Minister of Agriculture and Village Affairs Mehmet Mehdi Eker of Turkey
Mehmet Mehdi Eker is Minister of Agriculture of Turkey and Member of Parliament for Diyarbakır of the ruling AKP.
Bird flu has been discovered in a farm near Bird Sanctuary National Park in Manyas town of northern Aegean city of Balikesir located in western Turkey," Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Mehmet Mehdi Eker was quoted as saying.
Eker said the flu was believed to be brought by migratory birds coming from Ural Mountains destined to Africa via Manyas Lake.
bird fluTurkish Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Mehmet Mehdi Eker said on Thursday that Turkey faces an "important problem" following the outbreak of birdflu cases in Dogubayazit in Van province.
Eker said that they would have a meeting with regional governors and discuss measures to contain bird flu.
When asked if there were other regions where bird flu was seen, Eker said "we have received some warnings and we have already taken measures there.
The FINANCIAL -- According to APA-Economics, Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mehmet Mehdi Eker has arrived in Azerbaijan on December 28.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mehmet Mehdi Eker said on Tuesday Turkey had proposed a technical cooperation agreement in the field of agriculture with Russia.
The technical cooperation agreement will be made definite in the next few weeks and will probably be signed in October," Eker said at a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Turkey Vladimir Ivanovskiy.
Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mehmet Mehdi Eker was head of the Turkish delegation to Tehran during the first session.
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Mehmet Mehdi Eker met Saudi Arabian Industry & Commerce Minister Abdallah Bin Zainal Ali Reza, who is currently in Turkey for formal talks.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Turkish Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Mehmet Mehdi Eker said farmers and producers would have the opportunity to see the latest technologies, advanced machinery and equipment thanks to the fair.
Eker said 135 Turkish and 35 foreign companies were attending the fair.
Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mehmet Mehdi Eker has arrived in Azerbaijan today.
Giving information on the Rural Development Plan, which was approved by the Eurpoean Union Rural Development Committee and which Turkey will implement until 2013, Minister Mehdi Eker said Within the scope of Eurpoean Union harmonization process, we are implementing EU-supported projects devoted to ensuring food safety and quality.
ROME - Turkish Agriculture & Rural Affairs Minister Mehmet Mehdi Eker said Tuesday Italy and Bahrain wanted to invest in Turkish agricultural sector.
Eker said Turkey and Italy would probably sign a cooperation agreement on agriculture during the Italian minister's trip to Turkey.
We will exert great efforts to boost ties between Turkey and Azerbaijan," Eker said in the meeting.
Turkey's Agriculture Minister Eker said "we initialed a memorandum of understanding with the Russian authorities in Russia yesterday and resolved the problem.
Turkey's Agriculture Rural Affairs Minister Mehmet Mehdi Eker said at a meeting of the Turkish Agriculturists' Association, "we initialed a memorandum of understanding with the Russian authorities in Russia yesterday and resolved the problem.
Also speaking in the meeting, Agriculture Rural Affairs Minister Mehmet Mehdi Eker said that the main reason of global food crisis was to use agricultural raw materials, that needed to be used as foodstuff, outside this purpose.