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31 January

Ali Kındap: 2026 is the last exit before the bridge for geothermal investments!

Press release… While 2025 marks the end of the investment slump in the geothermal energy sector, the most significant problem facing the sector, which has reached an installed capacity of 1758 Megawatts (MW), is the possibility that power plant investments in the planning stage may fall outside the scope of …

31 January

“1.88 billion dollars in exports proves the resilience of our sector”

Press release… The Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters Association (AHBİB) demonstrated a strong and balanced performance in 2025, achieving 1.88 billion dollars in exports despite increasing global uncertainties, high input costs, and geopolitical risks. AHBİB Chairman Veysel Memiş emphasized that the 2025 export figures clearly show the sector …

31 January

“Trade in Southeastern Türkiye is shaped by geopolitical developments”

Press release… More than 40 percent of Türkiye’s approximately 4 billion cereal exports to Middle Eastern countries originate from Southeastern Türkiye, while the region’s share in the 2.9 billion dollars cereal exports to Africa has risen to 37.2 percent. Cereals Celal Kadooğlu, Chair of the Southeastern Anatolia Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds …

29 January

Fevzi Çondur: Climate change threatens cotton production!

Press release… Fevzi Çondur, Chair of the Turkish Cotton Council (UPK) stated that he would like to draw attention to the devastating effects of climate change on agriculture. Çondur also emphasised that cotton producers are facing serious yield losses, particularly due to increasingly severe droughts in recent years. Underlining that …

29 January

COP30: How the bioeconomy helps people, planet and profit to exist in harmony

Nov 6, 2025… A sustainable bioeconomy uses natural resources in a regenerative way that’s mindful of justice and ethics, and contributes to a nature-positive future. COP30 in Belém, Brazil will address five bioeconomy issues: forests, agriculture, social bioeconomy, biotechnology and finance. The private sector can support the bioeconomy by speeding …

29 January

Mehmet Ömer Kızıl: The consumption of healthy mineral water will increase in Türkiye

Established on 16 April 1999, the Turkish Mineral Water Producers’ Association (MASUDER) represents the mineral water sector in Türkiye and with a total of 21 members, including 14 producer companies, accounts for 80 percent of mineral water production in our country. Our association is a member of the Union of …

29 January

Michael Wright: Saving agriculture isn’t found outside of nature

Agriculture has reached its adaptive threshold. Industrial efficiency, once its engine, now threatens its foundation. The path forward is not a return to the past but an advance into nature’s own logic and R&D that has developed a system of refined resilience over 3+ billion years. Biomimetic agriculture is not …

28 January

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Artık: Packaged products are among the most reliable product groups

National Dairy Council responds to social media criticism of packaged products… Professor Dr. Nevzat Artık, Chairman of the National Dairy Council Research and Advisory Board, stated that social media posts about additives in packaged products were causing misinformation among the public. Ankara… In a written statement, Dr. Artık commented on …

28 January

Ümit Mirza Çavuşoğlu: Türkiye’s pomegranate exports surpass 162 million dollars

Last year, Türkiye exported 162 million 559 thousand dollars worth of pomegranates to 62 countries. Antalya… According to data from the Turkish Exporters Assembly, last year’s pomegranate exports surged by 4.22 percent compared to the previous year. In 2025, 162 million 559 thousand dollars worth of pomegranates were sold abroad …

28 January

Türkiye ranks fourth globally in greenhouse production!

Türkiye’s greenhouse cultivation area has expanded significantly, placing the country fourth worldwide and second in Europe after Spain, while the sector’s growing share in exports highlights its strategic importance for the national economy. Soared by 45 percent between 2002 and 2024, climbing to 77,600 hectares… Greenhouse farming in Türkiye is concentrated along the …