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professional skills. I worked in different departments and positions. mentioned periods can be mentioned as records not only for our
At the same time, I served as mining sector consultant in the Energy county but for whole world. You can never know what you will find
and Mining Commission of the Parliament for three years. During in the underground, anything can happen anytime you may come
that period, I had no relations with Nurol expect from the times I had across with unexpected risks. Moreover, due to mining perception in
tea with my cousin Cumhur. Turkey which is identified with environmental pollution and nature
damage, we have to be more careful. We are also aware of this
How your interest and experience about gold mining grow? dimension of mining and I can say that we worked hard in an effort
to successfully manage this process and achieved an important
Like I said before, I was already interested in metal mining when I was portion of our goal.
a student. Between 2010-11, gold mining was a hot topic. There was a
great potential in Turkey and intensive interest of foreign companies I would like to learn more about history of gold.
was gradually increasing. Due to audits in Migem and experience I
gained while working in the Law Affairs Coordination Office, I had Lydians were the first people to use money in the history of
an important knowledge. I am a hard worker with selective and civilizations and fist carat gold was used as money during the reign
different point of view. I started to receive job offers from the sector of Lydian Kıng Croesus. Çanakkale-Kartaldağı-Astyra Mine whose
from time to time during those years. I was wondering why big activities were halted with the beginning of World War I in 1914,
groups of companies in Turkey were not showing any interest to this was the last gold mine operated in Anatolia. After decade, first gold
field. Maybe, due to misconception about working underground and production in our country took place in Bergama-Ovacık in 2001.
disturbing accidents in mining sector was keeping them away. We Today, there are 14 gold mines are dealing with gold production in
had discussed these with Cumhur for a couple of times. He told me the country.
that our bosses do not involve in business that they do not know
and they have a cautious approach to risky businesses. But I was You had close contact with bosses during that period. How did you
still thinking about gold mining. carry out these works?

When do you start working in Nurol? Determination of Mr. Nurettin, his intention to force us through
constructive criticism and encourage us to always schedule an
My first interview with Mr. Oğuz took place in September 2011 earlier date for the achievement of our goals was very important.
through a common friend. I gave detailed information about gold We now understand that Mr. Erol’s warnings to us about always act
mining in Turkey. After mentioning foreign companies’ investments by considering the future as well as his conservative manner was
in the sector, I told him that Nurol would be very successful in this a great asset to our company. I have to say that Mr. Erol played an
field. Mr. Oğuz gave positive respond and said that they would think important role in helping us to discipline ourselves. Mr. Oğuz’s close
about that. A month later than this meeting, he called me to talk observation about how gold mining was a popular sector in
to his brothers. I explained my views to Mr. Erol and Mr. Oğuz again
during our meeting in Mr. Nurettin’s office. Later, they have told that
they have decided to invest in this sector and asked me to resign
from position to take the lead. I asked for a certain period of time to " Lapseki and İvrindi Gold Mine
transfer my duties and I resigned in mid-December and joined Nurol.
Mr. Gürol gave me an assistant and an office in Karum and told me projects of TÜMAD Mining
to start doing my business.
were rewarded with “Best Deal
TÜMAD which was the company I was supposed to be working after
university, came into my life again with a different appearance. We in Natural Resources” Branch.
immediately founded TÜMAD Ankara Branch office and started
preparations as it would be easier to obtain required licenses for For the first time, a Turkish
already established company when compared to a newly established
company. In 2012, we bought İvrindi Project. We carried out our company in mining sector was
activities with a limited staff made up of 7-8 employees during that
period. In 2014, we took over Çanakkale Lapseki Project. We have decorated with EMEA Business
carried out the process like we planned since the beginning. These
Awards.”

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