TURKIYE TARIM KREDI KOOPERATIFLERI

In the light of **154 years** of knowledge and experience in Turkish agriculture, the Central Union of Agricultural Credit Cooperatives of Turkey is an organization which meets all sorts of agricultural input needs and credit requirements of its approximately 1. 1 million members. With **24,7 billion Turkish Liras **worth of assets, it is comprised of **17 regional unions**, **1625 primary cooperatives**, **194 service operation offices**, and **+7. 000 employees**. The Union is a member of *International Cooperative Alliance*,* International Raiffeisen Union*, and *European Agri Co-ops*. Union and the co-ops are active in *money and in kind lending*, *insurance brokerage*, *supply of agricultural inputs*, *consumer goods*, *marketing of outputs*, *artificial insemination*, *contract farming* and similar activities. *15 different subsidiaries *active in **Fertilizers**, **Plant Protection Products (PPPs)**, **Greenhouse Cover**, **Drip Irrigation Equipments**, **food** and **livestock products**, **Marketing** and **Services**, **Livestock Feed Business Lines**