Agriculture and Forestry Ministry

A senior official at the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has complained about the shortage of staff protecting the wild animals in Turkey during a presentation to parliament's Animal Rights Research Commission.

Some 17,750 square meters of abandoned fishing nets have been removed from Turkish waters around the Dardanelles Strait and the islands of Bozcaada (or Tenedos) and Gökçeada (or Imbros) since 2016 as part of an Agriculture and Forestry Ministry project.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey will cultivate industrial hemp and the necessary talks were already held with Agriculture and Forestry Ministry and Environment and Urbanization Ministry regarding the works to be launched.