Video Clips

Cem Boyner

Cem Boyner

Corporate Culture

Cem Boyner, Chair of Boyner Holdings, one of the largest retail groups in Turkey, describes how salespeople in his stores are instilled with a sense of how to serve customers in order to retain customer loyalty.

Hüsnü Özyeğin

Hüsnü Özyeğin

Corporate Culture

Hüsnü Özyeğin, the founder of one of Turkey’s largest financial services groups, expresses the view that corporate culture is key in banking, and explains how he delegated responsibility to his future successor to hire new staff.

Güler Sabancı

Güler Sabancı

Corporate Social Responsibility

Güler Sabancı, CEO of one of Turkey’s largest family-owned business groups, Sabancı Holding, discusses the values of her group towards social responsibility. She talks about how the Sabanci Foundation was established by the Sabancı brothers in 1974, with her grandmother donating her wealth to it.

Cem Boyner

Cem Boyner

Corruption

Cem Boyner, Chair of Boyner Holdings, one of the largest retail groups in Turkey, explains how when he was the Chair of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) between 1989 and 1990, his description of the government as a “kleptocracy” resulted him being summoned to court, and to his decision to attempt to pursue a political career in order to change the system.

Rahmi M. Koç

Rahmi M. Koç

Family Business

Rahmi Koç, former Chair of of Koç Holding, the largest diversified business group in Turkey, explains the role of family members in monitoring the performance of professional managers, using his own company (with 70% family ownership) as an example.

Güler Sabancı

Güler Sabancı

Family Business

Güler Sabancı, chair of Sabancı Holding, one of the largest diversified business groups in Turkey, describes how her grandfather trained his children (including her father) to take over the family business and how he also inspired his granddaughter by bringing her to the factory at age 3.

Rahmi M. Koç

Rahmi M. Koç

Fundraising

Rahmi Koç, former Chair of of Koç Holding, the largest diversified business group in Turkey, relates how difficult it is to bring foreign investments to Turkey, in part due to its location in a volatile region of the world.

Hamdi Akın

Hamdi Akın

Global Expansion

Hamdi Akın, founder of Akfen Holding, an infrastructure investment firm in Turkey, relates the creation of the airport management company, TAV, and its growth from a local concern to a global one.

Gülsüm Azeri

Gülsüm Azeri

Global Expansion

Gülsüm Azeri, head of Şişecam, an industrial group in Turkey that produces glass and chemicals, discusses the strategy of the glassware producer, Paşabahçe, to enter the Russian market.

Rahmi M. Koç

Rahmi M. Koç

Global Expansion

Rahmi Koç, former Chair of Koç Holding, a large diversified business group in Turkey, describes his cautious approach to international expansion, using the U.S. appliance market as his example.

Güler Sabancı

Güler Sabancı

Global Expansion

Güler Sabancı, head of the Turkey-based diversified business group Sabancı Holding, discusses her strategy of managing risk when doing business in another country by focusing on having a local partner, protecting her technology, and being prepared for currency fluctuations.

Hamdi Akın

Hamdi Akın

Government & Business

Hamdi Akın, founder of infrastructure investment company Akfen Holding, describes how the military coup in Turkey in 1980 brought in a new generation of businesspeople and, especially after 1983, the possibility of synergy between the government and private sector.