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Is a wheat crisis on Turkey's doorstep?

Is a wheat crisis on Turkey's doorstep?

The country's wheat production has remained the same in the past two decades, says the head of the Chamber of Agricultural Engineers.

20 May 2022 Hikmet Adal

‘Turkey is on the brink of a wheat, bread crisis; support farmers’

LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL BY HDP

‘Turkey is on the brink of a wheat, bread crisis; support farmers’

HDP MP Garo Paylan recalls that Russia and Ukraine are Turkey’s leading partners for importing wheat and says that farmers in Turkey must be provided with incentives for wheat production in the face of an imminent wheat and bread crisis.

CHP warns of a food crisis in Turkey, urges an intervention in fertilizer prices

CHP warns of a food crisis in Turkey, urges an intervention in fertilizer prices

Main opposition CHP MP Gürer has raised concerns that the abnormal increase in the prices of fertilizers may drive Turkey into a food crisis, calling on the authorities to intervene in fertilizer prices as soon as possible and introduce the necessary discounts.

10 December 2021

HDP warns of looming food crisis in Turkey due to climate change

HDP warns of looming food crisis in Turkey due to climate change

Climate crisis and drought have become a "class problem" in Turkey, says the HDP.