Giresun Chamber of Agriculture President Karan: "TMO should either update its prices or end its purchases"

Giresun Chamber of Agriculture President Nurittin Karan stated that the hazelnut purchase price set by the Directorate of Agricultural Crops (TMO) for 2025 falls below free market conditions, and this situation creates a basis for monopolistic firms to exert pressure on prices, calling for the TMO to update the purchase price or to end the campaign. Recently, a decline in hazelnut prices has been observed in the free market, with Giresun Chamber of Agriculture President Nurittin Karan arguing that the price set by the TMO is influential in this decline. Karan noted that the TMO's purchase price at 200 lira level gives an advantage to monopolistic structures that want to buy at low prices. Expressing that this year's hazelnut production took place under difficult conditions, Karan said, "The agricultural frost in April and the extreme heat ...