The Malatya Region of Turkey experienced a significant frost event on the nights of March 30^th and 31^st.  Temperatures in the apricot orchards dropped to well below freezing on both nights.  These temperatures followed a very early spring, in which the apricot trees were some two weeks ahead of normal in development.  The resultant timing could not have been worse, with a majority of trees in their most delicate stage.  We are expecting a very large decrease in 2014 tonnage as a result, and prices have already responded by increasing sharply.  Hopefully abundant stocks from crop year 2013 will help to mitigate the tonnage decrease.  Hazelnuts, Sweet Cherries, Mulberries, and Apples are also said to be heavily damaged.