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Our Board of Directors Chairman, Recep Bağlamış, attended the Businessmen and Industrialists Meeting organized by the Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality, with the participation of our Minister of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change, Mr. Mehmet Özhaseki. Chairman Bağlamış, along with our Board Members, participated in the event aimed at discussing and promoting the development of our city. We will continue to work together for the progress of our city.

Ms. Tuğba İlgü, President of the Kayseri Women Entrepreneurs Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB Kayseri), and the members of the Board of Directors, together with Mr. Hamdi Gülsoy, Vice President of the Kayseri Young Entrepreneurs Board of TOBB, held a joint consultation meeting at our Exchange. Our Assembly President, Mr. Mehmet İştahlı, and our Secretary General, Mr. Burak Yıldırım, gave a presentation on the activities of our Exchange. A mutual exchange of views took place. As a token of appreciation, Mr. Mehmet İştahlı, the President of the Assembly, presented a plaque to Ms. İlgü in memory of the day.

The Chairman of the Kayseri Commodity Exchange, Recep Bağlamış, made a statement ahead of the upcoming Sacrifice Festival. He said, "As a result of consultations with our board members, the recommended prices for sacrificial animals have been determined. The retail live kilogram price of male cattle is set at 150 TL, the retail live kilogram price of male sheep at 125 TL, the retail live kilogram price of female cattle that have lost their breeding status at 140 TL, and the retail live kilogram price of female sheep at 100 TL.

Our Board Chairman Recep Bağlamış, along with our Assembly Chairman Mehmet İştahlı and TOBB delegates, attended the 79th General Assembly of TOBB held in Ankara. We wish the new term to be beneficial for our country and our community.

In our province, which is included in the IPARD program for agriculture and livestock, we held a first-of-its-kind event. A seminar was conducted by representatives of the Agricultural and Rural Development Support Institution (TKDK) in our Exchange's meeting hall. The event, which attracted significant attention, featured speakers Ibrahim Ceylan, Communication Specialist at TKDK Nevşehir Provincial Coordination, and Taner Karacan, Head of the TKDK Project Application Unit. They provided detailed information on general eligibility criteria for sectors, professional qualifications, ranking and selection criteria, eligible expenditure areas for support, and ineligible expenses.

Our Board Chairman @recepbaglamis, along with our Board Member Yunus Karaca from @kayseritb, paid a courtesy visit to @tobbiletisim President Mr. @rhisarciklioglu. We thank Mr. Hisarcıklıoğlu for his valuable hospitality.

Our Founding Board meeting was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Governor Şenol Esmer. During the meeting, various agenda items were discussed and decisions were made.

Kayseri Geothermal-Based Agricultural Specialized Organized Industrial Zone (TDİOSB) Chairman Recep Bağlamış stated that the Kayseri Geothermal-Based Agricultural Specialized OSB has officially gained legal entity status through the partnership of the Kayseri Governorship, Metropolitan Municipality, Kocasinan Municipality, Kayseri Commodity Exchange, Kayseri Chamber of Commerce, and Kayseri Chamber of Industry. 

Chairman Bağlamış emphasized that geothermal energy is a significant input that reduces costs in many sectors, and highlighted its importance for both the agriculture and energy sectors due to its renewable and sustainable features. He said, Our goal is to increase good agricultural practices, employment, and exports.

Bağlamış also pointed out that support for good agricultural practices in regions with geothermal energy is steadily increasing. "Thanks to these supports, we aim to increase technological and modern greenhouse investments in our provinces. This will ensure the production of better and higher-quality products, and by using geothermal energy resources, we can reduce energy costs and lower unit production costs. The products with lower unit costs will be marketed more profitably abroad. In addition, the added value these products will bring to our national economy will lead to a significant increase in agricultural exports."

He further explained that producers will be able to carry out high-efficiency, fully automated, soil-free production in modern technological greenhouses, while adding value to their products, contributing greatly to the country's agricultural sector.

"When our Geothermal-Based Greenhouse OSB becomes operational, it will have an annual production capacity of 35,000 tons from an area of 1.227 million m², and it will provide employment opportunities for 1,500 people, 75% of whom will be women. The zone will be self-sufficient, with centralized facilities that will meet the needs of construction permits, greenhouse heating, drinking water, electricity, and natural gas. In addition to the 35 technological greenhouse operation parcels, 9 industrial zones will be dedicated to processing the products produced," Bağlamış added.

He also highlighted that local governments and governorships are supporting projects for the direct use of geothermal resources, especially those that benefit citizens and make their lives easier. "We see this support in European Union project calls as well. In EU projects, it is now emphasized that support will be given for the direct use of geothermal resources rather than geothermal power plants. Geothermal resources are already actively used in district heating and modern greenhouse structures. In the future, we will witness geothermal resources being used in many different sectors beyond just geothermal power plants (JES), and I believe this will bring great benefits," he said.

Bağlamış concluded by expressing his hope that the investments made in this field will be beneficial to both the city and the country.

As the Chambers and Commodity Exchanges affiliated with TOBB in Kayseri, we fully support the Business World Housing Mobilization launched by TOBB with a 1 billion TL contribution. We are awaiting the support of all our citizens for our #ElVerinEvYapalım campaign, aimed at meeting the housing needs of earthquake victims.

At our Commodity Exchange, we held a consultation meeting for the Beydeğirmeni Fattening Project with the participation of our Chairman Recep Bağlamış and the President of the Kayseri Red Meat Producers Association, Mr. Ercan Aras. The requests of our stakeholders, the Red Meat Producers, were gathered, and information was shared about the current status and future of the project. We would like to thank all participants.