The project evaluation meeting of "EDİRNEKARI WORKSHOP", which was prepared within the scope of the Financial Support Program for the Development and Diversification of Tourism of Thrace Development Agency, to which Uzunköprü District Governorship applied, was held on 06.10.2021 at Uzunköprü Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

On behalf of the participating institutions of the project, Uzunköprü Chamber of Commerce and Industry, UTSO Chairman Ercan İHTİYAR, Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange Chairman Egemen ASLAN, on behalf of the project partner Uzunköprü District Special Administration Manager İlker TEKEL, Public Education Center Manager Hakan ÇİÇEK Project Coordinator, Uzunköprü Anatolian High School Meral ŞEVİK from Turkey participated as Assistant Project Coordinator

At the meeting, the activities carried out within the scope of the project, the products produced during the course activities and the activities that can be done for the marketing of the products produced after the course, the preparations for the project closing ceremony, the dissemination of Edirnekari art after the project and the active use of the workshop building were discussed.

Ziraat Bank Uzunköprü Branch Manager Hakkı Kara and Customer Relations Officer Ercüment Ekşi visited our stock exchange on 15.09.2021 and met with our Chairman of the Board of Directors, Egemen Aslan.

Ziraat Bank Uzunköprü Branch Manager, Hakkı Kara, who was appointed to work in our district a short time ago, paid a courtesy visit to our stock exchange to get to know Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange and to meet our Chairman of the Board, Egemen Aslan.

During the visit, UZTB Chairman of the Board Egemen Aslan expressed his satisfaction to Ziraat Bank Uzunköprü Branch Manager Hakkı Kara and wished success in his new position. The Bank`s new term studies were mentioned, and Ziraat Bank`s loan advantages for agricultural production and business world and banking activities that could be provided to UZTB members were mentioned.

Uzunköprü District Mufti Engin Çiçek visited our stock market on 07.09.2021 and met with our Chairman of the Board, Egemen Aslan.

Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange Chairman Egemen Aslan thanked District Mufti Engin Çiçek for his kind visit and wished them success in their difficult and lofty service.

The Çakmak Dam project, which is described as the GAP of the Thrace region, the foundation of which was laid 12 years ago, could only be completed almost 3 percent of the overall irrigation line. While the 1st Stage irrigation line, which was tendered in 2017 and will provide water to an area of ​​160 thousand decares, is expected to be completed in 2020, only 10 percent of the work here has been done so far. The 2nd Stage irrigation line, covering an area of ​​360 thousand decares, has not even been put out to tender. Considering all these, in order to accelerate the construction of the Çakmak Dam Irrigation Line, an evaluation meeting was held at the Çakıcı Hotel with the participation of District Governor Hakan Yavuz Erdoğan. As a result of the meeting, it was decided to form a team and go to Ankara and make a request to the relevant authorities to accelerate the project.

Uzunköprü District Governor Hakan Yavuz Erdoğan, Mayor Özlem Becan, District Agriculture Manager Burak Esen, Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange Chairman Egemen Aslan, Chamber of Agriculture President Yıldız Kılıç, Çakmak Irrigation Cooperative President Ünal at the Çakmak Dam evaluation meeting held at Çakıcı Hotel on Wednesday, September 01. Çelebi, Rice Producers Union President Ali Öner, Dairy Producers Union President Tamer Akkuş, Headman`s Association President Nevzat Öztürk, AK Party District Managers Önder Özcan and Mutlu Kırman, CHP District President Muammer Çetiner, IYI Party District President İbrahim Erkal, MHP District President Onur Ser Press members attended as well. In the meeting, ideas were exchanged regarding the acceleration of the construction of the Çakmak Dam Irrigation Lines, which are progressing more slowly than planned and considered very important for the region, especially for our district.

District Governor Hakan Yavuz Erdoğan, who took the floor for the first time at the meeting, emphasized that the issues that need to be done about the project should be focused on one by one and stated that the focus should be shifted to that direction. Emphasizing that requests were made in parts rather than the overall project, Erdoğan said: “First of all, we must focus on commitments. Did the 40 million TL promised to us at the Çakmak dam come? We have to follow this. We must look at agriculture as a whole. In such a period, we need to determine the amount we want well. We must demand a reasonable and realistic allowance. The pandemic has overtaken many things. We are going through a difficult period. The project we have to compare is the Hamzadere Dam. 85% complete. It means they`ve come a long way. We should act on this as well. If we include the AK Party Provincial Chairperson Belgin İba to the team, we need to go to Ankara with a strong team with other components. This is a very costly project than OSB. We work within 15 days, interviews and appointments are set. We have to make the preparations and act quickly and get this done until the Budget is prepared”.

Another person who took the floor at the meeting, Çakmak Irrigation Cooperative President Ünal Çelebi, pointed out that the 1st phase is progressing very slowly, and that the 2nd phase has not been tendered yet, and that at least the 2nd phase tender should be completed. In his speech, Çelebi said, “The situation of the Çalmak Dam Project is progressing slowly. The tender for the canal that will flood the main body from Meriç has been awarded. The contractor is working. Regarding the 1st stage, he told me that I can do 20 percent of the money with the money I have, we need money. He promised to deliver it next year if you give me money. Ms. Belgin (AK Party Edirne Provincial President) said she would contact in Ankara. We are in the 10th percentile in the irrigation project of an area of ​​160 thousand decares. Work continues in the Sığırcılı section. The other stage is an area of ​​360 thousand decares. The tender for this needs to be done urgently," he said.

Commodity Exchange Chairman Egemen Aslan also drew attention to the importance of going to Ankara with a team to accelerate the project. Stating that the country gave signs of drought, Aslan emphasized that the Çakmak Dam should be completed and put into operation as soon as possible. In the evaluation of the lion, “

We have an urgent need at the Çakmak dam. Due to the drought, Central Anatolia and other regions were destroyed. We need to put this threshold appropriation in the 2022 budget. Meriç line continues, let`s speed it up. Let`s form a team. Let`s follow this issue in Ankara. We have to stick the needle in ourselves. We did not follow this process properly. The President and the Speaker of the Parliament are also aware of this project. I think Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop will help us when we go with a determined team.”

Other participants at the meeting also went to Ankara and stated that they agreed to include the project in the 2022 budget. Necessary preliminary meetings will be held with the DSI Regional Director within 15 days and preliminary preparations will be made for the meetings in Ankara.

Chairman of the Assembly of our Exchange Abdullah Saka, Chairman of the Board of Directors Egemen Aslan, Vice Chairman of the Board Uğur Erk and Treasurer of the Board of Directors Orhan Gür Uzunköprü, who was appointed as the Tax Office Manager, paid a congratulatory visit to Ayhan Bişkin on 25.08.2021.

During the visit, our Chairman of the Board of Directors, Egemen Aslan, gave information to the Tax Office Director Ayhan Bişkin about the history of Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange, its activities, its working system and its place in the regional economy, and the economic structure and general situation of our district.

Our new Tax Office Manager Ayhan Bişkin expressed his satisfaction for the courtesy visit of Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange and stated that they will be in harmony and cooperation between institutions as before.

As Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange Council, we wish success to Ayhan Bişkin, the New Uzunköprü Tax Office Manager.

The delegation, consisting of IYI Party Edirne Deputy Orhan Çakırlar, IYI Party Uzunköprü District President İbrahim Erkal, City Council Members and Provincial-District Board Members, visited our Exchange on 23.08.2021, watched our Salon sales, and met with our members and producers who buy and sell products. 

Welcomed by Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange Board Treasurer Orhan Gür, IYI Party Edirne Deputy Orhan Çakırlar, IYI Party Uzunköprü District President İbrahim Erkal and the accompanying delegation received information about Exchange transactions, chatted with producers and members at the Electronic Sales Hall and Exchange Social Facilities. followed the buying and selling transactions.

Republican People`s Party Edirne Deputy Okan Gaytancıoğlu, District President Muammer Çetiner, Provincial Assembly Members Ahmet Sarıgül and Yaşar Sasa and CHP District Board Member Ata Tülü visited our stock exchange on 19.08.2021.

During the visit of our Chairman of the Board, Egemen Aslan, Vice-President Uğur Erk and Member of the Board of Directors Orhan Gür, the agriculture and livestock situation of our district, as well as commercial and economic issues were discussed, and evaluations were made about the wheat, sunflower and paddy blend for 2021.

Uzunköprü Tax Office Manager Mustafa Kala visited our stock market on 18.08.2021 and met with our Chairman of the Board Egemen Aslan and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Uğur Erk. Mustafa Kala, who has been working as the Director of the Tax Office in our district since 2015, paid a farewell visit to our Stock Exchange due to his appointment to Muğla.

Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange Chairman of the Board Egemen Aslan and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Uğur Erk thanked Tax Office Manager Mustafa Kala for their services in the district and wished him success in his new position and presented him with the porcelain plate of our exchange in memory of his services in our district.

The monthly personnel meeting of our Exchange was held on 16.08.2021 under the chairmanship of our Chairman of the Board of Directors, Egemen Aslan, with the participation of our personnel.

In the meeting, the realization status and follow-up of the issues discussed in the previous staff meetings were made, the issues related to the Quality Management System and Accreditation were discussed, evaluations were made about the ongoing wheat sales and the upcoming sunflower blend.

Egemen Aslan, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, was informed about the activities that may enable the departments to provide better service by the unit responsible.

SUNFLOWER, THE FIRST PRODUCT OF THE 2021 HARVEST SEASON, WAS BROUGHT TO OUR EXCHANGE ON MONDAY, AUGUST 09, 2021 TO SOLD.

1,000 KG OF SUNFLOWERS BROUGHT FROM MEHMET ALİ KÜNTECİ FROM MERİÇ SUBAŞI VILLAGE, AT THE PRICE OF 8,000 TL/TON, OUR EXCHANGE MEMBER GÜRKAN GÜR ZAHİRECİLİK NAKLİYE SANAYİ VE TİCARET SAHİTIN TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ.

OUR MANUFACTURER, WHO BRINGS THE FIRST PRODUCT, WAS A QUARTER GOLD GIFT BY ORHAN GÜR, OUR TRAILER MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ON BEHALF OF THE UZUNKOPRU COMMODITY EXCHANGE ASSEMBLY.

WE WISH THE 2021 SUNFLOWER HARVEST SEASON TO BE CONVENIENT TO ALL OUR PRODUCERS AND MEMBERS.

UZUNKOPRU COMMODITY EXCHANGE PRESIDENCY

Digital Thrace Project, Trakya ABİGEM A.Ş., which is a partner of 26 Chambers and Exchanges in the Thrace region, including the Trakya Development Agency and Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange. It provides SMEs with the support they need on their way to digitalization.

It provides e-commerce and e-export infrastructure and digital platform membership to SMEs free of charge for one year in order to enable digitalized businesses to cross their borders and sell to all over the world.

Within the scope of the Digital Trakya Project, every company and entrepreneur will be able to market and sell their products and services by showing their presence in the online world under their own domain name, and they will also be members of the digital platform established specifically for Trakya. In this way, they will be able to deliver their products and services to consumers at advantageous costs on the platform of their region, which is an alternative to today`s marketplaces.

By leading the digital transformation of our Thrace region with its 24/7 technology support, the Digital Thrace Project aims to strengthen our international trade by increasing the competitiveness of our country`s entrepreneurs in the global arena.

Our SMEs in Thrace will benefit from the support under many titles free of charge for one year.

Some of these supports are;
· A new generation infrastructure that will allow you to do e-commerce and e-export, working under your own domain name, with B2B and B2C features,

· Opportunity to sell the products you sell on your own site to domestic and foreign customers through a single platform

· Training on different topics throughout the scope of support and strategic planning support that will be with you in your new business plan

o Trainings for SMEs new to e-commerce

o Trainings on domestic and international cargo processes

o Digital Marketing

o Social Media

o E-export

o Payment Systems

Maximum return opportunity with advantageous costs by taking advantage of the agreements made collectively for the project, such as cargo, logistics and payment systems, regarding the additional services that companies and entrepreneurs need in their commercial activities.

With the Digital Thrace Project, which was developed entirely with national and domestic resources, SMEs will be able to trade in the logic of a regional and/or sectoral marketplace, but under their own brand or domain names. Thanks to the multi-language support, they will have the opportunity to increase their sales in the unlimited world of e-export by opening the products and services for sale in different countries and different currencies.

Without requiring any coding or software knowledge, our businesses will realize their own online sales platforms and will make a difference in digitalization with the collaboration platform provided by the Digital Trakya Project. This union of forces is a very important resource for our national goals.

As part of the Digital Thrace Project, we digitize our 1000 SMEs, enabling them to increase their online reputation and maximize their income.

To take your place in the Trakya digital transformation movement, you can get information from www.dijitaltrakya.com and apply immediately.

T.R. Trakya University Uzunköprü Vocational School Director Assoc. Dr. İsmail Kılıç and School Secretary Yücel Albayrak visited our stock exchange on 24.06.2021 and met with our Chairman of the Board, Egemen Aslan.

During the visit, ideas were exchanged about the "Uzunköprü with Every Direction" symposium planned to be held in our district in November 2022, and the joint projects that could be done as UMYO and UZTB were discussed.

THE FIRST WHEAT, THE PRODUCT OF THE 2021 HARVEST SEASON, WAS BROUGHT TO OUR EXCHANGE ON MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021.

2,000 KG OF WHEAT BROUGHT FROM THE DISTRICT CENTER BY MAHMUT GÜZELERGENE, MEMBER OF OUR EXCHANGE GÜRKAN GÜR ZAHİRECİLİK NAKLİYE SANAYİ VE TİCARET LIMITED COMPANY OWNER, GÜRKAN SATINYA, FROM GÜRKAN GÜRTİNİYA A 4,000 TL/FROM ALINYA 4,000 TL. OUR MANUFACTURER BROUGHT THE FIRST PRODUCT OF THE YEAR TO THE EXCHANGE, ON BEHALF OF UZUNKOPRU COMMODITY EXCHANGE ASSEMBLY, OUR TRAILER MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ORHAN GÜR, WAS A GIFT OF A QUARTER GOLD. WE WISH THE NEW HARVEST SEASON TO BE BEAUTIFUL AND FERTILE TO ALL OUR PRODUCERS AND MEMBERS.

Before the upcoming 2021 Wheat Blend, a consultation meeting was held at Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange, where our members expressed their problems, opinions, suggestions and expectations, in order to have a nice, trouble-free and fruitful blend with our Members who were engaged in Wheat Trade.

Before the 2021 wheat harvest, our members came together to exchange ideas on the quality of the products, the price situation and marketing, and had the opportunity to convey their ideas about the operation and the problems they saw on our stock exchange.

The meeting ended with the wishes of our Chairman of the Board of Directors, Egemen Aslan, to be a fruitful and profitable blend for our traders and producers.

Uzunköprü Architect Muslihiddin Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School Vocational Education Cooperation Protocol Executive Board Meeting within the scope of the Vocational Education Cooperation Protocol signed between the Ministry of National Education, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and TOBB Economy and Technology University, which will integrate vocational education and the real sector. It was held on Wednesday, 16.06.2021 at Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange. 

UTSO Chairman of the Board Ercan İhtiyar, Uzunköprü District National Education Director Eralp Akman, Architect Muslihiddin Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School Director Mesut Kaya and Deputy Director Burcu Yaliniz attended the meeting held under the chairmanship of Uzunköprü Commodity Exchange Board of Directors and Protocol Executive Board (PYK) President Egemen Aslan. .

Scholarships to be given to successful and needy students who will prefer the school at the meeting that started with the evaluation of the work done, scholarships to the students of Mimar Muslihiddin Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School who won a university for at least 4 years, to equip one workshop of the Chemical Technologies Field in accordance with today`s conditions, Decisions were made by making plans for the promotion of the school and raising awareness for parents and children.