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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Turkeycoal}}'''TTK''', the acronym for Turkiye Taskomuru Kurumu Genel Mudurlu, is a Turkish government owned hard coal mining company. The U.S. Geological Survey reported in 2010 that TTK owned and operated five mines with an annual production capacity over over 2 million tonnes a year of run-of-mine coal.<ref name="USGS">Philip M. Mobbs, [http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2010/myb3-2010-tu.pdf "2010 Minerals Yearbook: Turkey"], United States Geological Survey, April 2012, page 56.7</ref> [[Euracoal]], the European coal industry lobby group, states that "the state-owned TTK has a de facto monopoly on the production, processing and distribution of hard coal, although there are no legal restrictions on private sector involvement ... Long-standing restructuring and privatisation efforts Moved to increase coal production in the basin have not succeeded so far; coal production today is not very different from that of ten years ago."<ref>Euracoal, [http://www.euracoal.be/pages/layout1sp.php?idpage=475 "Turkey"], Euracoal website, accessed February 2013.</ref> ==Coal mines== The USGS identifies the TTK mines and their 2010 production capacity as being;<ref name="USGS"/> * [[Armutcuk mine]] at Armutcuk in Eregli province with an annual capacity of 400,000 tonnes. The mine is operated by [[Armutcuk Taskomuru Isletme Muessesesi]] which is a subsidiary of the government controlled [[Turkiye Taskomuru Kurumu Genel Mudurlu]] (TTK); * [[Amasra mine]] at Amasra in Bartin province with an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes. The mine is also operated by Armutcuk Taskomuru Isletme Muessesesi, a TTK subsidiary; * the [[Karadon mine]] at Kilimli in Zonguldak province with an annual capacity of 450,000 tonnes. The mine is operated by [[Karadon Taskomuru Isletme Muessesesi]], a subsidiary of TTK; * [[Kozlu mine]] at Kozlu in Zonguldak province with an annual capacity of 600,000 tonnes. The mine is operated by Kozllu Taskomuru Isletme Muessesesi, a subsidiary of TTK; * [[Uzulmez mine]] at Asma in Zonguldak province with an annual capacity of 500,000 tonnes. The mine is operated by Uzulmez Taskomuru Isletme Muessesesi, a subsidiary of TTK. ==Articles and resources=====References==={{reflist|2GEM}} ===Related SourceWatch articles===* [[Global use and production of coal]]* [[International Information on Coal]]* [[Turkey and coal]] ===External resources===* Euracoal, [http://www.euracoal.be/pages/layout1sp.php?idpage=475 "Turkey"], Euracoal website, accessed February 2013. ===External articles=== [[category:Energy]][[category:Turkey]][[Category:Coal mining companies and agencies in Turkey]][[Category:Turkey and coal]][[Category:National and international coal profiles]]
