ACTIVITIES

Main activities of TiGEM can be summarized as production and

marketing of seed. seedlings. saplings and breed animals.

To perform these activities:

• In order to increase. diversif~ and improve the gualit~ of the Nations

plant and livestock production; it produces seeds. seedlings. saplings and
General similar plant products and breed animals and semen and makes them
available for the producers.
Directorate of
• lt establishes. and invests in the established processing plants to
Agricul tural add value to both its plant and animal products and to similar

Enterprises is products it procures from farmers and producers.

a State • Makes or encourages researches on plant animal production.

Economical rearing and breeding issues;cooperates with other reseo reh and
breeding bodies when necessar~.
Enterprise. • Cooperates with surraunding farmers and farmer organisations
established to to introduce and to promote the products it produce and services it
provide and further for the m to produce.
provide basic
• Procures an~ t~pe of inputs. products and services necessar~ for
inputs and
its own activities from domestic or foreign sources.
services needed
• Procures an~ t~pe of inputs. goods and services in cooperation with

b~ farmers domestic and foreign bodies. process. develop or improve these. and

and market in domestic or foreign markets.

• For the establishment of production and processing plants hires. rents

agroindustr~. or leases land from or to the other persons or companies.

• Rents barns. storages. sheds and similar buildings which. upon changes in the
activities are not used an~ langer to demanding persons or companies in ord er
to prevent further maintenance considering the fact that the new usage of the
building will have no adverse effect to the form.
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• Cooperates andi or forms joint ventures

with domestic or foreign companies to
establish production and processing
facilities within the scope of its
fields of activities.

• Makes patent. licence.

know-how and similar

agreements with
domestic and foreign
companies.
purchases andi or
sells knowledge
and technolog~
within the legal
applicable issues.

• Provides or

procures engineering
services like form
management. projecting.
research and feasibilit~.

• Opens or procures training

courses and seminars on issues within its

field of activities

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TiGEM

has a long background due to its ancestors State

Farms and Horse and Cattle Breeding
Establishments.

Of these. the State Farms were established during

the first ~ears of ~oung Republic of Turke~ b~ our
Leader Atatürk in ord er to lead and train the
Turkish Farmers.

The establishment of Stud Farms extends wa~ back

to the first ~ears of the Ottoman Empire.
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\ i TIGEMs scope of products range from cereals to industrial

~ )~~~. i plants. legumens and forage crops to fruit plantations owed to

~~ various ecologies its farms are located in.

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TIGEM is experience
corporate o va st potential in farming,
of over Considering
60 ~ears, the
highl~ 9ualified

, \'~ ~~ Majorit~ of TIGEM's production comprise cereal seeds. Also

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large 9uantities of oil crops seeds and forage plant seeds are

~ >~ ":~ produced. Particular~, the h~brid production aimed at domestic

~') . ~, markets and abroad. potentiol is valued through private sector

" ~\~ c~mpan;es b~ cent;ns the lond oc w;th pcrtnec'!';p

~ '~\; TIGEM farms, all situated at different ecologic conditions

~~ \ provides oppoertunities for organic production of various crops
... '''' that can take place in world markets with their high 9ualit~.
"- ~Additionall~, plent~ of land suitable for irrigated farming

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~ orticu ture as great importance in TIG M's activities. Citrus
,,~ fruits are produced in Dalaman, Boztepe and Turunçgiller
Forms located in the Mediterranean coast. Plantations in these

farms are the largest plantations in Turke~.

Pistachio is widel~ cultivated in Southeo stern Anatolia region and. plantations in Ce~lanpinar Form
reaches up to 3,200 hectares. Organic production of pistachio has also started in this form.

Besides fruit production for markets, high 9ualit~ fruit tre e saplings are also produced to cover
the demand of the farmers and to geneticall~ improve and preserve the species and varieties.
PRODUCTION

SEED BUSINESS

The main objective of plant production in TiGEM is the seed

production. The seeds of wheat. barle~. cotton. sunflower. maize.
rice. alfalfa. sainfoin. vetch. chickpeas. red lentils and dr~ beans
are produced in TiGEM. Also contracted production with private
sector companies especiall~ for h~brid sunflower. h~brid maize
production is made. Large and undivided fields of TiGEM makes
it the first choice for h~brid production which reguire wide isola-
tions.

TiGEM holds 35 % of alfalfa and 60 % of sainfoin and vetch

seed market of Turke~ and. 100 % of original and basic cotton
seed and composite maize and sunflower seeds market.

Operating in the seed sector since 1950. TiGEM has an

installed capacit~ of 296 tons/hour seed processing.
Seed processing is carried out to conform to OECD/isT A rules.
TiGEM processes roughl~ 150 to 200 thousand tons of wheat
and barle~ seed annuall~. and. holds ab out 96 % of the certified
cereals seed market.
llVESTOCK ACTIVITIES

Livestock breeding is carried out in 33 farms of total 38 farms TiGEM own. Main t~pes are dair~ cattle

breeding
are and sheep breedingo Besides these. chickens. goat breedingo inland fisher~. gazelles and shepherd dogs
also raised. _'.
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DAIRY CAnlE

Dair~ cattles are raised in 3 1 farms.

Continious studies are carried out to improve te genot~pes of

the existing herds in order to increase the high ~ielding cattle
herd size and to cover the demands of the farmers.

For this purpose. semen of the top bulls in the world are
imported and the cows in our herds are inseminated with these
high genot~pe semen. The best bulls obtained are reserved for
our own semen laborator~. The rest of the bulls are sold to
the farmers af ter some dose of their semen are obtained and
kept for future uses and af ter the~ have completed their
health checks. For these studies. TiGEM operates o semen
laborator~ in Karakö~ form with 50 heads capacit~.

3 O5 da~s ladation period milk ~ields of the existing breeds in

TiGEM are as follows:

Holstein 6.040 liters

Brown Swiss 5.015 liters
Jerse~ 3.836 liters
Simmenthal 4.116 liters
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..!11 Breeding cows are sold to farmers ever~ ~ear to cover the
demand of the farmers.

The records of the TiGEM herds are kept in accordance with

Turkish Cattle Breeders Association and TiGEM also takes

part in The National Cattle Herdbook Program.

 ACTIVITIES

TiGEM continues it sheep breeding activities in 15 of its farms

and goat production in 1 form.

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, i(, Besides its commercial based activities. TiGEM spends effort to
preserve the genes of same animal varieties which are native to
Anatolia. induding gazelles. Kangol and Akbash shepherd dogs.
Angora goats and Southeastern Red Cattle.
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BREEDING

3 of TiGEM farms. which were

called "Hara". namel~ Anadolu.
Karacabe~. and Sultansu~u are
dealing with purebred Arab Horse
breedingo

Following the establishment of the

Republic of Turke~, in 1924.
General Directorate of Studs
have been established in
accordance with law no 867.

which aimed at successful horse

breeding in Turke~. under the
frame work of the Studies for the

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improvement of the animals in the
Republic. This establishment have
provided o newand scientific
route to horse breeding activities.
 The roots of the stallions and mares used toda~. date back to those da~s. The core of toda~s
herd have been obtained from the emperors
stables. bought from around Sanliurfa province and
seleded and imported from Iraci. S~ria. Lebanon
and Arab Peninsula during 1932 and 1936.

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All the core animals were careful~ seleded to refled the all properties of an Arab
purebred. This core herd contained over
100 female families (Solmaz. Maneki. Mesrure.
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Cahide. Talôt. Mahsuse. Sübe~hi. Kirsemsa,
Cilfe, Neame and others) and around
50 different families of stallions. Of these
50 families. Memduh, Ebcer, Aldervis, Kühe~letül
Berk. Kühe~lan Dabi, Alkurus, Hilôlüzzaman,
Kurus Satra, Kaddah, Serdar, Gandi. Kühe~letül

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Sa'ade, Nevvak. Seklavi and Hamdani had the

greatest impad on Families used toda~.

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 BREEDING

With the application of the most up-to-date studs. Thus, toda~ we have obtained the excellent
breeding techniciues on these material. we have stallions and mares.

toda~ obtained the material which can be called as

Toda~s herd has been greatl~ contributed b~
Turkish Purbred Arab Horse. During these studies,
Sa'ad (Veli~ülaht) famil~ for magnificient bod~
the phenot~p of the arab race is completel~
build. Avnullah (Kühe~letül Berk) for rht~m and
preserved. However, o strict selection is applied
towards and in accordance with the racing proportions, Kurus for high racing performance,

performance records. Those which showed improved bone structure and good tempers, Alkurus

hereditar~ defects or unsatisfactor~ race and Seklavi for estheticiue, nobilit~ and bod~

performances are immediatel~ removed from the beaut~, Hilalüzaman for speed and strength.
Though the studies on mares
have staded with over 100

families. within time and b~

seledions this has been

reduced to 35 families toda~.

Recentl~ two statllions in
1996 and five stallions and
eleven mares in 1999 have been

impoded from Poland and United

States of America. Toda~ we are using
1 native and 5 impoded stallion blood
lines on 46 mare families to obtain
true-to-name and excellent performing
foals.
BREEDING

Karacabe~ Stud has staded breeding purebred

Arab Horses in 1924. Toda~. their herd comprise
164 mares and 16 stallions. Some of the
champion horses bred in Karacabe~ Stud are;
2 Servet. Çeliker. Gazel. Bahabehir. Tul~ad.
Berkos, Göztepeli. Tuna. Tunca. Hisorhan. Özgün.
Tul~ar. Altaha and Bodrum.
Anadolu (former Çifteler) Stud
started breeding purebred Arab
horses in 19 34. when 4 mares

Cahide. Necmi~e, Zehra and

Hamde from Karacabe~ Stud
moved there. Later in 1937.
48 mares including Mebruke,
Serzetülhavva, Mahide, Sahide,
Gufre, Kemi~etül Irak, Mencule
and Sabika families and 4 stallions;
Kühe~lan Dabi. Alkurus,
Hilatüzzaman and Kurus Satra
have been sent to Çifteler stud.

Çifteler stud have bred the exe elle nt purebred

arabs in the world and made great eontributions
to Turkish Arab Horse breeding and thus ruled
the hippodroms. Same of the most famous horses
bred in Çifteler are; Satvet. Sezgin. Alnasip.
Taskent. Tulrah. Albatur, Özüsan. Arslanbe~,
ii. Umut. Havuçerol. ii. Volga. Bilgehan. Doruhan.
Yozgatli. Sadun. Tulhak. XXX. Rüzgar. ÖnaL.
Yavuzhan. Kan-Can-San, Canberk. Cas. Sorar,
Halid. Odin and Odinhan.
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When TiGEM was established in 1984, the name of the stud was changed to
Anadolu. This stud nowoperates with 115 mares and 14 stallions,

Satvet. bred in this form has o ver~ significant role in Turkish horsebreeding, Satvet
started its race life in 1971. It has attended 58 races of which it won fourt~ of
them, lt finished second in nine, third in one and fourth in five, lt was eleded horse
of the ~ear in 1972, 1974 and 1975, and stallion of the ~ear in 1980,
1981,1982,1983, 1985 b~ The Turkish Jocke~ Club, In 2000, it was
eleded for the Purebred Arab of the Millenium b~ The Turkish Race
Horse Breeders and Owners Association, lt finished the Hata~ race
second in 1971, won the Ministr~ of Agriculture cups in 1972 and
1973, and won the Presidential Cups in 1972, 1973, 1974,

Af ter its race career, it was used as stallion in Anadolu stud.

and in 7 ~ears it served it had 39 male and 41 female
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foals, Most of its foals are also champion horses,

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Sultansu~u Stud have
horse breeding in 1928
with 4 mares and 1 stallion. The stallion

introduced to Sultansu~u stud in 1932.

ii. Seklavi was bought from Irag. and

transferred the bod~ beaut~ and proportion

genes to the current foundations of the
studs of Turke~.

Toda~ 15 stallions are serving 105 mares

in Sultansu~u stud which bred man~
champions like; Alaz. Hasta~. Devirhan.
Erso~lu. Savatli. Demirkir. Bükenta~. Birader.
Bamka 3. Haberbatur. Agakaraca.
Tamerhan. Tamerinoglu and Zenginoglu.
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General Directorate of Asricultural Enterprises

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