Edirne CHP provincial assembly member Cin in response to sunflower agricultural credit: Agriculture is not a matter of politics

Crude Sunflower Oil

Sunflower Seed

Turkiye

Published Sep 4, 2022

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Edirne CHP Provincial Assembly member Önder Cin, who is also a producer, said that there are uncertainties about the price of sunflower and that the producers sell sunflowers for 11 liras per kilo. Cin said, "6 thousand tons of crude oil comes from Ukraine, the people are playing drums and horns. 6 thousand tons of crude oil is the oil of Istanbul for a week. It is not easy to produce, agriculture is not a matter of politics, agriculture is the national interest of the country, it is the future of the country."

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Edirne Provincial General Assembly CHP member Önder Cin reacted to the managers of the Agricultural Credit Cooperative. Stating that the Agricultural Credit Cooperatives did not announce prices and did not even buy sunflowers, Cin expressed his reaction with the following words: "THE SUNFLOWER WHICH WON'T BUY FROM THE MANUFACTURER TODAY FOR 12-13 LIRA, AFTER A TIME IT WILL BUY FROM THE MARKET FOR 15 LIRA" "The sunflower harvest has begun. Citizens have started to form; sunflower prices have dropped from 12 liras to 11 liras. Because Trakya Birlik does not announce the price. Trakya Birlik expects support from the government. They pressurize it not to exceed the price they say. That's right. I'm also a partner of Trakya Birlik. Tarım Kredi says, "We are the biggest farmer family in Turkey". Tarım Kredi cannot buy sunflowers in return for debt in Süloğlu, which is my region. Agricultural Credit will buy sunflowers from the market for 15 liras after a while, which they did not buy ...

Source: Sondakika