Muğla to the world”

Emphasizing that receiving an award in Muğla after international successes holds special meaning for them, Özlem Uzman said, “Winning an award in Muğla, historically one of the centers of olive oil production, is a source of pride. I would like to thank our Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, those who organized the competition, our experts who contributed to the production, our farmers, and our workers.”

Referring to EGET Foundation's work in the fields of education and environment, Uzman stated that they provide scholarships to young people all over Turkey and shared the following information:

“As a foundation based in Muğla, receiving an award at home added to our happiness. We are working to further develop the circle of goodness extending from Muğla to Turkey, Europe, and the world. Our project, ‘Holistic Environmental Education: From Education to Action,’ prepared within the scope of the Interreg NEXT MED Program, one of the most prestigious environmental programs of the European Union, is successfully continuing.”

EGET's goal is to increase both quality and social benefit.

EGET officials stated that while continuing to raise quality standards in production, the income generated will continue to be used in education and social projects. It was stated that the work carried out within the foundation aims to contribute to the educational lives of young people in particular.