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Press release... Şemsi Bayraktar announced the sacrificial prices... Turkey Union of Chambers of Agriculture (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar held a press conference yesterday. Bayraktar said: "This year, we estimate that 3 million 600 thousand animals will be slaughtered, approximately 900 thousand bovine and 2.7 million ovine. We also estimate that the amount to be paid for the sacrificials this year will approach 11.9 billion liras." Bayraktar explained: "Although it differs according to provinces and live weight, it changes between 5 thousand to 30 thousand liras per animal, between 750 liras and 3 thousand liras in sheep and the price of live weight per kilogram, 18 to 26 liras in cattle, 19 to 30 liras in ovine." Pointing out that while looking at the country average, it is seen that the price of live kilograms of cattle is 21.72 liras and the prices of ovine are 23.74 liras, Bayraktar noted: "Cattle prices in live kilograms are among the thr...

Ovine shepherds boycotted supermarkets for selling cheap sacrificials on social media in Turkey! Members of Ovine Shepherds Union came together on social media with the motto of  'Claim your sacrificial' declared that they have been aggrieved by such markets just before The Feast of Qurban. "As you can see on television and social media, markets make use of this opportunity and sell slaughtered sacrificials by instalments. But small producers will not be victims of markets. On the other hand Department of Religious Affairs and Red Crescent supported this irregularity by declaring the prices well below the real producers" said shepherds. They warned that they were never against donations but sacrifice animals should be at least 6 months in size and flawless, yet under these conditions it was not possible to find such sacrificials at prices given by markets. "We call for The Ministry of Agriculture to perform its duty. Also want to know that why the assoc...