Addressing citizens in Gündoğdu Square in İzmir, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated as, "We are planning to establish a valley of food and agricultural technologies in Izmir. Thus, İzmir will be able to create its own brands in food and agriculture and market in our country and worldwide."
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli met with citizens in Gündoğdu square of İzmir.
"WE DID NOT LEAVE İZMİR WATERLESS"
President Erdoğan addressed to the citizens in the square, "We could not leave Izmir without water," we did not say it is the Republican People's Party (CHP) municipality. I said Mr. Veysel Eroğlu to immediately bring the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) to deal with. We have solved the most important problem of the city by supplying drinking water to İzmir with the Gördes Dam and a giant transmission line which is two meters in diameter and hundred kilometers long. "
Emphasizing that they built 28 dams and 8 ponds in İzmir and 14 dams are in construction, Erdoğan stated:
"With the irrigation facilities we have built in the last 17 years, we have opened 525 thousand decares of land to irrigation. We will open a more 129 thousand decares of productive land to irrigation."
"THE VALLEY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE ESTABLISHED"
Erdoğan stated that they gave a total of 3.8 billion pounds of agricultural support to the farmers in İzmir and added that they had established 3 new organized industrial site, 4 technoparks, 82 R & D centers and 28 design centers in the last 17 years.
Erdoğan said that they have started preparations for the establishment of free science technology and software valley. He added, "When the youth of İzmir finishes university, they will have the opportunity to transform their knowledge, skills and dreams into a project in this technology and software valley. We are also planning to establish a valley of food and agricultural technologies in our city. In this way, İzmir will be able to create its own brands in the food and agriculture field and market it in our country and the worldwide. "
"WE INVESTED AND GRANTED 9 BILLION TURKISH LIRA TO İZMİR"
In his speech, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli stated that he went to Ankara as a minister of the city but he did not forget İzmir and that the people living here were always at his disposal and added that 9 billion Turkish Lira of grant and investment have been made by his Ministry and 67 billion Turkish Liras of investment has been made by the government to İzmir.