'Olive Loyalty Meeting' Held in Seferihisar

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor, who attended the Olive Loyalty Meeting held in Seferihisar Tunç Soyer“Olive is one of the most important values ​​for us. In this universe, it is even older than humanity. We should not fail to respect olives," he said.

President Soyer stated that they will continue to resist the threats against olive groves and said, “They are trying many times. 'If we do not see resistance, will we succeed this time?', 'If we do not see resistance, will the olive groves open to the mine?' they're struggling. We will not allow this," he said.

Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerSmall producers continue to be supported within the scope of the Izmir Agriculture strategy, which was created in line with the 'Another Agriculture is Possible' approach and is based on the fight against drought and poverty. At the Olive Loyalty Meeting held in the Orhanlı village of Seferihisar, 500 olive saplings were distributed to the producers. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer, Village Koop İzmir Union President Neptün Soyer, Seferihisar Mayor İsmail Adult, Orhanlı Agricultural Development Cooperative President Muhittin Akbulut, Pirinççi Agricultural Development Cooperative President Mehmet Alpay, Ödemiş Ornamental Plants Breeding Agricultural Development Cooperative President Olgun Ballı and headmen, producers and İzmir Metropolitan Municipality bureaucrats joined. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Seferihisar Children's Municipality brought children together in the painting, nature and rhythm workshop.

we will not let

President Tunç SoyerBanners reading “Yetti gari”, “Olive Trees Are Not Alone”, “We Will Not Let Our Agricultural Fields Destroy”, and “Birds in the Olive Orchards Want to Breathe” were greeted in the area. Speaking at the ceremony, President Soyer said, “When we started to distribute olive saplings, our aim was to voice the annulment of the bill regarding the 'Opening of Olives to Mines', which was actually submitted to the parliament, and to fight against it. Thank goodness they took a step back and gave up again. Let's share the excitement of this together again. They are called over and over. 'If we do not see resistance, will we succeed this time?', 'If we do not see resistance, will the olive groves open to the mine?' they're struggling. We will not allow that,” he said.

Olive is one of the most important values ​​for us.

Expressing his admiration for lush nature and olive trees, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer“We have always destroyed this beautiful nature for thousands of years in this huge universe. The heart is breaking, but there is a solution. It is possible to stop it. Fighting the global climate is about protecting nature. We can live happily and peacefully in this universe. Olive is one of the most important values ​​for us. In this universe, it is even older than humanity. Respect for olives should not be neglected. Extraordinary beauty is also bread. The future of the olive family. No one should doubt that we will protect this paradise until the end. We will not have Orhanlı delivered to either the geothermal or the mine.”

While we were selling wheat to the world, we became importers.

Stating that they celebrated the Domestic Goods Week in Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Vegetable and Fruit Market the other day, and that we lost all our wealth in those moments, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Soyer said, “Domestic goods, which started a century ago with the Economics Congress, will be the fully independent state of the newly established republic. and the decisions to be taken in order to have a self-sufficient country's economy were taken. When the great economic crisis broke out in the world, Turkey, as a country that was fried in its own fat, survived those crises lightly. We were one of the 7 largest economies in the world in the years when the Economics Congress was held. We were supplying XNUMX% of our energy needs from these lands. While we were selling wheat to the world, we became importers. While we were a self-sufficient country in these beautiful lands, we have become a self-sustaining country by buying products from abroad. Had very little. Something will change, everything will change. We will establish a brand new country together on these beautiful lands," he said.

We will always support and protect the villagers

Seferihisar Mayor İsmail Adult said, “We drew a vision while working with Bronze Mayor. We started out saying that another agriculture is possible. We are seeing the fruits of that. There is no point in living in the city if this land does not produce and cultivate it. Orhanlı is a very strategic place. This village did not emigrate all the time. A living village. Our nature school, the locals of the village, everyone lived in this village, thanks to olives and agriculture, many people ate bread. It has been this way for centuries. We will always support and protect the villagers by strengthening each other together," he said.

I educated my two children with the money I earned from these lands.

Mehtiye Kaya, one of the female olive producers, who stated that she continues her life as an olive producer, said, “I am 50 years old and I have been dealing with farming as long as I can remember. I educated my two children with the money I earned from these lands. They wanted to install geothermal in our village, and we fought against it legally. Both our Tunç President and our İsmail President are behind us. We intend to continue our struggle until the end," he said.

In the first half of 2023, 213 olive saplings will be distributed.

Within the scope of the agricultural support program carried out by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, a total of 2 million saplings, 5 and a half million olive saplings, have been distributed to the producers throughout Izmir. Metropolitan Municipality started to work for the first time in 2022 for the Memecik variety, which is one of the most grown olive varieties in our country, as it represents the ancient culture of İzmir and consumes less water than other varieties. A total of 8 thousand 11 memecik olives were distributed to 85 districts. In the first period of 2023, 213 fruit and olive saplings will be distributed. Producers registered in the Farmer Registration System (ÇKS) can request saplings from Izmir Metropolitan Municipality through their neighborhood headmen.