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10:13, 9 February 2013 {{#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 hard 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>
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.
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