The conflicts are mainly focused on the Black Sea, following the protests launched by tea producers against the state-owned company «Chaykur» and the Turkish government for the Quota that he imposed on the product.
And in Artvin of the eastern Pontus and in Rizunda, the origin of the Erdogan, the police intervened violently to disperse gatherings of farmers outside the state-owned company's factories who wanted to protest against the 17% per acre quota imposed by the government. The Chaikur company will buy only 17 kg of tea per hectare, the rest the producers will either have to throw away or find other buyers.. «The AKP government stands against the citizen who claims his rights. Suleiman Soylu should be ashamed of this disgrace,» wrote CHP opposition MP Ali Mahir Basharir.
Video of the clashes
Artvin Hopa'da ‘çayda kontenjan’ uygulamasını protesto eden çay üreticilerine polis acımasızca müdahale etti ve çok sayıda kişi gözaltına alındı
Haklarını arayan vatandaşın karşısında yine AKP iktidarı var!
Şu yaşanan rezaletten Süleyman Soylu utanır mı? pic.twitter.com/2ZoC16SOEj
- Ali Mahir Başarır (@alimahir) May 27, 2021
Tea producers gathered to read a protest calling for the quota to be lifted, but police intervened violently to prevent them, resulting in violent clashes and 30 farmers being arrested.
The event has provoked the anger of citizens who, through videos circulating on social media, protested against the government and railed against Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu, saying he should be ashamed of the police intervention against the farmers.
