![The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171011_2_26215176_26693130-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
![The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171011_2_26215176_26693127.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "Customers harvest the honey which they bought")
The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey’s Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]
![The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171011_2_26215176_26693138.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "Customers harvest the honey which they bought")
The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey’s Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]
![The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171011_2_26215176_26693133.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Customers harvest the honey which they bought")
The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey’s Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]
![The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171011_2_26215176_26693132.jpg?w=396&h=264&ssl=1 "Customers harvest the honey which they bought")
The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey’s Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]
![The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171011_2_26215176_26693131.jpg?w=396&h=264&ssl=1 "Customers harvest the honey which they bought")
The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey’s Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]
![The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171011_2_26215176_26693130-scaled.jpg?w=396&h=264&ssl=1 "Customers harvest the honey which they bought")
The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey’s Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]
![The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171011_2_26215176_26693129.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "Customers harvest the honey which they bought")
The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey’s Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]
![The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_10_11-Customers-harvest-honey20171011_2_26215176_26693137.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Customers harvest the honey which they bought")
The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey’s Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]
![The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_10_11-Customers-harvest-honey20171011_2_26215176_26693136.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "Customers harvest the honey which they bought")
The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey’s Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]
![The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_10_11-Customers-harvest-honey20171011_2_26215176_26693135.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "Customers harvest the honey which they bought")
The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey’s Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]
![The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_10_11-Customers-harvest-honey20171011_2_26215176_26693134.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "Customers harvest the honey which they bought")
The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey’s Van province on 10 October, 2017 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]