YOU ONLY FIGHT YOURSELF ON THE MARATHON.

 

We recognize Yavuz Eroğlu as the boss of SEM Plastik, the president of Pagev, and the enthusiastic member of the exporters ' assemblies. Do we know you're a tight marathon runner?…

End of the 1980s, Aksaray-Bakırköy line flowing Istanbul trade's most vibrant years... A young boy, 12 years old, with a briefcase in his hand, is trying to sell glasses at the shops that were not known at that time. For the first time in thy's plane, he saw glasses and persuaded his father to produce parts for agricultural machinery and said, “let's sell them.”.. This is the story of SEM plastic, which entered among the first thousand companies in exports today...

Yavuz Eroğlu, the boss of SEM Plastik, the entrepreneurial child in the story, is one of the excited members of the exporters ' assemblies in Turkey in the 2000's. His curiosity about constantly telling, persuading, is not so different from his 12-year-old. Turkish Plastic Industry Research and development and Education Foundation (pagev) president as very active. 
And a tight runner. He has been running for good with them since his step-by-step platform was established. He's taking marathons. He encourages his three sons to spend their lives full. We met Yavuz Eroğlu on the beach of Florya where he frequently visited. The extreme motion gives off its high energy immediately. Hard to keep up with him. He's a marathoner. That's why we had our conversation while we were drinking coffee...

What is the value that leads to your philosophy of life and stands out in your life?

Getting to know myself. It's an ancient thing, and it's not as easy as it sounds, maybe the hardest. One deals with a lot of things, sets goals, ideals, works for them. But it's all for him to get back to himself, to find himself. It's a circle, the indispensable ring of life. You can't complete that ring by standing in your seat. It is important to capture the moment, to contribute to society, to do whatever life requires. Because in the end you have to do these things to reach the target. I'm not saying that in the Makyavelist sense. Most people are not prepared to pay the price of their goals, principles, dreams. But you have to be ready to pay a price.

How are you going to complete this ring? When are you gonna think it's okay?

In fact, no one is different. Everyone wants to change the world. So. I also I have a job, I have a family life. But it's important how you do it in your life. For this reason, civil society organizations (NGOs) are important media. NGOs in the world are more active than Turkey. It's used to build more relationships in US. But that's not the way of change. For example, data is not generated, there is no responsibility for NGOs. But the best thing NGOs do is e-mail. My company is among the largest 1000 in Turkey. I need the data to manage it. So there's two perspectives. One is to say, “you don't deal with it because it doesn't change,” and the other is to look for ways to say, “what can I change?” I chose the second one. 
- You say I like it hard?

There's a struggle production. This doesn't mean I'm stubborn. It's not like I'm going after the wrong, or I'm going to go blindly.

If it's true, I'il be convinced, but if I'm right, I'il fight to the end.

My entrepreneurial direction is from Grandpa

You're one of those grown-ups in a family business, aren't you?

Yeah, kind of. My father is a mechanical engineer. We're from Malatya. During my childhood, I was trained at a school on one side and at a family business on the other. My father's a company, that adds a lot to me. That's why I'm the one who prefers the ones whose father trades when I hire him. We're three brothers. I'm the eldest, and then I have two sisters. Big architect, but our sales manager at the company. The little one is now in the audit section of EY. We hope you get back to the company. I've always been curious to learn. I am a graduate of ITU Electronics and Communication Engineering. Then I got a master's degree in biomedical at Boğaziçi University. I always had an entrepreneurial side.

Let's hear that Glass story from you...

I think my mom's a merchant, and I think that's the way it is. We were producing parts of agricultural machines in those years. I was 12 years old. I thought we could do the use-horse glasses on thy's planes. I told my father, he said, “look.” I somehow managed to meet with an official from thy. 18 planes at that time, my being a child came sympathetic to the manager and ordered. Then we sold them on the market. I walked around the Aksaray area with the bag in my hand. My first client was a rare store.

How did your father take it?

My father is an engineer. He set me free. They trusted me somehow. If it happens, if it doesn't, you'd try it, and it wouldn't hurt my enthusiasm. I started to say Export Now. Because I wanted to travel the world. I went to the library of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce. There was a list of buyers in the world. I took note of them. I made a brochure. I sent it to 800 companies. It was the end of high school, I went to Istanbul University's foreign trade courses. The first response came from Saudi Arabia. Gave a 5 thousand dollar order. I ran to my father, and he said, “good luck.” We sent the stuff, no money. I said to my father, “Dad, I can't get the money,” and he said, “Good luck again.” I got that money six months later.

We have to give you the right to live.

Do you look back often?

No, not really. I don't have regrets, but when I look at it, I think I've been paying for the part of my life so far. We've been given a lifetime. I think I'm paying the price. I don't know what happens in the future, but there's a long way to go. I think it's wisdom that you've completed your journey. I think you're aware of yourself when this happens. When you do, you'il say yes.

I'il stay away from three whites!

- How does a marathoner feed, eat, drink?

You need to sleep regularly before you eat. Unfortunately, that's what I'm missing. When it comes to nutrition, I try to stay away from three whites. On the other hand, it is recommended that you install on the opposite three whites in the period close to the marathon, so I do. I'il have plenty of baby biscuits. I love salmon in my day-to-day life. Green apple, the must-have of my life. I consume 10 green apples a day. In the morning, I eat walnuts, apricots, and buffalo yogurt by mixing and squeezing lemon on it. This is for every breakfast. Boiled eggs, cheese and green tea. My favorite dish is the sour meatball wrapped in the cherry leaf of Malatya.

So what's the target in biomedicine?

We have our biomedical infrastructure, our technology. We want to produce supplies in this area, we'll set up a separate company for that. We care a lot about this area. We have factories in Palestine al-Khalil as well as Istanbul and Malatya. We have created an important economy by producing plastic cups there. John Kerry thanked us for that.

'I ran to prepare for the military.'

When did you start running?

I started in the military, and then I couldn't leave. They scared me so much before I went to the army. I thought I had to prepare in advance to avoid trouble there and tried to force myself to run and live with little water. It was not the military that I expected, but this way I got through the process very easily. Then he went running like Forest Gump. I'm the first sponsor of Step-By-Step formation, and I even took part in the founding team. I enjoyed this very much. You have a gleaming mind when you run, especially if you do it in the morning, your day is great. So I ran the Antalya Semi Marathon. I finished the first full marathon in Cologne. Then Vienna followed him, Greece. I joined a runatolia.

'The end of the championship is important'

The marathon is a different discipline, what did you teach?

Much. In my first experience, they said, “Don't look at anyone else, don't go out of the pace, you move on.” I started running, but people are always passing me. I was so annoyed that I heard a poem behind my back. I don't remember, but he was saying things like, “we're running for ourselves, not for anybody.” I turned around and looked at him, a very old man, an old man who tied his finger to the main runner. I finished the race in front of them. Then I found out that the old man completed the New York Marathon. It's a marathon that concentrates and zeroes people. Like they always say, “marathon starts after 35 miles.” The important thing is the determination to finish there. You fight yourself. I like the calmness of running in me. That's why I don't like running with too many bands outside marathons.

How does it feel to work together two generations?

My father is 63 years old right now. I learned a lot from him. I've seen patience and determination to follow it to the end. She's been a role model for me. My father always did so, precious, who says I don't have it for me.

 

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