This document discusses the Turkish Statistical Institute and its agricultural statistics department. It outlines the institute's mission to determine standards, compile, evaluate, and disseminate official national and international statistics according to its Official Statistical Programme. The programme is prepared every 5 years and coordinates data collection across institutions to provide reliable, timely statistics while avoiding duplication. The agricultural statistics department collects data on topics like crop production, livestock numbers, and supply balances to analyze Turkey's agricultural sector.

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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group 20/02/17
TURKISH STATISTICAL SYSTEM
Dr. Osman YILDIZ
TÜRKİYE

2. TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group 20/02/17
Turkish Statistical
Institute (TurkStat)
CONTENT
– Mission
– Official Statistical Programme (OSP).
– Statistical Council
– Agricultural Statistics Department

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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group 20/02/17
MISSION
• TurkStat is responsible for;
– Determining basic principles and standarts,
– Compiling,
– Evaluating,
– Producing of necessary statistics,
– Publishing and disseminating data needed at
national/international level,
– Coordinating institutions and organizations with Official
Statistical Programme (OSP).

4. TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
Official Statistical Programme (OSP)
• Prepared for;
– Determining basic principles and standarts for
production and publication of official statistics;
Producing for;
Current
Updated,
Reliable,
Timely,
Transparent
Impartial data
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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
Official Statistical Programme (OSP)
• Based on Turkey Statistical Law No:5429.
• Adoption of the OSP is under the authority of Council of
Ministers
• It is prepared for 5-year-period.
 First Programme 2007 - 2011
 Second Programme 2012 – 2016
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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
Objectives of OSP
• Same classifications and standarts
• Only one official statistics in all areas of national and
international level,
• effective division of labor by gathering official statistics
under one roof,
• providing an efficient and effective coordination between
the institutions,
• To avoid duplication and unnecessary costs by using
existing resources
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7. TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
Content of OSP
• Program covers information related to collection of data
by responsible institutions with;
 constraints of definition,
 methodology,
 coverage,
 classification,
 frequency of compilation and dissemination.
 ……
METADATA
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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
Statistical Council
• “OSP Annual Monitoring Report“ by TurkStat
Evaluate the level of implementation of the
Programme.
Precautions needed?
Monitoring reports are evaluated through discussions in the
Statistical Council.
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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group 20/02/17
Official Statistics
The data is obtained;
TUKSTAT Other Institutions
and Organazations
Cencuses Administrative registers
Surveys
by OSP

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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
Agricultural Statistics Department
• Agricultural Production Statistics Group,
• Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
Agricultural Statistics
Compiled statistics are:
• Census:
The last Agricultural Census was conducted in 2001.
Studies on 2014 Agricultural Census (continue)
• Crop Production Statistics:
 Province and District Directorates of MoFAL
 via a web based programme; “Statistical Data Network”
(SDN)
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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
Data Flow Diagram

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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
• Organic Farming:
MoFAL; administrative register,
• Agricultural Machinary and Equipment:
MoFAL; administrative register,
• Numbers of Livestock:
MoFAL; administrative register,
• Forestry Statistics:
Min.of Forestry and Water Affairs; administrative register
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14. TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
• Animal Products:
Data is compiled by TURKSTAT Regional Offices via
questionnaire, e-mail, phone and fax monthly and
constituted into data mining process.
– Milk production,
– Number of slaughtered animals and the quantity of red
meat production,
– Quantity of hide (animal skin) production,
– White meat and poultry
• Fishery Statistics:
Compiled annually and analyzed by TurkStat
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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
• Producer Price Index of Agricultural Products:
 Administrative registers and farmers
 Following montly changes
 First sale price of agricultural products
 Computations are made considering Europen Union
methodologies and national needs.
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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
• Agricultural Holdings Wage Structure Survey:
Labour force prices are collected in selected settlements
on the base of gender.
• Supply Balance Sheets Tables
 cereals and other crop products,
 vegetables,
 fruits, nuts and beverage crops.
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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
Validating data;
 Edit-code rules,
 SAS and data mining programs are used for data
processing.
 Comparing data with available sources,
 Examination of data by asking the source of data
(province or district directories of MFAL) if there exist
significant difference from previos period’s data,
are validation rules used for collected data
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Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
Data and Metadata Standards
 Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) template is used for
data production
 Spacial Data Disseminatin Standart (SDDS) based
template is used for data dissemination
 Preparation studies for using Statistical Data and
Metadata Exchange (SDMX) are ongoing
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19. TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
Agricultural Statistics Department
Agricultural Structure and Economic Accounts Group
Thank You
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