Miller Magazine Issue: 151 July 2022

92 INTERVIEW MILLER / JULY 2022 Mardin, the ancient city of Mesopotamia's fertile lands and one of Turkey's top-quality wheat production regions, ranks first in Turkey's flour export. 33% of Turkey's flour exports, 23% of bulgur exports and 10% of pasta exports come from Mardin. Veysi Duyan, Chairman of the Board of Marduy Flour, one of the leading Turkish flour companies, and Chairman of the Dicle Flour Industrialists' Association (DUNSAD), answered our questions on the ongoing wheat harvest throughout Turkey and the future of the industry. Duyan says that the increasing number of flour mills in Iraq, one of the most important markets for Turkish flour exports, will not be an obstacle for the industry. He thinks that the Turkish flour industrialist will continue to exist in the Iraqi market for many years with its quality and price advantage. “Our country's indus- trialists and export power is known around the world with the test it gave in difficult times. In challenging times, we have taken responsibility together and successfully overcome global threats and economic shocks many times. We have full confidence in the knowledge we have.” DUNSAD Chairman states that with the awareness that Turkey must produce enough wheat to be self-sufficient, it should find ways to increase the yield. The answers given by Veysi Duyan to our questions are as follows: Mr. Duyan, you are successfully managing Marduy Un, one of Turkey's leading wheat flour exporters. Could you give us brief information about your company? Marduy is a company that has been operating successfully in its targeted markets for years, with its partnership and cap- ital structure, completed and ongoing investments, equities, production technology and quality standards. Our primary goal has always been to keep up with many sudden changes in the export regime in global and local markets while main- taining profitability and sales targets. Maintaining this compa- ny experience and business ethics, both in purchasing and sales, is the focal point of our working life. You follow Turkey and the world markets closely. The world is experiencing a food crisis due to the ongoing ef- fects of the coronavirus, the Russia-Ukraine war, extreme weather events and rising energy costs. How will this situ- ation affect the Turkish flour industrialists? Turkey has been maintaining its world leadership in wheat “As the Turkish Flour Industrialists' Federation, our main goal is to overcome this difficult pe- riod of crises and uncertainties, both in domestic supply channels and in exports, with the least damage and to create a strong industry union. We are aware of the need to increase our country's wheat production to a self-sufficient level in a sustainable way as soon as possible by working in coordination with our state and related institutions” Turkey should be self-sufficient in wheat production as soon as possible Veysi Duyan Chairman Dicle Flour Industrialists' Association