First-phase infrastructure work has started at Batman Sera Organize Tarım Bölgesi, a planned greenhouse production zone at Kocalar village in southeastern Turkey. The provincial agriculture directorate announced the start on 6 October, covering 1,100 decares, equivalent to 110 hectares.
The official construction-start notice says the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s General Directorate of Agricultural Reform has allocated TRY500 million in grant support to the project. An Anadolu Agency report from the launch ceremony also quotes Tuncer saying the project entered the investment programme with that grant. This is support for the zone project, rather than a disclosed total investment in all future greenhouse facilities.
Infrastructure precedes greenhouse production
The current announcement describes plans for greenhouse plots and 25 industrial plots, alongside social and administrative facilities. Provincial agriculture director Necdet Tuncer said the scheme would bring production, processing, packing, storage, logistics and exports into one location.
Officials also described an intended energy model combining biomass, solar power and natural gas. The notice does not establish that those systems have been installed or that greenhouse cultivation has begun.
The distinction matters for growers and suppliers: the verified milestone is work on the infrastructure that will serve future investments. The reported 110 hectares describes the first-phase project area, not net greenhouse growing area.
An earlier tender sets the project context
In an announcement dated 10 August, the Batman Governorate identified a 113.51-hectare site and scheduled the infrastructure tender for 25 August. A 23 September governorate update subsequently confirmed contract signing following the tender and gave a revised 275-day infrastructure works period. This remains a planned works duration, not a confirmed greenhouse production date.
The August plan targeted 30,000 tonnes of vegetables a year and envisaged packing units, cold stores and logistics facilities. These are planned outputs and facilities, not evidence of existing production. The earlier whole-site figure and the current first-phase area describe different reported scopes and should not be treated as interchangeable growing-area measurements.
The next commercial milestones
For project developers and equipment suppliers, the next useful signals are infrastructure progress, investor participation and awards for individual greenhouse systems. The current notice does not identify greenhouse structure specifications, supplier awards, net cultivation area or a commercial production start date.
Key takeaways
- Infrastructure work has started on a reported 110-hectare first phase.
- TRY500 million in ministry grant support is attached to the zone project.
- Individual greenhouse delivery and operational production remain later milestones.
