ISTANBUL, September 1, 2026 — Prices increased for 19 of 37 products tracked in Turkish grocery markets in August, while prices declined for the remaining 18, according to the Union of Chambers of Agriculture of Türkiye (TZOB).

TZOB Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar said egg prices recorded the sharpest increase among grocery products, rising 37.8% during the month.

Egg prices lead monthly increases

Egg prices were followed by increases of 19% for green beans, 11.1% for green onions, 10% for lettuce, and 8.9% for dried figs.

The largest decline was recorded in long green peppers, whose prices fell 34.2%. This was followed by dry onions, down 28.9%; raisins, down 24.2%; peaches, down 22%; and red lentils, down 21.2%.

At the producer level, prices rose for nine of 29 products in August, fell for 13, and remained unchanged for seven.

Eggs also posted the largest increase at the producer level, rising 39.9%. Lettuce followed with an 11.1% increase, parsley with 11%, lamb with 7.3%, and red lentils with 7.2%.

Wide gap between producer and retail prices

The largest producer-to-retail price gap was recorded in lemons, at 748.4%.

Carrots followed with a 380.3% gap, apples with 377.9%, zucchini with 240.9%, and green onions with 239.4%.

Bayraktar said lemons were sold at 84.84 lira per kilogram in stores, compared with 10 lira at the producer level. Carrots rose from 10.66 lira at the producer level to 51.20 lira in stores, while apples increased from 18.75 lira to 89.60 lira.

Supply conditions push some prices lower

Bayraktar attributed the decline in lemon prices to continued supplies of lemons stored from last year, along with the arrival of early varieties this year.

Dry onion prices declined as harvesting began in Central Anatolia and imports continued. Potato prices also fell as summer potato harvesting intensified in major producing provinces including Afyonkarahisar, Denizli, Amasya, Çorum, Kayseri, Nevşehir and Niğde.

Meanwhile, the increase in egg prices was attributed to higher feed, energy and transportation costs, as well as an imbalance between supply and demand caused partly by insufficient sectoral planning.

Agricultural input costs continue to rise

TZOB data also showed increases in several agricultural input costs in August.

Compared with July, DAP fertilizer prices rose 4.5%, 20.20.0 compound fertilizer increased 4.4%, and urea fertilizer rose 0.6%. In contrast, ammonium nitrate fertilizer fell 5.6%, while ammonium sulfate declined 0.6%.

On an annual basis, ammonium nitrate prices rose 61.2%, ammonium sulfate 55.2%, 20.20.0 compound fertilizer 32.7%, DAP fertilizer 25.3%, and urea fertilizer 3.4%.

Feed prices also increased, with fattening feed up 0.7% and dairy feed up 0.6% in August from July. Over the past year, fattening feed prices rose 34.5% and dairy feed prices 31.8%.

Electricity prices increased 25.1% annually, agricultural pesticide prices rose 27.8%, while diesel prices climbed 7% month-on-month and 57.9% year-on-year.

Source: Patronlar Dünyası/ Prepared by: İlayda Gök