TTK

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TTK, the acronym for Türkiye Taşkömürü Kurumu, is a Turkish government owned hard coal mining company which owns five mines and in 2016 produced 911,000 tons of hard coal.

The government wishes to privatize TTK but miners are resisting.

Coal mines

• Armutçuk mine at Armutcuk in Eregli province;

• Amasra mine at Amasra in Bartin province;

• Karadon mine at Kilimli in Zonguldak province;

• Kozlu mine at Kozlu in Zonguldak province;

• Üzülmez mine at Asma in Zonguldak province.

Subsidies

According to the OECD: "Production costs for hard-coal of the state-owned Turkish Hard-Coal Enterprises (TTK) averaged TRL 619 per tonne in 2013. The average selling price was only TRL 194 and the treasury compensated the loss. The support amounted to TRL 567 million in 2013."

Employment

TTK have not recruited any new workers for many years.

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