国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Bitter controversy sparked by Turkeys plan to privatize sugar plants
<p><span word="ANKARA">ANKARA</span>, <span word="March">March</span> 12-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Turkish">Turkish</span> <span word="government">government</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="privatize">privatize</span> 14 <span word="sugar">sugar</span> <span word="factories">factories</span> <span word="sparked">sparked</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bitter">bitter</span> <span word="controversy">controversy</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="unions">unions</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="agriculture">agriculture</span> <span word="communities">communities</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="affected">affected</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Don">Don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="listen">listen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lies">lies</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="issue">issue</span>. <span word="Those">Those</span> <span word="factories">factories</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="down">down</span>; <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="contrary">contrary</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="more">more</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Binali">Binali</span> <span word="Yildirim">Yildirim</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reporters">reporters</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="headlines">headlines</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="sugar">sugar</span> <span word="beet">beet</span> <span word="producer">producer</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="allow">allow</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="farmers">farmers</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="victim">victim</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="scheme">scheme</span>," <span word="insisted">insisted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="minister">minister</span>.</p><p><span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="month">month</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Turkish">Turkish</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="Privatization">Privatization</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="intention">intention</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sell">sell</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 25 <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="publicly">publicly</span> <span word="owned">owned</span> <span word="sugar">sugar</span> <span word="factories">factories</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="Turkseker">Turkseker</span>.</p><p><span word="TURKEY">TURKEY</span>, <span word="BIG">BIG</span> <span word="SUGAR">SUGAR</span> <span word="PRODUCER">PRODUCER</span></p><p><span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="accounts">accounts</span> <span word="for">for</span> 7 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="sugar">sugar</span> <span word="beet">beet</span> <span word="production">production</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="sixth">sixth</span>-<span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="producer">producer</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>, <span word="France">France</span>, <span word="Germany">Germany</span>, <span word="Russia">Russia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Ukraine">Ukraine</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="Food">Food</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Agriculture">Agriculture</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="produces">produces</span> <span word="about">about</span> 2.6 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sugar">sugar</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="sugar">sugar</span> <span word="beets">beets</span> <span word="annually">annually</span>, <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Turkseker">Turkseker</span> <span word="factories">factories</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="privatization">privatization</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="sell">sell</span> <span word="off">off</span> 14 <span word="factories">factories</span>, <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="industrially">industrially</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="regions">regions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="triggered">triggered</span> <span word="objection">objection</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="employees">employees</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="unions">unions</span>, <span word="local">local</span> <span word="communities">communities</span>, <span word="sugar">sugar</span> <span word="beet">beet</span> <span word="producers">producers</span>, <span word="opposition">opposition</span> <span word="parties">parties</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="consumers">consumers</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span>, <span word="making">making</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="controversy">controversy</span>.</p>
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