Erdogan: Turkey is an industrial hub of 3 continents

Turkey has become an industrial hub for three continents, criticizing claims by opposition parties that the country is selling its public factories to buy its basic agricultural needs, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, according to Hurriyet.

“Turkey is not a country that buys tomatoes by selling factories, as the opposition claims, on the contrary, it is a country that is the center of production for Africa, Asia and Europe,” Erdogan said at a Bati Kipaş paper factory opening ceremony. in the Söke district of the western province of Aydin.

“The government protects all those who trust the Turkish economy, without discriminating between domestic and foreigners and without excluding anyone,” he said.

“We continue to support all investors who add value to these lands, produce, export and help our people have jobs and food,” Erdogan said, noting that the government is providing various support to these tax investments. energy, infrastructure and personnel.

These supports, studies and productive moves are behind the fact that Turkey closed 2021 with a record export despite the pandemic conditions, the Turkish president added.

“Despite the reactions, if we make our country run from one record to another, I hope we will continue to write new success stories in the near future. We will work, we will produce. We will believe in our nation. We will bring Turkey together. “In the position it deserves,” Erdogan said.

Erdogan noted that the plant, which will significantly meet Turkey’s paper needs, will also significantly reduce the country’s current account deficit, ending $ 250m worth of imports and exporting $ 200m. dollars.

The Turkish president also stressed that the factory, equipped with state-of-the-art machinery and technology, will use used paper through recycling and thus play an important role in Turkey’s green revolution.

Later, Erdogan welcomed the inauguration ceremony of the Gökbel Dam and other newly built facilities in Aydin. In his speech, the President said: “We will achieve our goal of a great and strong Turkey, which we will build on the services and projects we have implemented in our country over the past 20 years.”