when this news gathered around in northern Cyprus media .... lots off talks went on .... last time ,they were talking about sizes of the cucumbers now they are talking about shape of the artichokes.
basicly news was like this;
The increased demand by treaders with Istanbul connectiones has opened the road to the the certification process for producers of artichokes.Spealist teams came to North Cyprus and analysed local artichokes before deciding that they were up to EU standards providing producers with certification valid for one year 'CYPRIOT ARTICHOKES'will be exported to the EU
i have done a search for the standart as well .... here it is ....
http://www.freshquality.org/files/Artichokes2.pdf
after all it looks we can have the Isgarta ones (waste product) for ourselfs.