Following the 4.62 lira increase on 17 September, diesel exceeded 100 lira in Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir; a 50-litre tank surpassed 5,000 lira. The rise is reflected in agricultural and transportation costs.
Hasan Murat Kapıkıran, president of the Chamber of Agricultural Engineers, said the rise deepened cost pressure on production. The basic per-decare support for cereals, at 100 lira per liter, covers four liters of diesel. All stages are affected, from tractors to irrigation pumps, harvest and transport.
