A General View of Almond (Prunus amygdalus L.) Production Potantial of Southeastern Anatolia Region

According to 2015 statistics Turkey has 80.000 tonnes of total almond production. considering the total almond production by the Regions in Turkey, Mediterranean and Aegean regions rank first and second with 234.609 and 146.080 tonnes of almond productions respectively as Southeast Anatolia Regio n is the third with a production of 15.370 tonnes. Considering the 2015 year total almond production of the provinces in Southeast Anatolia Region, Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa provinces rank first and second with 3.881 and 3.249 tonnes of almond productions respectively as Şırnak province comes last with a production of 102 tonnes. In this study, through presenting the existing status of the almond production potential of the Southeast Anatolia Region, it was aimed to increase the awareness and set light to decision makers in future plans for making use of and directing the existing potential.