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Denizli-Beyağaç
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00:00Dear Egristiz family, our guest on this program is Mr. Sezai Pütün, the Mayor of Bey Ağaç Municipality in Denizli.
00:07Hello Mr. President, welcome to our program.
00:09Hello, nice to meet you. Wishing you all the best.
00:12Thank you very much. Mr. President, you have a very beautiful town, a very beautiful city.
00:17You are also a mayor who, to our knowledge, has a history of involvement in agriculture.
00:26It's from the past, and it continues to this day.
00:29You're still involved in agriculture, aren't you?
00:31Of course, of course, we're continuing with agriculture. Agriculture is indispensable for us.
00:34That's wonderful. What were you busy with, Mr. President? Which area of agriculture?
00:38Our small town, our district. What do we have there right now, for example? Tobacco. In tobacco.
00:43So, once again, we produce the raw materials ourselves through livestock farming.
00:50You also grow tobacco.
00:53Of course, 80% of the district's income is already from tobacco.
00:59We deliver approximately 170-180 thousand tons of tobacco.
01:03Here are six companies. We have six companies that have submitted their white goods.
01:07So these are the subcontracting companies.
01:09There are already three main companies involved in tobacco farming in the world.
01:13There are about 7-8 such companies across Türkiye.
01:18Six of them are entering our district.
01:20Here, they buy tobacco, they give advances, they purchase tobacco.
01:24So, in our district, and perhaps in the Aegean region, we produce about 60% of the tobacco, either in the Kale or Tavas varieties.
01:34Are these being exported, Mr. President?
01:36Just this tomato paste.
01:38We are, in a way, Aegean exporters' association; the companies that buy from us, the stone suppliers, are connected to Aegean exporters' association.
01:46These are also being exported.
01:50These large companies can also buy tobacco, but lately, unlike in previous years, these tobaccos would be purchased after the New Year.
02:02Advances were given.
02:04Right now, the farmer is sending out an SOS.
02:07We are experiencing serious problems.
02:10He hasn't been able to get the fertilizer and plant his field yet.
02:12This is tobacco fertilizer, that kind of fertilizer for the house, it needs to be disposed of.
02:18It should be planted in the soil before or shortly after New Year's Day.
02:23We need to apply fertilizers that we call "tripli" or grape fertilizer.
02:27But this year farmers are really going through tough times.
02:30We have the tobacco because we haven't received the advance payments.
02:34Because it hasn't been received yet.
02:36So, even if they take delivery of the tobacco now, it would take me about 20 days to get paid for it.
02:42Therefore, this February will be a very unproductive month for us.
02:46Hopefully, around March, the citizens will receive their money.
02:52Because that's a significant number here.
02:56As I said, 80% of us are involved in agriculture.
02:59Although we also engage in livestock farming, our main source of income in agriculture is tobacco.
03:04So, as a district, we are dependent on tobacco.
03:07Yes, Mr. President, besides tobacco, what other product lines are there in general?
03:16Or we opened it.
03:16So, the barley and oats that we use as animal feed, we use them as feed for other purposes.
03:22Silage corn remains one of the most frequently added products.
03:27These three are generally... well, we don't have sunflowers, soybeans are not possible here.
03:34Apart from these, as I said, wheat and barley are generally used in livestock farming as feed or as straw.
03:44Again, silage corn is the dominant crop.
03:47We don't do these things commercially; for example, we don't sell seeds, nor do we sell innovations.
03:52We use these ourselves.
03:54For example, I have 20 animals, and we use and make their own bowls and food containers.
03:59From silage to corn, and also straw, we teach most of these things ourselves.
04:06How nice.
04:07Mr. President, could we also hear briefly about your other work?
04:11What are you doing there?
04:12Now, of course, since agriculture has been our main focus since we came into office, we have, for example, widened the narrow rural roads.
04:25What did we do with the roads that don't exist, and the places that appear as roads in Kadosto, without paying any money to the citizens?
04:34They widened the roads in those areas.
04:35Since our district is mainly focused on agriculture, we initially widened these roads.
04:42We inserted it in such a way that a heifer could fit inside.
04:45We created roads to places where there were no roads before.
04:48So, at the moment, farmers don't have many problems with the road.
04:53Secondly, of course, we didn't have a central mosque in our district.
04:58The mosque was demolished in 2020.
05:00We're about to finish it.
05:02We'll continue doing it there during Ramadan anyway.
05:06So, we will open Ram for prayer and perform the prayer there during Ramadan.
05:12Here's another connecting road to Köyceğiz.
05:16So, in previous years, for example, it would stay closed during the winters.
05:19We haven't kept it closed at all this year.
05:20There is a 55-kilometer road separating us from Köyceğiz.
05:23Again, there is an increase of 5 kilometers in the road between us and Muğla.
05:27So, it's not just about keeping the roads between our district and other villages, or other districts, continuously open.
05:34In other words, to both develop trade and continue socio-cultural activities.
05:40Again, Denizli, we are a distant district.
05:43We are a district close to Muğla.
05:45We are a district that is 5 kilometers from Muğla and 90 kilometers from Denizli.
05:51So, even though it's winter, and there hasn't been much snow, our citizens still have about a meter of snow on the road to Köyceğiz.
06:00They're keeping them open again.
06:01That is, if we had never cut off contact with other districts.
06:05So generally, our work focuses on those intermediate stages.
06:10There was also a park located in the center of the market.
06:12We are doing park landscaping there.
06:14We don't have a nice park.
06:17A place where we can sit and socialize, and entertain guests when visitors arrive from outside.
06:22We also have the Haneyevler Hotel here.
06:25So, we have 16 rooms.
06:26We can accommodate approximately 45 people, or we can accommodate 45 people coming from outside.
06:32We are doing their research.
06:35We'll call it a Turkish bath or a restaurant there.
06:38We are working on its development.
06:41We also have our traditional wrestling matches, featuring Hüseyin Çokal, Yağlık, and Erman, in August.
06:47We are waiting for a date from the Turkish Wrestling Federation.
06:49We have submitted our application.
06:51At the same time, there's the high plateau, the sky, and observation skills.
06:56Officials from the United States and the United Kingdom are participating in this.
07:01Officials from NASA will participate, and it will be like "Forget it, Professor Yıldız."
07:04Here are some other universities within Türkiye.
07:084-5 universities are participating.
07:10There were 4600 participants throughout last year.
07:14We expect a larger turnout.
07:15With Professor Ethem Dervan, this Professor Doctor Ethem Dervan.
07:21We organize sky observations with him.
07:25On August 12, 13, 14, and 15.
07:30We do both astrophotography work and teach courses on space science and astroscience from various universities.
07:40That's why we organize competitions among students.
07:43We are giving out awards for these.
07:44We are doing their research.
07:46Of course, we use red lighting while carrying out these works.
07:51We also receive support from the Metropolitan Municipality here.
07:54They are also providing good support, thankfully.
07:57Otherwise, we can't do it.
07:58This year, if we can get support from the governor's office, we'll be able to fence it off.
08:02This place is 20 kilometers away from the settlement.
08:07And in only a few places in the world.
08:09In Europe, it is one of 22 locations designated as a dark zone.
08:13Other measurements, taken with different devices, show a reading of 21.8.
08:18So it's one of the best areas for darkness.
08:21We also say it's a bit like a bowl.
08:24It's shaped like a bowl, surrounded by mountains.
08:27The region with the least light pollution.
08:29For example, we are currently working on those areas.
08:32We leased that area from the forest for 20 years.
08:36We leased it through a tender process.
08:38The rental agreement was made this year.
08:41Here's what we need to develop further, focusing on improving our district's socio-cultural networks with other provinces.
08:49So, we're working, that's all.
08:52These are the things that will be included in the new studies.
08:54How nice.
08:55The president, of course, probably considers that the most suitable place for sky observation, given the darkness there.
09:01Yes, Türkiye has hidden cities, but their light pollution is worse than ours.
09:07Now, the important thing here is the dark area.
09:11For example, there's a photo, folks.
09:13When the telescope is set up at 10 o'clock, it takes pictures until 4-5 o'clock, until it gets light.
09:20Or, we say, while the moon is visible, observe it with other telescopes.
09:26During the day, we watch the sun.
09:28For example, we show the audience who come there how the sun boils and fizzes.
09:34So, citizens are setting up around 50 telescopes for observation.
09:37Of course, these telescopes are purchased at considerable cost.
09:43But here we are, taking photos of space, friends from Ankara, Kayseri, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, what kind of friends are we?
09:53There is a participating group. We have a group of 3,000 people.
09:57For example, they periodically release photos taken with that group.
10:01He says, "This photograph, taken regularly in Toputlu Plateau..."
10:05So they're watching the last 3 stars.
10:07Of course, these are not stars close to our world; they are stars tens of thousands of kilometers away, and they are taking photos of them and sharing them with us.
10:18Of course, because it's a dark area, for example, if you look at the sky in a city center and see a thousand stars, there you see tens of thousands of stars.
10:27It's as if the stars are only 1700 meters away where we are.
10:32It also creates the feeling that the stars are closer, somewhat.
10:40That's wonderful. Congratulations, Mr. President.
10:42From what I understand, you host at least as many tourists there as your population, once a year.
10:47Yes, it's exceeding your population by a little bit.
10:49Our population is approximately 6,000, 6,011 by the end of 2025.
10:56The number is 6,148.
10:58By the end of 2020, we had lost another 150 people.
11:00While we were saying we would attract more people, we've actually lost more.
11:05Of course, this is also due to young people not paying attention to agriculture.
11:10Because there is no readily available capital in agriculture.
11:12So, if there were minimum wages, young people would want to go and work in the city.
11:17What is this doing?
11:18The age of agricultural workers is being pushed up a bit further.
11:21Currently, across Türkiye and in our district as well, the average age for those engaged in agriculture has risen above 55.
11:26We are now expecting serious support for agriculture from our government.
11:32Otherwise, agriculture is truly in distress.
11:36This means there won't be enough manpower to produce anything in the future.
11:40Although agricultural machinery has a certain age, without human labor, mechanized farming inevitably leads to disaster.
11:50We always say it's wasteful.
11:52There is a lot of waste.
11:53That's why the machines, because our models are small, cause a little damage when turning around the edge.
12:01That's where the damage starts, right at the entrance.
12:04This means that mechanization in agriculture is a bit more difficult in smaller towns.
12:09Manpower is definitely needed.
12:12Of course, they still provide support for agriculture in big cities, but...
12:16So, agriculture needs serious support.
12:19Or else it won't produce indigo nails.
12:21So, as humanity, we will starve.
12:25This will happen in 20 years.
12:27the person who will produce it from within ourselves
12:30We think it has decreased significantly.
12:31It seems to be decreasing significantly.
12:33Whenever I look at a city like this since my childhood...
12:36people our age really
12:39He was not involved in agriculture.
12:40The younger generation used to bother us.
12:41But right now, maybe only 10% of young people are involved in agriculture.
12:47Mr. President, I'm curious about something.
12:49We're running out of time.
12:50We have one last minute.
12:52This is a place with a population of 6,000 or 5,000.
12:56Bey Ağaç.
12:57We were in Africa last week.
12:59There is a city with a population of 50,000
13:03There wasn't even a single tractor.
13:06So, for example, how many tractors are there in Beyağaç?
13:09Don't you know the number?
13:11I don't know the exact number, but there are between 600 and 700 in a tree.
13:16Because everyone has a tractor to take their place.
13:18So, in 1973, there was only one tractor, said Baba Muhammed.
13:2172-73.
13:23So, for example, right now I have two tractors at home.
13:27Yes.
13:28I don't drive the big tractor.
13:30But there are tractors everywhere.
13:33So there are taxis without tractors.
13:35Tavlimi is attaching it to the field.
13:37So the tractor isn't moving.
13:39She's definitely going by taxi.
13:41There was a time when everyone could have a horse to ride on, or rather, a vehicle to take to their fields, in the future.
13:45How nice.
13:46Thank you very much, Mr. President.
13:47We wish you success in your work.
13:49See you later.
13:50Okay. Thank you.
13:51Thank you very much.
13:51Thank you for watching.
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