Sabirlar Hazelnut is a privately-held and family-owned hazelnut processing company headquartered in Trabzon, Turkey. The company sorts, processes, and packs (whole, chopped, paste, meal, sliced, roasted, etc.) hazelnuts. Sabirlar sources raw hazelnut kernels from the Black Sea region of Turkey, especially from Giresun, Ordu, and Samsun, and processing and packing occurs in Trabzon, Turkey. The company started with a small cracking plant in 1965 and, in 1989, Sabirlar established their first integrated processing plant in Trabzon.
Sabirlar exports to more than 40 countries, including the European Union, which is its primary market, as well as the United States, Canada, Australia, Israel, and Tunisia.
