"You could not believe your eyes," Ahmet Can told Channel 24.
“你真的不敢相信自己的眼睛,”艾哈迈德告诉24频道。
Ahmet Arda, managing director of AMR Resources, says his company has accelerated the production of rare earths in southern Turkey to take advantage of the shortage.
Despite there being no evidence of impropriety there was an opposition outcry when the firm instead went to Ahmet Calik, a rival whose firm is co-managed by Mr Erdogan's son-in-law.