Hacer Şimşek moves swiftly among the trees, plucking ripened figs and filling the metal buckets that her daughter carries back to the shed. 

The 42-year-old farmer’s latex gloves and red arm warmers protect her skin from the fig milk, which can burn and scar. 

It’s harvest season for Türkiye’s famous Bursa black figs, and Hacer and her family have been out in the fields since dawn.