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Hasan Aytekin

Aytekin Group
Founding Chairman of Aytekin Group

From the very
beginning

to today...

Mr. Hasan, could you briefly tell us about your story? become apprentices. They would become apprentices in their
My father’s father came from Antakya. He found a job own workshops. They will boast in the future, they will say we
in Kazanlı, and being a hard worker, he was accepted by worked for 68-70 years.
everyone. My father was born there, grew up and married the
agha’s daughter. My father was a carpenter, my father’s father What were these long working years like in general?
was also a carpenter, so the father’s profession continued. We Our path has always been bumpy. There were times when
lived partly in the house in Mersin and partly on the farm in we succeeded and times when we failed... But in the end, we
the village, and in the 1950s we settled in Mersin for good. succeeded. It’s not like I didn’t have misfortunes. For example,
When I started primary school in 1952, I became a barber’s I made partnerships to grow, none of them worked. I made
apprentice, tailor’s apprentice, tire shop apprentice. Then I partnerships out of compassion, but I was always victimized.
became an apprentice blacksmith. I had a very noble master, But this made me work harder. There were many days when I
the late Hasan Burgucu. I stayed with him until 1966. He had worked 16-18 hours without stopping or even coming home.
the affection of a father, God rest his soul. I was inspired by This brought us success.
him and always treated my staff very compassionately. I went
to military service in ‘66 and returned in ‘68, and then the success does not come out
real marathon began for us. of nowhere.
it requires
So you worked for a very long period of time. effort
From my apprenticeship in 1952 to 2022, I worked for
68 years. I worked without a break. The same is true for my and effort requires
children. They have been working since primary school. They encouragement.
used to go to school, after school they would come back and
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