Tag Archives: Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha economy: 192 billion liras (4.3 billion dollars) Şemsi Bayraktar, Chair of the Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB), announced that 3.3 million animals are expected to be slaughtered during Eid al-Adha. Pointing out that compared to last year, price hikes amounted to 36.9 percent for cattle and 29.3 …

Press release… May, 2026 With just a few days to go before Eid al-Adha, Halil Gündoğdu, Chair of the Aegean Leather and Leather Goods Exporters’ Association, has called for the hides of sacrificial animals to be put to economic use. Speaking at a press conference organised by the Aegean Exporters’ …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Yumaklı stated that there were no problems with sacrificial animals during Eid al-Adha, saying, “830 thousand cattle and 2.5 million sheep and goats were slaughtered in Türkiye, for a total of 3 million 330 thousand animals.” Yumaklı noted that Türkiye ranks first in Europe and …

Murat Çağlar, Vice President of Bursa Leather Specialised and Mixed Organised Industrial Zone (OIZ), announced that 300-400 million dollars will be contributed to the economy with the processing of bovine skins to be slaughtered in the Feast of Sacrifice (Eid Al-Adha) Çağlar emphasised the points to be considered in the …

As Eid al-Adha approaches, a prominent academic is urging the public to ensure both humane treatment of animals and hygienic practices during sacrificial rituals, highlighting the impact on public health, animal welfare and environmental safety. Professor Dr. Ali Gücükoğlu, a faculty member at the Department of Food Inspection Technology at …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı stated that sacrificial animals brought to markets for Eid al-Adha but unable to be sold will be purchased by the Meat and Milk Board (ESK). Yumaklı announced that there were no problems with the supply of sacrificial animals this year. Emphasising that approximately …

Nihat Çelik, Head of the Central Union of Sheep and Goat Breeders of Türkiye (TÜDKİYEB), stated that it is estimated more than 2.7 million animals, including 2.2 million sheep and goat breeders, were sold during the Feast of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha). Nihat Çelik also said that the breeders who completed …

Press release… Call from leather exporters to bring sacrificial skins to the economy before Eid al-Adha… The Turkish leather sector, which could not meet the cost due to the fact that the exchange rates in Türkiye did not increase at the rate of inflation and therefore its exports decreased by …

Ahmet Hacıince, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Red Meat Council (UKON), stated that there will be no shortage in the supply of sacrificials this year when the number of slaughtering in previous years is taken into consideration. Ahmet Hacıince THE ECONOMIC SIZE OF THE SACRIFICE FEAST …

The government has taken decisive steps to enforce regulations for the health and legal sale of animals to be bought for sacrifice during the upcoming Qurban Bayram, also known as Eid al-Adha. Istanbul’s Agriculture and Forestry Provincial Director Ahmet Yavuz Karaca highlighted the measures taken by the Provincial Sacrifice Services …