It was a long time ago, a very long time…
Tables where annoying conversations and maddening costs were never discussed…
Times when steps in the economy didn’t leave exporters stuck in between like this…
It feels like decades have passed since those pleasant conversations…
But the reality now slaps us in the face like a punch.
No matter where we go or who we talk to, the main agenda is the same…
We’re like a test subject trying to find their way out of a labyrinth!
Even those working with passion in production can’t see tomorrow.
They say dawn is dark, and it’s just like that…
No one can see the light or predict the end of the tunnel.
It’s a pitch-black atmosphere…
The environment is going to bring out the ‘master tigers.’
Which ships will dock at the port, and who will get lost in the waves?
What will the severity of the earthquake be?
Our hope is to make it through until the end of 2026 with mild tremors, but…
Unfortunately, that’s not the picture we’re seeing.
Why, you ask?
Because both the sellers and the ones who can’t sell are in trouble! The dollar exchange rate that once matched 1 liter of diesel is now far behind that level. Losses while producing, losses while selling!
The forest fees paid in Turkey are unmatched anywhere in the world!
Competing in the global market is becoming increasingly impossible.
The result?
Companies filing for concordat, revoked licenses, people losing their jobs!
The textile industry has raised the “bankruptcy” flag, miners are in revolt. Who knows which exporter or industrialist will soon say, “That’s it, we’re done!”
How much longer will we wait to do something, to revive production?
Or will everyone be told, “Do you still have a way to Egypt?”
That’s the whole issue.
