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Despite the coronavirus outbreak in Konya, the granary of Turkey, which continues in production agriculture. Stating that the farmers continue to work in the field, Karatay District Chamber of Agriculture President Rıfat Kavuneker said, "Don't panic, we will not leave your table empty. We are in the fields." All measures taken in the field Kavuneker noted that, "We have been in contact with the Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers and the Government. But no matter how much we and the Government take measures, everyone should take their own precaution. Currently quarantine is implemented nearby towns and villages and these are mostly production centres in Turkey. Hopefully these diseases will come and go. However, agriculture does not waste time. Currently, planting of vegetables has started in the fields and greenhouses. If the day of this is passed, we may not find vegetables on the field after 1 to 1.5 months. Therefore everything is necessary in the season i...

The 100-year dream of the Konya Plain became a reality... Göksu Basin water flowing to the Mediterranean while wasted, now began to meet with the Plain  through the canals gathered in the dams of Konya, the main witnesses of this historical moment spoke hopeful for the future Water brought from Göksu River Basin to Turkey's granary Konya Plain began to meet with soil. The Konya Plain Project prepared by the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid Khan in 1907 is completed to make the barren lands suitable for agriculture. The water flowing from the Göksu Basin to the Mediterranean Sea is transferred through canals with a length of 225 kilometers and accumulated in dams. With the Blue Tunnel Project, one of the important pillars of the project, 125 km long Apa Hotamış Transmission Channel, which will transfer water to Konya Plain, was provided with trial water. The water released from Suğla Storage reached Acıgöl in Süleymanhacı Village of Karaman and Hotamış Storage 10 kilometers southea...