TORKU; a new beginning, a new threshold at taste
Torku brand emerged in 2007 as a result of visionary point of view of Konya Seker, which is a producers’ cooperative. There were two main objectives of Konya Seker, which has 900 thousand farmers behind it, for beginning to produce its wide product range under Torku brand, which began with sugar and extended from chocolate types to biscuits, Turkish delight, candy, halvah, meat and dairy products and even frozen products. With the Torku brand, Konya Seker aimed to increase the welfare of its producer partners, as well as to offer consumers 100 percent natural, safe, quality products, from seeds to packaging, under their control.
The first step was taken at Konya Seker factory, which was founded under the most difficult conditions of the 1950s and served the country’s economy devotedly for many years. The factory was renovated with a 50 million dollar investment and production efficiency was increased. In 2003, the foundation of Çumra Sugar Integrated Facilities, consisting of 11 facilities in total, was laid together with the Çumra Sugar Factory, one of the most modern sugar factories in the world and this great investment came into operation in 2004. With these steps, Konya Seker started to produce 22 percent of the total sugar production in Turkey in its two factories. This production power, integrated with the visionary perspective of the management and ensured new products with added value for end consumers to multiply and all of them to gather under one roof.
Torku is the result of this rapidly growing producer cooperative that has increased its efficiency and has become the roof brand of 100 percent natural, safe products.
Torku, story of never ending growth and expansion in product range
The determination to turn all the sugar produced by itself into value-added products ensured the establishment of the Chocolate Production Facility of Konya Şeker within the body of Çumra Şeker Integrated Facilities.The Chocolate Production Facility with new facilities completed in 2010, t has become one of the factories with the most modern technology in the world. The growth in Cumra Sugar Integrated Facilities never stopped, Bakery and Sugar Products, Chocolate, Biscuit, Cake, Wafer Production Facilities were added in 2012. In 2013, modern greenhouses with soilless production were developed. Konya Seker started to produce the flour used in Torku branded products at the Flour Facility, where it completed its investment in 2016.
Konya Seker got involved in meat and dairy
Konya Seker has taken action to solve the problems in meat and milk production in our country.It decided to start producing meat and dairy products in order to be involved in the situation in the market, which is caused by intermediaries in meat and milk, where both the producer cannot obtain the income they deserve and the consumer has difficulty in purchasing due to very high prices compared to other countries.
Konya Seker laid the foundation of Panagro which is the world's largest integrated meat-milk facility in 2011. The production of dairy products started in 2013 at the Panagro Meat-Milk Integrated Food Complex, which operates with the supply model called 'Torku Reliable Food Chain from Farm to Table'. The Milk and Dairy Products Facility has the power to process 2 thousand tons of raw milk per day when it operates at full capacity. Meat products production began in 2014. In the Meat and Meat Products Facility, which has a daily processing capacity of 1,200 large and 3 thousand sheep and goats, In the Meat and Meat Products Facility, processed meat products such as frozen fresh and cooked meatballs, doner kebabs, and all valuable fresh meat production, as well as all delicatessen products, from sausage to roast, can be produced. Konya Seker aims to meet 15 percent of Turkey's fresh meat consumption alone with its Torku brand.
Torku products meet with consumers in a wide range of products, from candy to chocolate, from bakery products to chocolate coated products, from frozen potatoes to milk and meat products, from bulgur to fruit juice, from vinegar to turnip products.
Source of Pride of Konya Seker
Torku is a new brand that met with the consumer in 2007 and emerged with the efforts of 900 thousand producer partners on the 63 years of experience of Konya Şeker, a producer cooperative. Konya Seker has created a large system in which it keeps every step under its control, from seeds to packaging, in order to offer its consumers 100 percent natural, safe and quality products and gathered all the products it produces under the Torku roof brand.
Torku is proud and happy to offer our consumers products that they will find in Torku, all the flavors they can't get enough of in their childhood, and which they can consume with their own children.
History
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Konya Seker Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. was Founded
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Construction of Konya Seker Factory was Completed
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Konya Sugar Factory Began Production
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Cum-Pas was Founded
Dairy Cows Animal Nursery is a project of CUM-PAS A.S. for small businesses, which are engaged in the dairy business.
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Dried Pulp with Molasses Factory was Founded
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Cum-San Cumra Gıda Sanayi A.S. was founded
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Sugar Milk Plant Started Production
Şekersüt, the subsidiaries of Konya Şeker and Konya Beet Growers Cooperative, was established in 1993 and aims to offer superior quality and delicious products for consumers to use.
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Konya Seker Factory was given back to its founding partners by removing administration power of public
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Great change
Recep KONUK who architect of the great change for Konya Seker was elected Chairman of Konya Beet Cultivators Cooperative and Konya Seker Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
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Konya Sugar Factory Rehabilitation Center Established.
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Sapling Production Center Started Service
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Konya Şeker's Second Sugar Factory which one of Çumra Şeker's Biggest Investments were laid
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Feed Plant was Founded
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Cumra Sugar Factory Began Production
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Packaged Pulp Production Facility Started Service
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Liquid Sugar Facilities Started Production
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Candy Products, Hard Candy and Soft Candy Production Facility Started Service
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Cube and Packaged Sugar Facility Started Production
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Bee Food Production Started
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Farms Started to be Established (Tasagil Fattening Farm, Angus Breeding Farm, Sekersut Production Farm, Cumpas-Danabank Dairy Farm, Gocu Fattening Farm, Cumra-Erentepe Dairy Farm, Seydişehir Gevrekli Dairy Farm)
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Chocolate Production Facility Started Production
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Bioethanol Production Facility Established
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Steam Pulp Drying Plant Opened
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Greenhouses, Ultra-Air Conditioned Greenhouses / High-Tech Greenhouses Entered Service
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Panplast Irrigation Agriculture Industry and Trade Inc. Started Production
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Organic Fertilizer Production Facility Started Production
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Direct Agriculture and Food Markets Started to Service
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Frozen Finger Potato Plant Started Production
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Feed Factory Started Production
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Altınekin Seed Production Facility Started Production
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Anadolu Birlik Holding Established
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Seydibey Agricultural Products Processing Integrated Facilities Started Production
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Trigen Power Plant was commissioned at Cumra Sugar Integrated Facilities
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Meat and Dairy Integrated Food Complex Established
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Beta Ziraat Seed Production and Processing Facility Put into Service
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Seydibey Biogas Plant Started Production
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Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plant Started Service
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Tissue Culture Laboratory was Put into Service
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Coban Yıldızı Electricity Production Inc. opened to Service
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Potato Starch Factory Started Production
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Ring Onion and Potato Croquette Production Facility Started Production
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Sack Factory Started Production
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Altınekin Campus Crude Oil Factory Started Production
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PVC and Corrugated Pipe Production Facility Started Operations
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Liquid Carbon Dioxide Production Facility Started Operations
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Baklava Sherbet Production Facility Established
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Natural Warehouse Opened
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Bakery, Biscuit, Cake, Wafer Production Facility Established
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Turkey's Largest Organ Donation Campaign Was Held
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Pharmaceutical Sugar Production Facility Put into Service
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Dessert Sherbet Production Facility Established
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Embryo Production Center Established
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Satellite Assisted Agricultural Control Center Launched
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Meram Campus Panagro Meat-Milk Integrated Food Complex Started Operations
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Sivas Kangal Thermal Power Plant was taken Over
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Traditional Products (Turkish Delight, Halva, Tahini) Facility Started Production
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The Number of Trees Planted in Konya Şeker and Torku Forests Exceeded 10 Million
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Bale Yarn Factory Put into Service
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Fish Breeding Started in Konya Plain
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Konya Food and Agriculture University Started Education
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Superethanol Production Facility Commissioned
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Soma Thermal Power Plant Taken Over
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Bordo_Salgam Juice Factory (Bordo) entered service
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Stretch Film and Printing Facility Established
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Injection Facility Started Operation
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Plastic Recycling Facility Started Operations
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The Number of Participation in Organ Donation Campaign of Konya Şeker Employees exceed 3000
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Smart Warehouse Investment Has Been Made
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Erentepe and Gevrekli Dairy Farm Established
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Aerated Concrete Production Investment Was Made
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Cottage Cheese and Milk Coffee Beverages Production Investment Made in Panagro Factory
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Warehouse and Warehouse Systems Investment Was Made in the Feed Factory
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New Biscuit Lines Investment Made in Bakery Products, Biscuit, Cake, Wafer Production Facility
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Flour Factory Started Production
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Karapınar Bulgur Factory Started Production
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Torku Molasses, Sherbet, Vinegar and NFC Fruit Juice Factory Put into Service
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Dry Ice Production Facility Started Operations
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The Number of Trees Planted in Konya Şeker and Torku Forests Reached 20 Million
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Flue Gas Desulfurization Investment in Soma Thermal Power Plant within the Scope of Environmental Investments
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Flue Gas Desulfurization Investment in Kangal Thermal Power Plant within the Scope of Environmental Investments
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Ilgın Thermal Hotel Project Investment Process Started
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Torku Ziyafet Doner Restaurants started to service.
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Mr. Ramazan Erkoyuncu has been elected as the Chairman of the Board of the Konya Sugar Beet Growers Cooperative and the President of Pankobirlik.