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{{Navbar-Turkeycoal}}'''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.<ref name="TTK1">[http://www.taskomuru.gov.tr/file//duyuru/TTKGM_Sektor_Raporu_2016.PDF "2016 YILI TAŞKÖMÜRÜ SEKTÖR RAPORU"], TTK, May 2017, page 28</ref> The government wishes to privatize TTK but miners are resisting.<ref>[http://www.industriall-union.org/turkey-angry-coal-miners-protest-against-privatization "Turkey: angry coal miners protest against privatization"], industriall, 14 July 2016.</ref> ==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 Moved to TRL 567 million in 2013." <ref>[http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FFS_TUR "Fossil Fuel Support - TUR"], OECD, accessed March 2018.</ref> ==Employment==TTK have not recruited any new workers for many years. <ref>Çiğdem Toker,[http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/koseyazisi/869010/Komur__torba_dan_cikti_da_ne_oldu_.html "Kömür ‘torba’dan çıktı da ne oldu?"], Cumhuriyet, 19 November 2017.</ref> ==Articles and resources=====References==={{reflist|2GEM}} ===Related SourceWatch articles===* [[Global use and production of coal]]* [[International Information on Coal]]* [[Turkey and coal]]* [[Euracoal]] [[Category:Coal mining companies and agencies in Turkey]][[Category:Turkey and coal]]
