It's chilli season

Things are hotting up in Orfa as locals prepare for chilli season...

When chilli pepper season hits in Orfa, things start hotting up in Turkey, 16 October 2018 [Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency]

Everyone works together to prepare the chilli peppers in Turkey, 16 October 2018 [Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency]

See this little girl standing in a sea of chilli peppers! In Turkey, 16 October 2018 [Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency]

Pictured: a local woman wheelbarrows through an ocean of chilli peppers in Turkey, 16 October 2018 [Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency]

Tens of thousands of chilli peppers are harvested in Turkey, 16 October 2018 [Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency]

One of the main products of this hard work is ‘chilli molasses’ in Turkey, 16 October 2018 [Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency]

Chilli molasses and eggs for dinner! (yum). In Turkey, 16 October 2018 [Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency]

Buckets of chilli peppers are collected and mass prepared in Turkey, 16 October 2018 [Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency]

Pictured: a little boy rides in a wheelbarrow as his mum goes to collect chilli peppers in Turkey, 16 October 2018 [Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency]

Chilli peppers ready to be cooked in Turkey, 16 October 2018 [Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency]

It looks like a cement mixer full of chilli peppers in Turkey, 16 October 2018 [Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency]

A family eat bread with a traditional local chilli pepper recipe in Turkey, 16 October 2018 [Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency]

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