Faruk Çelik

A contentious draft law to make possible for the building of industrial facilities on olive groves if "public interest" can be imputed under the supervision of a preservation board will be withdrawn to the commission, a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) official has stated. 

Turkey and six African countries signed cooperation deals in agriculture, fisheries and livestock in the Mediterranean resort province of Antalya on April 28.    

Food, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Faruk Çelik has visited a family of five living in a two-meter-square cupboard in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa after reports emerged in the media that they were living in grueling conditions. 

Two people, including an 11-year-old child, have been killed and 15 others were wounded in a car bomb attack on lodgings housing judiciary personnel in Turkey's southeastern province of Şanlıurfa late on Feb. 17. 

The government will provide agricultural incentives worth 12.8 billion Turkish Liras (around $3.8 billion) in 2017, Food, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Faruk Çelik has said, Reuters reported on Nov. 24. 

"We will provide a total of 12.8 billion liras of agricultural incentives to our farmers in 2017," Çelik said at parliament's Planning and Budget Commission. 

The cabinet has signed a decision allowing more meat to be imported in order to block speculative moves that are hiking prices, Agriculture Minister Faruk Çelik said on Feb. 2. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has taken part in a ceremony to replant the country's oldest olive tree, which was uprooted after 945 years, at the site of a "green life expo" in Antalya.

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has put the final touches on its timeline to form a new government, as the country's top election body released the final results of the Nov. 1 snap elections, confirming the AKP had regained its parliamentary majority.

Turkey's Syrian refugees will not be granted special work permits, the labour minister said on Aug. 7, explaining that such a programme would be unfair to Turks seeking work.