The fact that Turkey Sugar Factories (TÜRKŞEKER Tarım) acted as a broker by selling the lemons they bought from the earthquake-stricken farmer at a low price to the markets at a high price drew reactions.
TÜRKŞEKER Tarım, while moving away from its main duties, has been turned into a barnyard where high salaries are paid to its managers.
It is noteworthy that TÜRKŞEKER Tarım has turned into an institution where high salaries are paid to its managers and employees, although it has no duty in terms of contract farming and regulation.
TÜRKŞEKER Tarım, which has no function in the name of the farmer and the country's agriculture, has a general manager, 2 assistant general managers, 4 directors and 20 directorates, while the general manager receives a salary of over 100 thousand liras with attendance fee.
Assistant general managers earn between 80 and 90 thousand liras, directors 75 thousand liras, and managers between 60-65 thousand liras.
TÜRKŞEKER Tarım, which was established to support production and farmers by making contracted production with the so-called farmer, turned out to be selling the earthquake-affected producer's lemon for 7 liras to Migros for 11 liras with a profit of 57 percent.
On the one hand, the government complains that food prices are raised by middlemen and brokers.
On the other hand, the scandal that TÜRKŞEKER Tarım, which is under the Turkey Wealth Fund and chaired by Murat Ulu, Deputy General Manager of the Wealth Fund, has become a company that makes money from farmers by acting as a brokerage.
IT WAS FOUNDED WITH GOODWILLS, TURNED INTO BARLEY
While TÜRKŞEKER Tarım has no ties with TÜRKŞEKER, to which the public sugar factories are affiliated, the fact that TÜRKŞEKER's invoice for the dubious works done in TÜRKŞEKER Tarım was also due to its name, has also worn out the state-owned sugar factories.
TÜRKŞEKER Agriculture was established during the period of former Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak to expand contracted production and to act as a regulation in food products.
While serving in line with its founding purpose in the first years of its establishment, with the departure of Berat Albayrak, TÜRKŞEKER Tarım moved away from its original duty and became an institution that transfers dubious product sales and public resources to certain segments.
TOP EXECUTIVES ARE HIDING FROM THE PUBLIC
While no information is given to the public about all the sales made by TÜRKŞEKER Tarım, for which high salaries are paid and almost turned into a barn, it is noteworthy that even the members of the board of directors and senior executives are not published on the company's website and are hidden from the public.
QUESTIONAL SALES MADE DURING THE ALKAN PERIOD WERE COVERED
Murat Ulu, Deputy General Manager of Turkey Wealth Fund, is the chairman of the Board of Directors of TÜRKŞEKER Tarım, while Muhammed Gümüşsoy is the general manager.
While the fact that the sugar produced by TÜRKŞEKER was made entirely through TÜRKŞEKER Tarım in the past abolished the control in sugar sales, it was dubious that the wheat and barley purchased from the farmer were also sold to certain companies in a closed manner, without any announcement or announcement.
Again, while the chickpeas bought from the farmer were sold at a price well below the market to the pro-companies without any tender or announcement, the real scandal was experienced in the sugar sales made to the sugar trader between January 1st and May 31st, 2022 when sugar prices were low.