The Prime Minister of Turkey: "The legal and social obstacles against gold mining should be swept away."
September 1, 2001, by Uğur Altunay.
The Prime Minister of Turkey mentioned the current problems of Turkey and the solutions considered by the government at the press conference on at noon on September 1, 2001. As he listed the problems, he pointed to the gold mining problem. Concerning the issue he said, "Turkey has such important underground revenues as gold and silver. However, there are legal and social barriers against mining them. Those barriers should definetely be swept away."