^#smrgSAHAF Homeland of Olives and Olive Oil: Turkey -

The sight of the fruit-laden branches of a splendid olive tree, its silvery dark-green leaves fluttering in the breeze, calls up a variety of impressions: its natural solemnity signifying the possession of profound experiience; the generosity of fertile nature toward humankind, and the protective shade of a kind and tender mother. The olive free may also variously symbolize ebullience, melancholy, perseverence, or pride. Yet, it remains ever compassionale, a treasury laden with freedom from anxielty for those around it.