'Datça Almond and Olive Growing Support' Project

Muğla Metropolitan Municipality launched the 'Datça Almond and Olive Growing Support' Project and started a cooperation with the SS Datça Yazı Village Agricultural Development Cooperative. In this context, the presentation of the almond processing machines brought to the cooperative by Muğla Metropolitan Municipality and the opening ceremony of the cooperative sales store were attended by Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. It was made with the participation of Osman Gürün.

Muğla Metropolitan Municipality continues its efforts to support cooperatives and producers throughout the province and to ensure that the people of the region become cooperatives. In this context, it cooperates with Muğla Metropolitan Municipality and SS Datça Yazı Village Agricultural Development Cooperative. Within the scope of the cooperation, the presentation of the almond processing machines brought to the cooperative by Muğla Metropolitan Municipality and the opening ceremony of the cooperative sales store were held.

Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. Osman Gürün, Datça Mayor Gürsel Uçar, CHP Datça District President Aytaç Kurt, City Council Members, Cooperative President Şafak Işıldak, Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations, Headmen and citizens attended.

Datça Almond and Olive Farming will be supported

Muğla Metropolitan Municipality and SS Datça Yazı Village Agricultural Development Cooperative cooperate with the Datça Almond and Olive Growing Support Project. In cooperation with Muğla Metropolitan Municipality, 1 Almond Green Shell Peeling Machine, 1 Almond Crushing Machine and 17 thousand m2 olive grove were given to the use of the cooperative. The project, which will improve and expand the production, processing, packaging and marketing processes of Datça almonds, also aims to increase the production of olives and olive oil and develop cooperatives by evaluating the olive groves of the Metropolitan Municipality in the region within the scope of the cooperative.

Şafak Işıldak, President of the Cooperative; “We will produce together under the umbrella of the Union of Power under the leadership of the Metropolitan”

In his speech at the opening, the President of Yazıköy Cooperative Şafak Işıldak emphasized that they are one of the oldest cooperatives in the Aegean and said, “Our Yazıköy cooperative, which was established in 1973 with 300-400 members, is one of the oldest cooperatives in the Aegean. We identified our shortcomings and applied to our Metropolitan Municipality for support. Our Metropolitan Mayor and his team examined and fulfilled our demands in a short time. I would like to thank all his team, especially our President Dr. Osman Gürün. In order to do better works, we will continue to market the products produced by our villagers under the umbrella of the Power Union under the leadership of our Metropolitan Municipality, and to bring them to our producers. We will do great things together,” he said.

Datça Mayor Gürsel Uçar, in his speech at the opening, said that the cooperative, which was established in Yazıköy in the 1970s with the union of forces and solidarity, worked successfully on the sale and marketing of local products from olive oil to almonds, and stated that he believed that they would undertake more important works with the support of the Metropolitan Municipality.

Chairman Gurun, “Cooperatives should also unite and become a union of cooperatives”

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. Osman Gürün stated that they have made great efforts for the development of cooperatives, agriculture and animal husbandry since the day they took office. Chairman Gurun said, “Cooperatives are one of the most important examples of unity, decision-making, production and fair sharing. For this reason, cooperatives should increase their members as much as possible and cooperatives should unite and become cooperatives union. We have taken important steps in this regard. Now, we want to ensure that the quality agricultural products produced in our city are supplied by different cooperatives from each other in cooperation and in this way, the profit of the domestic producer increases. We must ensure this unity in order to ensure that the products we produce in the countryside are consumed on the coast.”

“We support cooperatives, agricultural and animal production in every aspect”

Emphasizing that they attach great importance to the high number of female members in the cooperatives and the participation of women in production, Chairman Gurun said that the work will definitely go well where a woman's hand touches it. Expressing that they support cooperatives, agricultural and animal production in all matters, Chairman Gürün said; “Previously, when the main sector of Muğla was mentioned, tourism would come to mind. However, 55 percent of our population lives in agriculture. For this reason, we must ensure that our citizens return to the land in order to increase agricultural production, which is gradually decreasing. For this, we need to ensure that he earns from there. Those who have migrated to the city in the coming years will be able to return from the city to the village again, and when they claim their land, they will earn more and be happier. We will produce with modern methods. With our efforts, we will increase our income per acre or per animal to a high level. We will try to cultivate new areas related to agriculture and increase the number of animals related to animal husbandry.”