Çaykur

Turkish state-owned tea-producing company

Çaykur
Company type	Public
Industry	Tea producer
Founded	1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Headquarters	Rize , Turkey
Key people	CEO: İmdat Sütlüoğlu
Owner	Turkey Wealth Fund
Number of employees	26,500 (2016)
Website	www.caykur.gov.tr

Çaykur is a Turkish state-owned tea-producing company.^[1] Their portfolio includes ice tea, green tea, organic and black tea. Çaykur has 45 tea processing factories, and one packaging factory. The general manager of Çaykur is Yusuf Ziya Alim.^[2]

Tea production was also supported by the Republic of Turkey in the following years. The first tea crop was harvested in 1938 and the first tea factory was established in 1947. Since 1963, domestic production has replaced imports in meeting Turkey's tea consumption.^[3] Tea production activities were carried out by the State Agricultural Enterprises until 1948, and in cooperation with the General Directorate of Tekel and the Ministry of Agriculture between 1949 and 1973.^[4]

On 4 February 2017, all state-owned stakes were handed over to the Turkey Wealth Fund.^[5]

The firm is a sponsor of Çaykur Rizespor football club.^[6]

References

^ "Why Turkey subsidises organic tea". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
^ Borsası, Trabzon Ticaret (2023-10-17). "Yusuf Ziya Alim, Çaykur Genel Müdürlüğü'ne atandı | tb.org.tr". www.tb.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-10-17.
^ "Çaykur'un Tarihçesi". caykur.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ Ahmet Ulusoy; Hikmet Yılmaz (2017). "ÖZELLEŞTİRME, TÜRKİYE'DE ÇAY SEKTÖRÜ VE ÇAYKUR ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME". AİBÜ Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. Vol. 17, no. 3. pp. 1–21. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ "Ziraat Bankası, TÜRKSAT, BOTAŞ, PTT, BİST Varlık Fonu'na devredildi". NTV (Turkey). 6 February 2017.
^ "Tea Party: Spotlight on Çaykur Rizespor". From Boothferry To Germany. 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2024-09-07.