Visit to Kayseri Şeker from Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı

The first stop of Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı's Kayseri program was the "Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Sector Stakeholders" meeting, hosted by Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality.

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı, Governor Gökmen Çiçek, Kayseri Deputies Ayşe Böhürler and Murat Cahid Cıngı, Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Memduh Büyükkılıç, Kayseri Beet Growers Cooperative Chairman Hüseyin Akay, Board Members and representatives of the sector attended the meeting. Minister Yumaklı noted the opinions and suggestions of the producers at the meeting and stated that they would rebuild the agriculture and forestry sectors together in the Turkish century.

Minister Yumaklı and his accompanying delegation, who came to Kayseri Şeker to meet with Kayseri Sugar Farmers, Kayseri Beet Growers Cooperative Chairman of the Board of Directors Hüseyin Akay, Kayseri Şeker Chairman of the Board of Directors Hurşit Dede, Members of the Board of Directors and Auditors, General Manager İsmail Gedik and many farmer enterprises. He welcomed me with flowers in front of his building.

Speaking at the meeting held in a very friendly atmosphere, Hüseyin Akay, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kayseri Beet Growers Cooperative, said:

“Kayseri Şeker is a distinguished organization of farmers at international standards. With the breakthroughs Kayseri Şeker has made in recent years, especially the year 2023 has been a year of peaks for farmers. As a farmer organization, we are open, corporate, ready to be held accountable, we are transparent in all kinds of ways, and we do not have any secret practices from our farmers. We hope that our practices will set an example for other cooperatives in Turkey.” said President Akay; He thanked the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, İbrahim Yumaklı, the accompanying delegation and the farmers for their kind presence.

Kayseri Deputy Mr. Bayar Özsoy and Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Memduh Büyükkılıç thanked Mayor Akay for providing such an environment and Minister Yumaklı for their presence.

Emphasizing that he is no stranger to the sugar industry, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı included the following views in his speech;

“We are happy to meet you, our valued farmers, in Kayseri Şeker, one of the leading cooperatives in our country. Turkey has large cooperatives. In this industry. Kayseri Şeker is an example of branding. Both Kayseri producers and industrialists are extremely skilled at taking a subject, evolving it and turning it into a brand. We do not want any of our producers to suffer losses. “With the efforts of our producers and the efforts of our employees, Kayseri Şeker will break many new records.” Said.