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shopping district in Istanbul,<br />

then we began to produce silk<br />

fabrics. In 1969 we built the Silk<br />

Yarn Fabric firm in Sogut, Bilecik<br />

and who buys cocoons from<br />

Kozahan, Bursa. There were only<br />

four factories in Sogut. We sold<br />

our products to Vakko brand in<br />

1984.<br />

What was the reason you closed<br />

the factory?<br />

In those years silk market had<br />

been invaded by the cheaper<br />

silk fabrics imported illegally<br />

from far east. We as producers<br />

had visited the then Prime<br />

Minister Turgut Ozal but we<br />

had no authority to fully inform<br />

about our problems. So, we quit<br />

to process silk. In those years,<br />

we had bought a land in Nilufer<br />

Industrial Zone, the first officially<br />

organized zone in Turkey, and<br />

we founded this firm with my<br />

uncle.<br />

Then many other firms have<br />

started to deal with import and<br />

export, so we changed our way<br />

and we visited machine manu-

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