Tensions are rising in Çorum! The market vendors who were voting protested the mayor.

15.10.2025 19:31

The vendors at the Wednesday market in Çorum decided not to set up their stalls today following the tension they experienced with Mayor Halil İbrahim Aşgın last weekend. Deputy Mayor Turan Candan met with the market vendors to listen to their demands.

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A group of merchants at the local market in Çorum and Mayor Aşgın, who visited the market, decided today not to open their stalls at the Wednesday market due to a discussion about the quality of the products in front of and behind the stalls. Deputy Mayor Turan Candan then met with the market vendors to listen to their demands.

"IT CREATED PSYCHOLOGICAL UNEASE"

Vendor Hüseyin Yurtcan stated that when they bring high-quality products, citizens cannot afford them, and when they bring medium-quality products, they demand "high quality." He said, "Decisions made without being heard by the media and authorities have created psychological unease among us. We are people who spend 20 hours of our day in the market. It is not an easy profession. We are struggling not only in this market but also when purchasing goods and making sales," he said.

VENDORS' DEMANDS

Vendor Satılmış Ceylan explained that they want penalties for vendors who show rude behavior to customers, police points to be established at the markets, the market roofs to be closed with a solar-powered heating and cooling system, regulation of entry and exit times at the wholesale market, and improvements in market services. Ceylan stated, "The work done by our mayor is correct, but his style is wearing us down."

THEY REQUESTED TOLERANCE

Çorum Chamber of Merchants and Vegetable Vendors President Erdoğan Yılmaz emphasized that the vendors support their families and children's expenses from the market, requesting a gradual approach in punishment applications and more tolerance towards the vendors. Yılmaz noted that vendors cannot select products directly from the field, and some of the products sold come as they are from the producer.

"10% FAULTY SALES CONTINUE"

Deputy Mayor Turan Candan, who listened to the vendors, said: "My president has instructed us with the motto 'We will especially raise the quality of service in the markets' for the past year. We were already doing it, but we have raised the bar a little higher. In this sense, we have made significant progress. The products sold are now of higher quality, the services provided are of higher quality, and our people have been more satisfied since that day. The truth is this. We need to provide services with the same stability here. 90% or 95% of the products sold in the market or the way they are sold have reached a reasonable and desired level. However, 5% to 10% of faulty sales are still ongoing. You know this, and I know this. Our duty is to fight against this. The truth is this. As a municipality, we have commitments in the markets. One of them is to cover some of the market roofs to improve the quality of service provided to both vendors and citizens. Our work in this regard continues. The closure of the Saturday market and the Monday market is currently in the tender phase, and we hope to close them in a short time."