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Hazelnut controversy heats up politics - Turkish Daily News Aug 01, 2006

"Hazelnut controversy heats up politics
Tuesday, August 1, 2006

ANKARA - Turkish Daily News

The government discussed its hazelnut policies yesterday amid mounting criticism from hazelnut producers and the political opposition that its strategy is responsible for a record decline in nut prices, impoverishing hundreds of thousands of producers.

No statement had emerged from a Cabinet meeting that tackled, along with other issues, the hazelnut controversy, by the time the Turkish Daily News went to press. "

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